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WIGHTMAN CHAPEL
12:30 - 1:05
Free and Open to All
Join us in Scarritt-Bennett’s historic Wightman Chapel for an inspirational 35 minutes of preaching, scripture, prayer and music. Guest preachers from a variety of backgrounds
and faiths will lead each service.
See topic & bio below.
Please check back for more info as it becomes available.
1008 19th Ave. S., Nashville 37212 • 615.340.7500
2012 GUEST PREACHERS:
(subject to change)
Jan 3 Sharon Howell
Jan 10 Gail Seavey
Jan 17 William Mooney
Jan 24 Marty Bell
Jan 31 Sonnye Dixon
Feb 7 Ken Locke
Feb 14 Connye Florance and Kevin Madill
Feb 21 Jackie Halstead
Feb 28 Jazz Service
March 6 Buddy Mason
March 13 Kevin Strickland
March 20 Roderick Belin
March 27 Rena Yocom
April 3 Holy Week Communion
April 10 Lisa Gwock
April 17 Kay Gray
April 24 Jazz Service
May 1 Vance Ross
May 8 Susan Hylen
May 15 Benjamin Anthony
May 22 Joanne Reich
May 29 TBA
June 5 Garlinda Burton
June 12 Candace Lewis
June 19 Viki Matson
June 26 Rami Shapiro
BIOS:
Jan 3
H. Sharon Howell
Rev. Sharon Howell is beginning her seventh year as President of the Scarritt-Bennett Center.
She is an avid reader and recently has enjoyed Bloodroot: Reflections on Place by Appalachian Women Writers (Joyce Dyer, ed.) and Southern Women Writers: The New Generation (Tonette Bond Inge, ed.). When she’s not reading she is enjoying college basketball season - especially her Kansas University Jayhawks.
Jan 10
Rev. Gail Seavey
Title: Justice Is Love in Public
Text: 1 Samuel 3:1-20
Rev. Gail Seavey joined the First Unitarian Universalist Church of Nashville in the fall of 2005. A committed social activist, Rev. Seavey is a leader in family violence prevention, interfaith dialogue, and economic justice and advocacy programs.
Rev. Seavey has contributed significantly to Unitarian Universalism on district and national levels. She currently serves as a supervisor of ministry students, mentor to newly fellowshipped UU ministers, and as a UU Minister’s Association South East District Vice President.
After earning a BFA degree from the Rhode Island School of Design in 1971, Rev. Seavey spent 15 years as a community activist, sculptor and art educator. Prior to her call to ministry, she was an active lay leader in her home church in Massachusetts. After her internship at the UU church of Ventura California, she graduated from Harvard Divinity School in 1990. Rev. Seavey began her ministry at the White Bear Unitarian Universalist Church in Mahtomedi, Minn., where she served for eight years. She then served the First Universalist Church of Salem, Mass., for seven years and as the Protestant Chaplain at Salem State College for one, before moving to Nashville.
Jan 17
William Mooney
Title: Called! Commissioned! Committed?
Text: Mark 1:14-20
Bill Mooney was born in Bluefield, WV. He graduated from Emory and Henry College with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1958. In 1963, he received a Master of Divinity from Emory University’s Candler School of Theology.
Bill is an ordained United Methodist Pastor, and prior to his retirement in June of 2000, he served as a pastor for 41 years in The Holston Conference of the United Methodist Church. Bill and his wife Sylvia served as United Methodist missionaries from May 1991 through June 1997. Their country of service was Austria where they worked with The English Speaking United Methodist Church of Vienna. After retirement, Bill served part time as Minister of Visitation at First United Methodist Church in Oak Ridge, TN, retiring from that position in December 2007. He served as Counseling Minister at First Church from 1980 to 1991.
The Mooneys have two adult children, John Mark of Plano, TX, and Melanie Anne DelVillaggio of Franklin, TN. Bill is a member of the Donelson Lions Club where he serves as Tail Twister and publishes the monthly newsletter. His hobbies are reading and enjoying the family dogs, Sam and Topsy.
Jan 24
Marty Bell
Text: Jonah 3:1-5,10
Title: How’s Your Eyesight?
Marty Bell is a professor of religion at Belmont University. He currently serves as a pastor on the Triple Gems Circuit in Williamson County, which includes Green's Chapel, Garrison, and Greenbrier United Methodist Churches. He is also a trained spiritual director and a singer/songwriter. Bell holds a B. A. in education from Belmont
Jan 31
Sonnye Dixon
Title: Keep on Focus
Text: Mark 1:29-39
Rev. V. H. “Sonnye” Dixon is the lead pastor at Hobson United Methodist Church in Nashville.
Feb 7
Ken Locke
Title: I’m Clean. Now What?
Texts: 1 Corinthians 9:24-27, Mark 1:40-45
Ken Locke is pastor of The Downtown Presbyterian Church. He is a graduate of Princeton Theological Seminary, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Ouachita Baptist University. In his time he has been a soldier, freight agent, campus minister and short-order cook. He enjoys the varieties of people and issues one encounters in the urban environment. Someday he hopes to hike the entire length of The Appalachian Trail.
Feb. 14
Connye Florance and Kevin Madill
Theme: “Crossing the Divide”
Together as husband and wife, Connye & Kevin have found their way across cultural and racial boundaries to an understanding of what is possible. “Our goal is to uplift and inspire communities and to bring cultural healing and a renewed spirit.”
Connye Florance has appeared in films and commercials as well as appearances with many other artists including pianist Begee Adair and recording artist Jennifer Holiday. Black Entertainment Television honored her as 2000 “Jazz Vocalist of the Year.”
Kevin Madill has worked as a pianist and arranger with many artists including Tony Bennett, Leon Russell, Smokey Robinson, Nancy Wislon, Lou Rawls, and more. He is also a pianist for Vespers & All that Jazz at Scarritt-Bennett Center.
Connye & Kevin are members and serve as Trustees and Associate Ministers of Music at Ernest Newman United Methodist Church.
Feb 21
Jackie Halstead
Title: The God of All Living Things
Text: Genesis 9:8-17
Jackie L. Halstead, Ph.D., is the Associate Director of the Institute for Christian Spirituality (ICS) and an Associate Professor of Spiritual Formation at Lipscomb University. She completed two post-doctoral programs with Shalem Institute for Spirituality in Leading Contemplative Prayer Groups and Retreats and in Spiritual Guidance. Jackie has been a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist for the past twenty-three years and is President of the Texas Association for Marriage and Family Therapy. She speaks frequently on the topics of contemplative prayer, spiritual formation, and mental health at the national and international levels.
Feb 28
All That Jazz
Theme: Joy and Song
Catch a glimpse of our Sunday night worship service, Vespers & All That Jazz" a non traditional worship option for people with non traditional schedules. The service serves as an opportunity to worship for those who cannot make it to morning services and an extra worship option for those who would like to experience the sacred in a different way.
The service uses live jazz to provide a peaceful, relaxed worship experience. Musical selections range from jazz interpretations of traditional spiritual music to secular jazz pieces that relate to the theme of the service.
March 6
Buddy Mason
Ervin H. “Buddy” Mason moved to Nashville in June, 2009, after spending the previous years (1992-2009) teaching English at Russell Co. High School and Campbellsville University. Prior to that he served as an ordained Elder in the Louisville Annual Conference (now the Kentucky Conference) from 1972-1992. He is a graduate of Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary (M. Div.), Western Kentucky University (M.A.), and Eastern Kentucky University (Rank I in Teaching). His daughter Kate teaches elementary school in Richmond, Virginia, and his son Heath teaches math and English at White House-Heritage High School in Tennessee. Buddy is the Director of Volunteers here at The Scarritt-Bennett Center.
March 13
Kevin Strickland
Pastor Kevin Strickland began his ministry on November 1, 2011 with the family of God at Holy Trinity Lutheran Church. Pastor Kevin was born in Lexington, SC. He obtained a Masters of Divinity from Lutheran Theological Southern Seminary (Columbia, SC) and a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Religion, Philosophy, and History from Newberry College (Newberry, SC).
Pastor Kevin served as pastor of St. Paul Lutheran, Maryville, TN prior and has served at Incarnation Lutheran (Columbia, SC), St. Philip’s Lutheran (Newberry, SC), Lutheran Church of Redeemer (Newberry, SC), and Mt. Tabor Lutheran (West Columbia, SC) in the area of youth and family ministry.
He serves as the chairperson of the Southeastern Synod Worship Team, a board member with Lutheran Services of Tennessee, a Partner In Worship for the ELCA, and various other committees.
Pastor Kevin is passionate about social justice, ecumenical relationships, and building strong communities rooted in inclusive love.
March 20
Roderick Belin
A native of Nashville, Tennessee, the Reverend Roderick Dwayne Belin is an emerging national leader with a global vision to ensure that more of God’s people will reach their full potential and fulfill their holy and divine purposes. His ministry has touched many lives through his innovative teaching, effective outreach efforts and empowering others where he has served.
Rev. Belin graduated from Morehouse College in Atlanta, GA and earned the Master of Divinity Degree with concentration in New Testament and Christian Origins from the Union Theological Seminary in the City of New York. An ordained itinerant elder in the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church, Rev. Belin has served congregations in Atlanta, GA, Jamaica, NY and Orangeburg, SC.
Rev. Belin resides in Nashville where he serves the Kairos Community AME Church and leads the congregation in meeting the emergent needs of a diverse community through holistic ministry based on the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
An uncompromising man of God, Rev. Belin has brought new ideas and approaches in pursuit of traditional ideals to make a difference in the lives of others. He is a noted blogger who is committed to using technology to spread the Gospel of Jesus Christ. You will find him faithfully sharing the Gospel on his website: www.iBelin.me.
April 3
Holy Week Communion
All are welcome at the Table of the Lord to celebrate Holy Communion during Holy Week.
Apr 10
Lisa Gwock
Rev. Lisa Gwock is an Ordained Deacon in the Tennessee Conference of the UMC. In June 2011, she left her position as Minister of Discipleship at Belmont UMC to begin yearlong Sabbatical exploring justice issues in the Nashville area as Deacon for Justice at the Scarritt-Bennett Center. She has also served Hillcrest UMC in Nashville and Vestavia Hills UMC in Birmingham, AL. Lisa is married to Eddie and has two daughters, Kristen and Kaitlin. She received a Bachelor of Science degree in Industrial Engineering from Auburn University, an MBA from the University of South Carolina and earned a Masters of Theological Studies from Vanderbilt Divinity School.
Apr 17
Kay Gray
Dr. Kay Gray is pastor of Donelson Heights United Methodist Church. She has served locally in pastoral ministry for more than 40 years, with the exception of one three-year appointment to the Conference Council office of the Tennessee Annual Conference. She is a graduate of Birmingham-Southern, Candler School of Theology at Emory University, and Vanderbilt University Divinity School. Kay is married to Buddy DeFord, a small business owner, and her family includes six children and ten grandchildren. One of her family’s favorite annual events is a trip to the Chautauqua Institute in upstate New York, where they go for a week of diverse lectures, worship and concerts.
Apr 24
All That Jazz
Catch a glimpse of our Sunday night worship service, Vespers & All That Jazz" a non traditional worship option for people with non traditional schedules. The service serves as an opportunity to worship for those who cannot make it to morning services and an extra worship option for those who would like to experience the sacred in a different way.
The service uses live jazz to provide a peaceful, relaxed worship experience. Musical selections range from jazz interpretations of traditional spiritual music to secular jazz pieces that relate to the theme of the service.
May 1
Rev. Vance Ross
The Reverend Vance P. Ross is the first ever Deputy General Secretary for Connectional Relations and Strategic Initiatives for the General Board of Discipleship (GBOD). A preacher by calling and a pastor by training and trade, Ross seeks always to share the life changing, liberating and including love of God-in Jesus-so that disciples of Jesus might have world changing impact. A graduate of Gammon ITC with Honors, he is the father of Bryant, Alyssa, and Kristina and the grandfather of Jaylie Alyssa, and Christopher Bryant.
May 15
Benjamin Anthony
June 5
Garlinda Burton
M. Garlinda Burton is the general secretary of the General Commission of the Status and Role of Women, the United Methodist church-wide agency that helps the church identify and eradicate institutional sexism. Before coming to the Commission, she was the editor of Interpreter magazine, a national affinity magazine for United Methodist leaders in local congregation. Ms. Burton is a member of Hobson United Methodist Church in Nashville, Tenn., where she is co-chair of ministries with children and youth and editor of the congregation’s website, www.hobsonumc.org.
June 12
Rev. Candace Lewis
Candace joins the Path1 team as an Ordained Elder from the Florida Annual Conference with 16 years of ministry within the United Methodist Connection. She has served as a youth and young adult pastor in Atlanta area for four years while attending Gammon Theological Seminary. Upon seminary graduation her 1st pastoral appointment was to plant a new church. Candace and a team of committed laity have spent the last 12 years successfully planting the New Life Community UMC, a new African American congregation in Jacksonville, Florida. Candace is a sought after preacher, leader, coach, consultant and servant of the church. Candace delivers inspiring, motivating, passionate and challenging messages and training events encouraging the church in making disciples of Jesus Christ for the transformation of the world. Candace & the New Life team will be publishing A New Day: A New Way - Planting, Starting & Revitalizing Ministries (Discipleship Resources)
June 19
Viki Matson
Rev. Viki Matson is the Director of Field Education at Vanderbilt Divinity School. She is an ordained minister in the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ).
June 26
Rami Shapiro
Rabbi Rami Shapiro is an award winning author, poet, essayist, and educator, is adjunct Professor of Religion and Director of The Writers’ Loft at Middle Tennessee State University, and the Director of Wisdom House at Scarritt-Bennett. Author of over twenty books on religion and spirituality, Rami also writes a regular column for Spirituality and Health magazine called Roadside Assistance for the Spiritual Traveler, and blogs at rabbirami.blogspot.com. His most recent books are Recovery, the sacred art , and Ecclesiastes: Annotated and Explained.
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