Don't Forget to Remember: City Church / My Neighborhood group!

Even though I probably only made it about 20 times this year.. I love my church. The things that are said/taught. The mission. The vision. the Pastor. The Music. Communion. Love it.

City Church of East Nashville exists to reconcile the diversity of East Nashville by enjoying and displaying Jesus Christ through worship, teaching, and city-focused communities to, for, and from Nashville to the nations of the world.

I will miss meeting with my dear friends at City Church both at Sunday night services and in my (extremely awesome) neighborhood group. In so many ways, they were my family, and they are one of the things that I am going to miss a whole lot! not to mention,I am dreading having to "church shop" again...

If you are looking for a church family in Nashville... consider City Church!! (www.citychurcheast.org)

Don't Forget to Remember: Choir Tour 2005

I'm not entirely sure that I want to remember this... but it was an interesting trip, that's for sure.

Somehow, in the spring semester of my Junior year I only spent three weekends in Nashville. this is where one of those weekends was spent...

talk about a blast from the past.

Don't Forget to Remember: All those Muscial Moments

There were many... sadly I don't have pictures of 90% of them. =( But good times were had.

Don't Forget to Remember: WOSmith

I love these guys. I've taught here for a few years now, and for several months one summer I worked as an "office aide" of sorts. From teaching at camp for 3 years, to having weekly piano and flute students, I have learned a lot about music and teaching!! I've learned I enjoy teaching music theory, and I get excited coming up with new ways to teach kids about "understanding" music. I gotta say.. I feel a little proud when I get inventive with my methods (see funeral picture)

If you are a musician in the Nashville area, consider volunteering an hour of your time to share music with some great kids! www.wosmith.org

Formal description is as follows:
The W.O. Smith/Nashville Community Music School, founded in 1984, is a nonprofit educational institution created for the purpose of making quality music instruction available to talented, interested, deserving children from low income families at the nominal fee of 50 cents a lesson. The school also seeks to encourage student participation in the cultural life of the community through concert attendance and performance.

Instruction is provided by a one-hundred member volunteer faculty of area musicians from many elements of the Nashville music scene: studio musicians, symphony players, college professors, public school teachers, church musicians, private teachers and university students. These individuals each donate one to four hours a week to teach their students.

Over three hundred fifty students, age 7 to 18, representing academic schools from across Metro Davidson County and the middle Tennessee area, participate in over 500 different courses. Students must qualify for the reduced or free lunch program in the Metro schools to take lessons.

The school offers introductory classes for pre-instrumentalist, individual and group lessons in all band and orchestra instruments, piano, guitar and voice. The school also provides computer assisted instruction in music fundamentals and theory, classes in composition, music technology and recording. Three choirs, string ensemble,wind band, and other performing groups are available for ensemble experience. A week long resident summer music camp is also available.

Don't Forget to Remember: The Countless Casual Hangouts

Unscripted moments that made life just a tad more exciting...

(amazing how many of these are in restaurants, or involve food... i heart food)

Don't Forget to Remember: MY GREATEST ACCOMPlSHMENT EVER!

And by that I mean those 2.5 HOURS that I spent "running" 13.1 miles of our fine city.

Who could forget that? (heaven knows I won't... ever.)

But I did it. All of it. Running.

... and I'm still shocked

Don't Forget to Remember: All those "Getaways"

So we already mentioned the RUF trips to NYC and Gulf Port MS... but who could forget these other escapades:
Students Against Global AIDS Protest. DC, 2005


Calvin Festival of Faith and Music, 05.


not exactly a "getaway.." Indonesia 05


Live 8, G8, all things gr8. 2005

Thanksgiving in the OKC, 2005


Spring Break 06!


Florida 06.


Calvin Festival of Faith and Music, 07


Erin's Wedding, 07


Morgan's BD trip to OBX, 07.


New Years 08. Winter Park!


Halloween Trip to Atlanta! 08

Don't Forget to Remember: Graduation!

One of my finer moments. The end of my 4 year-long journey to higher education.

I have to admit, it really was exciting, and I'm still super super glad I got out in 4 (and that's with transferring!)

All-in-all it was all kinda a blur... wearing my cap around the house for a week, speaking at baccalaureate, receiving the "heart of Belmont" (which makes an amazing door-stop, by the way), the actual graduation ceremony, celebrating at Richards... it's all a little hazy. i kinda wish I had slowed down to really soak it in. It all happened so fast. Crazy how quickly 4 years just goes away.

I do remember my diploma... especially since it's still upside down though. haha



(ps. this was post 700 for those keeping track. crazy)