Event reminder for today and tomorrow

Today is the beginning of the big two day festival and yardsale at the St. Luke Catholic church. Well! What are you waiting for....Go!

St. Luke International Parish Festival & Community Wide Yard Sale.
Community Wide Yard Sale, Sept. 23rd & 24th, 7am – 2pm
Filiapino Dinner & Karaoke, Sept. 23rd, 6:00pm
International Fall Festival, Sept. 24th, 7am
Spanish Dinner, Sept. 24th, 5pm
St. Luke Catholic Church
10682 Old Nashville Hwy in Smyrna
Festival Events: breakfast, community wide yard sale,
Live entertainment, Bake sale,
International food booths, silent auction,
Games for all ages and much more!
Proceeds benefit St. Luke Catholic Church.
All are invited, admission is free!

Bring me back some fudge if anyone is selling some...I'll wait for you.

Kings Chapel IMB Church Fundraiser

Today take the time to go support a local church and meet some great people who volunteer at the Smyrna Rescue Squad.

Spaghetti Supper & Silent Auction
Saturday, August 27, 2011 4:00 pm - 8:00 pm CDT

Duration: 4 hours
Calendar: Community Calendar
Contact: Pastor Gary Dyer, 615-812-5548

The Members of Kings Chapel Independent Missionary Baptist Church would like to invite everyone out to this event. All of the proceeds will be used for building Improvements at the church. Come on out and have a great time with us...food, fellowship, and fun! There are Lots of Great Items, Gift Certificates, and Even TRIPS to Gatlinburg, in the Silent Auction from all around! Come check it out! WHEN: SATURDAY, AUGUST 27, 2011 WHERE: SMYRNA RESCUE SQUAD, 203 FRONT STREET, SMYRNA, TN 37167 Prices for the Dinner: (Dinner includes Spaghetti, Salad, Dessert, and Drink) Ages 5 and Under eat FREE!! (Hot Dogs Avail. for the Kids as well instead) Ages 6-12 = $3.50 Ages 13 and Up = $7.00 Tell all your Friends and Family...Everyone is Welcome!! See you There and God Bless!

Big local event planned

The local St. Luke Catholic church is prepping for a major Festival and Yard sale in one month and you are invited.

St. Luke International Parish Festival & Community Wide Yard Sale.
Community Wide Yard Sale, Sept. 23rd & 24th, 7am – 2pm
Filiapino Dinner & Karaoke, Sept. 23rd, 6:00pm
International Fall Festival, Sept. 24th, 7am
Spanish Dinner, Sept. 24th, 5pm
St. Luke Catholic Church
10682 Old Nashville Hwy in Smyrna
Festival Events: breakfast, community wide yard sale, Live entertainment, Bake sale, International food booths, silent auction, Games for all ages and much more!
Proceeds benefit St. Luke Catholic Church.
All are invited, admission is free!
For more information or directions,
Call Bill & Susan Elliott 459-5432, Parish Office 459-9672 or
Check out the St. Luke website at www.saintlukesmyrnatn.com

Yard Sale/Vendor spaces NOW AVAILABLE!
10x10 spot (including 6’ table)is only $35/Friday or Saturday; $70/Friday & Saturday.Call Kathy Nichols at 217-6073 or 459-9672 or kathy.stluke123@comcast.net to reserve your spot!
The church is located at 10682 Old Nashville Highway in Smyrna across from Stewartsboro Elementary School.

If you are an artisan or craftsman, or your group wants to find a gathering to sell stuff then this might be just what you're looking for.

Local free couponing seminar

This event might be of some use to our readers

A free couponing seminar is set for 10 a.m. to noon June 11 [2011] at River of Life Church, 596 Sam Ridley Parkway W., Smyrna.

Guest speaker will be manager of the Smyrna Publix store.

Every penny counts.

"Rock Your World" Summer Rock Camp

This is the second of the two programs being offered locally by Carpe Artista.


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As the previous event they recently announced the following.

pssstt...I have a secret to share....Register for carpe camps before June 20th and use promo code 0112 to receive $50 off your registration. Offer ends June 20th so don't delay!

If interested give them a call and enjoy.

Event reminder.

Stones River Baptist Church located at 361 Sam Ridley Pkwy in Smyrna TN is having their holiday hayride today and tomorrow. Have fun.

We are celebrating the birth of our Lord Jesus Christ with our community by having a Bethlehem Hay-ride and Nativity with live animals on December 18-19 from 5:00 PM till 8:00 PM. This is a Free event and we want to share this info with as many people as possible. I am not sure of the protocol for this type of promotion and would appreciate your assistance. I can be reached at (615) 809-4210 Thank You and Have a Blessed Day...

Seasonal hayride

Bob Gronowski from the Stones River Baptist Church located at 361 Sam Ridley Pkwy emailed me and asked me to share this event. It is open to everyone and looks like a good time for the kids in your life.

We are celebrating the birth of our Lord Jesus Christ with our community by having a Bethlehem Hay-ride and Nativity with live animals on December 18-19 from 5:00 PM till 8:00 PM. This is a Free event and we want to share this info with as many people as possible. I am not sure of the protocol for this type of promotion and would appreciate your assistance. I can be reached at (615) 809-4210 Thank You and Have a Blessed Day...

We Build People

This sounds like a blast, and expect a lot of the county candidates to be there glad handing making the rounds.

The first-ever Taste of Smyrna will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. Saturday at StoneCrest Medical Center. The event, which features a sampling of signature dishes from more than 20 restaurants and a variety of entertainment, will raise money for the North Rutherford YMCA’s annual We Build People campaign.
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Participants include BlueCoast Burrito, Breaking Bread, Buffalo Wild Wings, Byrd Dog’s, Cheddar’s, Cheeseburger Charley’s, Cabot Vermont, Coca Cola, Famous Dave’s, Hilton Garden Plaza, Jim ‘N Nick’s, Jo’s Custom Catering, Krispy Kreme, Legends, Living Truth Christian Center, Morrison’s, Mi Tierra, Raz’z, Smoothie King, Thida Thai and Zaxby’s.

Live music will be performed by recording artists modern rock group Beekin, along with singers Pam Vallejo and Tara Gess.

This sounds like it's going to be fun and a place to meet people.

SGN Music Awards 2010

The SoGospelNews is hosting their annual SGN Music Awards Celebration April 13, 2010 at 7:00pm at the Smyrna River of Life church. (no functional website)


It is free and open to the public. If you're in the mood for religious based music then plan ahead and enjoy yourself.

Smyrna River of Life Church
596 Sam Ridley Parkway West
Smyrna, TN‎
(615) 459-2533‎

Inauguration of Mahmood Mosque

MASJID MAHMOOD - SMYRNA , TENNESSEE
Originally uploaded by Citizen of Two Worlds

The local Mosque is having their official inauguration and sent me this email. Since it does say 'and your friends' I thought to share this news with you. My last trip to their open house was very pleasant and I think it might be a good experience for you and your children to meet with a part of what a growing town like Smyrna entails, the introduction of many people of other faiths, customs and cultures to our community.

Dear Sir,
Official inauguration of Mahmood Mosque in Smyrna is scheduled for March 20th. The program is as follows:

12.30 Lunch (Indian Food)
2.00 Gathering
2.10 Introductions
2.20 Guest Presentations
3.15 Question/Answer
4.00 Thankyou

Ahmadiyya Muslim Community respectfully invite you and your friends to join us in this celebration.

Lutf Rehman
President
Ahmadiyya Muslim Community of Middle TN

I'm withholding a reaction right now on another issue, but I saw on the sign of the Higland Heights Church OF Christ that it is having a 5 hour long seminar this weekend on Islam. I'm not sure what that includes and have recieved back no replies after several attempts to contect them to ask about this meeting and its contents. I hope it is not in reaction to the mosque coming to Smyrna.

An open house.

January 9th, Saturday the Masjid Mahmood Mosque of Smyrna Tennessee had an open house for the community. The Mosque is housed in the building that once housed the Risen Life Fellowship on Maple Street. The Masjid Mahmood Mosque is part of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community. This reform movement in the Muslim religion started in India near the end of the 19th century.

The open house started at 11am and after a meet and great we enjoyed a nice talk by Imam Azhar Hanif Sahib from St. Louis. He spoke of the issues of being Muslim in the world today and specifically of being one in America. The speaker spoke to the guests as if to calm any worries about the new neighbors in our midst. He spoke of the Ahmadi‘s communities view of Jihad as a struggle to improve one’s self, to fight against the desires of man and was not associated with the Muslims normally seen on CNN an Headline news.

I leaned and whispered to my wife that the speaker was “preaching to the choir”. I suspected that people who would dress nice and go to an open house would not have such a negative view of the Muslim community to start with and would understand that the extreme minority does not represent the majority.

We then had a question and answer period that addressed questions on the perception of Muslims, my question on if as a reform community do they still ascribe to the tradition 5 pillars of Islam, and to other subjects.

At about 1 we broke for Lunch. Indian cuisine was the main course and all I could identify was a chicken dish and a rice dish, the name of the other dishes eluded me, but were all flavorful and spicy. I do wish I knew how to make that flat bread they had piles of.

All in all I enjoyed their open house and am glad they chose our town to create a center in. Smyrna for all it is, is sadly lacking in diversity. While the smattering of Spanish language signs might seem too diverse to some, I wish a more flavorful existence. This is a welcome step in that process.

Rated R [for Religion] II

In September I posted on a new church that was coming to Smyrna with the idea of renting space in the Malco Theatre for their services. I loved the idea of this merging of two services and how they can gain from each other. I'm impressed such a merger happened here in Smyrna.

On October 18th the church met and they were kind enough to send some images on how it went so you can get an idea of what a movie theatre congregation would look like.











The campus pastor emailed me this.

Sunday went incredible. We had over 200 people in attendance! Russ Lee did an amazing job leading worship and Pastor Brady gave an powerful message on what God is doing through New Vision Church in our community and around the world. The theater looked outstanding and the kids and the preschool area worked great. The worship service ended at about 11:05 and we were completely loaded and heading towards I-HOP by 11:45. This next week will give us a good picture of what a normal Sunday will look like ( a part from all the first Sunday hype) and we will start a new series “One Month To Live: 30 Days to a no regret life.”

Blake Nichols
Campus Pastor
New Vision Smyrna

This gets tagged not just as "church event" but also as "grand opening".

“Breakfast with Santa”

A local private Academyis holding a fund raising event and would like to invite you to take part.

The Master’s Touch Christian Academy
Christian Education for Special Needs Children

Presents the first annual “Breakfast with Santa” on December 6, 2008, from 8:00 a.m. till 11:00 a.m. at the Smyrna Presbyterian Church, 540 Sam Ridley Pkwy., Smyrna, TN

Enjoy breakfast with you’re family

Have you’re picture taken with Santa (Package’s will be available to order)

Write a letter to Santa and hand deliver it

Make a Christmas ornament to take home

Visit the Little Elf Shoppe where children can
Purchase gifts for their siblings and parents

Clowns and face painting

Baked goods, crafts, gift baskets for auction and MTCA cookbooks for sale
Tickets available at the door $5.00 adult $3.00 children
For advance tickets call (615) 202-7411

This is to help fund a school that is run for special kids that sometimes get lost in the normal school system.

The Master's Touch Christian Academy (MTCA) was established in 2002. MTCA is a school that provides a Christian education to children with special needs. MTCA accepts students who are academically, mentally, and physically challenged such as those with multiple disabilities, orthopedic handicaps, attention deficit disorders, learning disabilities, slow learners, educable mental disabilities, trainable mental disabilities, autism, and emotional disabilities.

A big thanks to Deborah Balthrop for emailing this to me. I'm very glad to post information on fund raisers like this.