Resist Harm is a United Methodist movement of faithful resistance to the anti-LGBTQ Traditional Plan. The Resist Harm Movement stands firmly within our Wesleyan tradition of the wideness of God’s grace in a broken world in need of Christ’s love. In light of the Traditional Plan passed by the Special General Conference 2019, we cannot remain silent and thereby complicit …

Tessa Del Pino named new executive director of TNJFON Belmont UMC’s Tessa Lemos Del Pino, J.D., has been named the new executive director of Tennessee Justice for Our Neighbors (TNJFON). Founded by Belmont UMC in 2008, TNJFON provides affordable, high-quality immigration legal services to immigrants and refugees, educates the public and faith-based communities about immigration-related issues, and advocates for immigrant …

On November 18, 2019, Vanderbilt Divinity School, The Upper Room, and the Kelly Miller Smith Institute on Black Church Studies will celebrate Howard Thurman’s 120th birthday with a public screening of the documentary, Backs Against the Wall: The Howard Thurman Story, a film by Martin Doblmeier. Following the screening, Amy E. Steele, Assistant Dean for Student Affairs and Community Life, …

For many years, Belmont UMC has been involved in delivering route E for Meal on Wheels(MOW) and Fifty-forward. Because of the over 25 volunteers, route E, which is in the Hillsboro-Belmont area, seniors are served a warm meal every day of the week. The seniors not only enjoy good, healthy food, but the personal delivery allows the volunteer to check …

This past week, the resignations of Jean Voorhees, EnaShea Kohler, and Laura Hamilton at the Belmont Weekday School (WDS) came as a sad and unwanted surprise to us all. Like you, our clergy and lay leaders were caught off guard by the resignations of these gifted and caring WDS leaders. We all hold the welfare, nurture and education of the …

Oh God, deep in our bones, we know that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor rulers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor anything else in all of creation, will be able to separate us from Your love. But God, what do we do in the wake of mass shootings? What about …

Young adult gatherings begin September 8! Join us on Sunday, September 8, as we begin our Becoming Together series. We will look at change, growth, intersections, and identities through the year. Two class times are planned. The first will be Sunday mornings 9:15–10:15 a.m. and the second is Sunday evenings 5:00-6:00 p.m.. Childcare is available during the Sunday morning class …

Our Creator God, the One who makes the way of peace and justice, As we sit today in the wake of such violence, such racism, such hate, When the words do not come, When our hearts are broken, O Lord, in your round and borderless mercy, Hear our prayer. We ask for the strength to love, We ask for the …

Come hang out with the Homeplace ladies! Belmont UMC’s dear friends, Ruby Truette and Jennifer Pettit, are not able to get out of the house as often as they would like. They miss their church, they miss making new friends, and they miss YOU! Consider visiting the ladies in their home to participate in art projects, baking, or just swinging …

July 22, 2019 With the hope of ensuring that Belmont UMC was doing all it could to live into its welcome statement and to be proactive with regard to continuing developments, the Administrative Board commissioned an Engagement Team at its April Meeting. The Engagement Team has three groups that are working separately on different aspects of our engagement and also …