Conference News & Views

Hermitage, TN – Mary Anna Womeldorf, president and CEO of McKendree Village continuing care retirement community since October 1999, will retire on December 31 announced Nancy Crawford, chair of the Board of Trustees at McKendree Village, Inc. Crawford noted that the Board of Trustees has formed a Search Committee to conduct a national search for Womeldorf’s successor at McKendree Village, home of more than 750 senior adults and the largest private continuing care retirement community in Tennessee.

“Mary Anna is one of the most knowledgeable and respected people in her profession. Under her leadership, McKendree Village achieved national recognition for many of its programs and for the quality of its services. More importantly, she possesses a deep understanding and appreciation for senior adults and their needs,” said Crawford. “The Board of Trustees and the residents of McKendree Village are deeply grateful for her service and devotion.”

Womeldorf is one of only three people to have served as president and CEO of McKendree Village, Inc. She originally joined McKendree Village in 1987. She served in several positions, including administrator of the health center, administrator of McKendree Home Health and chief operating officer of McKendree Village, before becoming president and CEO of McKendree Village.

“The work of the Search Committee is already underway,” stated Crawford. “McKendree Village has an outstanding senior management team in place. The Board is confident of a smooth leadership transition as McKendree Village moves into the next exciting chapter in its history.”

Womeldorf has worked in the field of aging services since 1972. She is a graduate of Virginia Tech University with a B.S. degree in Sociology. Her career began at McVitty House continuing care community in Salem, Virginia. After moving to Tennessee in 1978, she was associated for 11 years with the Sunbelt Health Services Division of Adventist Health Systems. In 1987, she began her association with McKendree Village. She has held elected and appointed positions with numerous organizations, including serving on the Board of Directors for the Tennessee Health Care Association, Tennessee Health Care Educational Foundation, Tennessee Association of Homes and Services for the Aging, Vanderbilt Home Care, Inc. and the American Association of Homes and Services for the Aging. She was a delegate to the Regional White House Council on Aging.

She and her husband, S. T. Womeldorf, live in Hendersonville and are the parents of three adult daughters and grandparents of seven children. They are members of the First Presbyterian Church of Hendersonville where Mary Anna Womeldorf was ordained an elder in 1980. She currently serves as vice-chair of the Permanent Judicial Commission of the Presbytery of Middle Tennessee and is a member of the Board of Directors of the Rotary Club of Hendersonville. She is a past member of the Board of Directors of Martha O’Bryan Community Center and the Nashville Women’s Political Caucus.

McKendree Village, Inc. is located at 4347 Lebanon Road in Hermitage, Tennessee. McKendree Manor, which evolved to become McKendree Village, Inc., was established in 1963. McKendree Village provides a continuum of retirement living options and health care services in a secure, Christian environment. Its services include independent living, assisted living, nursing home care and Alzheimer’s care. McKendree Village is accredited by the Continuing Care Accreditation Commission (CARF-CCAC) and is an Eagle Accredited Organization (Educational Assessment Guidelines Leading toward Excellence). McKendree Village is affiliated with The United Methodist Church and is in partnership with Vanderbilt University Medical Center.

David Dark, author of Everyday Apocalypse: The Sacred Revealed in Radiohead, The Simpsons, and Other Pop Culture Icons and The Gospel According To America will deliver a public lecture on Saturday, November 10 at 7:00 p.m . at West Nashville United Methodist Church, 4701 Charlotte Avenue. The event is sponsored by the church, free of charge and is open to the public.

Dark's latest book, The Gospel According to America, was included in Publishers' Weekly's top religious books of 2005. Dark presents humorous, engaging and thought provoking responses to one of today's most rhetorical questions, "What does it mean for us to claim to be one nation, under God and yet we are so polarized along political and religious lines?" Proposing a framework for more genuine conversation about what it means to be Christian in this age, where institutional corrosion mars the religious and secular hallmarks of our time. Dark is currently a student in the Graduate Department of Religion at Vanderbilt University and a resident of Nashville where for several years he taught High School English at Christ Presbyterian Academy. He is also authoring his third book to be released in February, 2008.

For more information on the event, please call 297-3216. Parking is available on 47 th and across the street from the church which is located at 47 th and Charlotte.

From Publishers Weekly:
Readers of Dark's book Everyday Apocalypse know that this high school English teacher is a passionate, articulate, absurdly well-read interpreter of popular culture. But even the forewarned may be astonished by this latest effort. Dark's skill at probing the spiritual resonances of American culture - in forms high and low, from Nathaniel Hawthorne and Herman Melville to Bob Dylan and David Lynch - is matched by his uncanny ability to select telling moments from America's common story. Whether it's Elvis taking a shotgun to his television sets, Dylan confessing a sense of common humanity with Lee Harvey Oswald or George Washington treating British prisoners of war with unprecedented civility, Dark excavates a series of witnesses who speak prophetically to what he sees as our media-saturated overconfidence in our own righteousness. Moreover, he offers a convincing and unsettling account of the gospel itself - the "Jewish Christian" story of forgiveness and human dignity that, Dark argues, has animated America's ideals even as it has continually critiqued America's practices. Dark's Southern heritage is evident in his literary allusions (the subtitle echoes Flannery O'Connor) and in his affection for egalitarian conversation. Nearly every page has something to make readers pause, laugh, think or pray; perhaps most amazing is Dark's skill at burying layers of meaning for the reader to discover. It's hard to imagine a better tonic for our age than this unblinkingly honest exercise in faithful patriotism. (Mar.) Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

PARENTING: A PATHWAY TO PERSONAL GROWTH

Presented By

ROD KOCHTITZKY
http://www.rodk.net/
AND\
DENNY MOSESMAN
http://www.cooperativekids.net/

Hosted by
Glendale United Methodist Church

NOVEMBER 18, 2007
3:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.
(Please arrive before
3:00 p.m. for check-in)

In advance
$5.00 single parent
$10.00 for married parent
(partner comes free)
At the door:
$10.00 Single Parent
$15.00 for married parent
(partner comes free)

Free childcare with reservation by Monday, November 12

Glendale United Methodist Church
900 Glendale Lane
Nashville, TN 37204
615-297-6233

ROD KOCHTITZKY
In this workshop Rod will explore issues of parenting based on his experience as a couples’ counselor, relationship coach, and parent of two sons. He will help parents understand their partner’s parenting style, and will help parents form a unified front. The seminar will also be helpful for single parents in understanding their own parenting style. Rod will focus on children through elementary school ages but the information is applicable for parenting for children.

In this seminar participants will have a chance to:
· Understand the value of and how to form a unified parental bond with their children
· Be introduced to specific parenting tools that will help them stay connected to the child
· Learn how to handle temper tantrums, how to set boundaries with love and empathy, how to let consequences be the teacher, and how to use timeout or a thinking space in a positive way (not as punishment)
· Understand how praise can build or undermine self-esteem
· Be exposed to the stages of development that children go through

About Rod
An experienced pastoral counselor and psychotherapist, Rod Kochtitzky (Kuh tit skee) has specialized in working with couples for more than 25 years. His ecumenical approach is designed to help couples and individuals of all faiths build lasting, mutually satisfying and rewarding relationships.


Rod offers six Getting the Love You Want Workshops for Couples each year. Rod also presents workshops and seminars focusing on interpersonal relationships, communication and understanding yourself and others to area businesses, churches and not-for-profits.

Rod holds a bachelor of arts in psychology from the University of the South in Sewanee, Tennessee, and a master's in divinity from the General Theological Seminary in New York City. He completed his training in psychotherapy at the Institutes of Religion and Health in New York City, and trained at the Institute of Relationship Therapy founded by Harville Hendrix.

Rod has served on boards of Attachment Parenting International, Imago Relationships International and the Nashville Psychotherapy Institute.

DENNY MOSESMAN
As a parent educator, Denny conducts classes, workshops and special presentations on an on-going basis throughout the year designed to help parents and professionals understand exactly why children from 18 months to 18 years of age misbehave and act out. Once this foundation of understanding is explained, it then provides effective, step-by-step discipline methods for creating firm and respectful boundaries that help children feel validated and understood. The results are a better equipped “toolbox” for the parent and children who are respectful, cooperative and responsible.

Power Struggles. They happen every day in every home. It is the main misbehavior of childhood that we never stop doing as we grow into adulthood. In this workshop, Denny explores why we all love to power struggle, how to prevent power struggles, and steps to take to get out of a power struggle.

Participants will have a chance to:
Understand why a child misbehaves
Learn specific techniques that work for each goal of misbehavior
Resolve conflicts without power struggles
Focus on problems without judging the child
Allow children to solve their own problems, offering them guidance when needed
Plan for “genuine encounters” with children, away from television, phone and computer
Replace negative motivational messages (guilt, nagging, threats, bribes) with positive messages
Assist children in becoming self-sufficient, responsible and self-confident
Realize that we model the behaviors and misbehaviors our children commit

About Denny
Denny Mosesman is a certified instructor of "Redirecting Children's Behavior," a network of parenting instructors and facilitators certified by INCAF (International Network for Children and Families.) Denny holds a Masters Degree in Social Work from the UT College of Social Work and is a Certified Parent Educator (CPE). The proud father of two special needs children that he and his wife adopted several years ago, Denny is passionate about family values, role modeling behavior, and helping families work through daily stresses and normal parenting issues to achieve a high level of happiness and self-worth. Denny shares story after story of how the world looks from the eyes of a child.
REGISTRATION
In advance
$5.00 single parent
$10.00 for married parent
(partner comes free)
At the door:
$10.00 Single Parent
$15.00 for married parent
(partner comes free)

Free childcare if reservation is received by Monday, November 12

Please mail the portion below along with a check for the appropriate fee to:

Glendale United Methodist Church
900 Glendale Lane
Nashville, TN 37204

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Name(s)______________________



Address_______________________

_____________________________

Phone________________________

Amount enclosed___________________

I will need childcare for:
Name and age of child(ren)___________

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Please make check payable to:
Glendale UMC

PARENTING FOR PERSONAL GROWTH

On November 1, 2007 The Hispanic/Latino Academy for Christian Formation and Church Leadership and the Cal Turner Center for Church Leadership are inviting United Methodist Hispanic Students who are finishing High School to visit the campus and consider their options to pursue a college education . The students will be able to visit a class, receive information about admissions, scholarships and have a question and answer session. A van will be leaving from Smithville First United Methodist Church to pick up students from Cumberland and Cookeville Districts and another van will be leaving from the Conference Connectional Ministries Office in Nashville for students from the surrounding districts.

If you know of United Methodist Hispanic students that will be interested in visiting Martin Methodist College, please contact Rev. Joaquin Garcia to make arrangements.

Rev. Joaquín García , Director
Hispanic/Latino Academy for Christian Formation and Church Leadership
Tennessee Conference of The United Methodist Church
304 S. Perimeter Park Dr. Suite 1
Nashville, TN 37211
Phone: 615-329-1177
Email: jgarcia@tnumc.org

La Academia Hispana/Latina para la Formación Cristiana y el Liderazgo de la Iglesia y El Cal Turner Center for Church Leadership invitan a estudiantes Metodistas Unidos Hispanos que están por terminar secundaria (High School) para visitar el 1 de Noviembre de las 9:00-2:00 a Martin Methodist College, ubicado en Pulaski, TN. El propósito de esta visita es para que los estudiantes puedan recibir información y conocer los pasos para ingresar a la universidad.

El siguiente programa se ha preparado para la visita para que los estudiantes: Llegada y bienvenida, visita a una clase, culto de adoración con los estudiantes en la capilla, visita a la oficina de admisiones, visita a la oficina de becas, sesión para preguntas y respuestas, almuerzo/comida en la cafetería, salida de regreso.

Si usted tiene a jóvenes en su iglesia que quieren ir a la universidad y quisieran visitar a Martin Methodist College, envíe los nombres, direcciones, teléfono y correo electrónico de los estudiantes para enviarles directamente una carta de invitación personal con un paquete de materiales. Una camioneta saldrá de Smithville First United Methodist Church para los estudiantes del área, y otra camioneta saldrá de Nashville de las Oficinas de la Conferencia para los estudiantes de esa área.

Favor de ponerse en contacto con el Rev. Joaquín García para hacer arreglos.
Rev. Joaquín García
Director
Hispanic/Latino Academy for Christian Formation and Church Leadership
Tennessee Conference of The United Methodist Church
304 S. Perimeter Park Dr. Suite 1
Nashville, TN 37211
Phone: 615-329-1177
Email: jgarcia@tnumc.org

Joaquin Garcia, Director of Hispanic/Latino Academia for the Tennessee Conference, addresses a Justice for Our Neighbors Planning meeting.