By Meredith McDermott, United4Hope Program Manager, and Laura Varela, Director of United4Hope We are all reeling from last Monday’s school’s shooting at Covenant School, and we wonder what we can do to support others in their pain. If you are wondering how to support our neighbors during this difficult time, we wanted to share a […]
State of Nashville
By: Adam Buzzard, Director of United4Pastors Happy First Day of Spring! Who doesn’t love kicking off this new season with scraping your car and multiple layers of coats? With new life blooming, Holy Week, and Easter around the corner it is such an exciting time of year and the air feels ripe with opportunity. Operation […]
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Can You Tutor This Semester?
By: Adam Buzard, Director of Pastor Engagement & OAGroup Programming We hope you all had a restful and meaningful Advent and Christmas! As we kick off 2023, we are excited for all the opportunities and possibilities the new year and new semester holds for our church and school partnerships! Whether you have been around United4Hope […]
Advent: The Peace of Christ
By: Stan Weber, Director of Donor Care Advent is a time of anticipating the timely arrival of the Prince of Peace. We find comfort in knowing that Jesus is our Prince of Peace. However, for many, this Advent season may be a most “unpeaceful time” as we face peace disturbers. These disturbers can be at […]
Advent: The Joy of Christ
By: Sammi Coken, OAGroup Ministry Support Specialist Advent is a time to rest and remember the joy in what the Lord is doing in our lives. We are always on the run in the world, working as hard as we can to accomplish whatever goal or job we may have for ourselves and forgetting that […]
Advent: The Love of Christ
By: Laura Varela, Director of United4Hope Advent reminds us that Jesus loved us so much that he left heaven and came to earth to redeem us. He was despised and rejected by men, a man of sorrows and acquainted with grief; and as one from whom men hide their faces, and we esteemed him not […]
Advent: The Hope of Christ
By: Adam Buzard, Director of Pastor Engagement and OAGroup Programming I love Advent, and I think it is because for the majority of the year we as a culture try and rush through the wait, rush through the processes, rush in order to get to the next thing, but there is something about us pausing, […]
A Thanksgiving Note
“I thank my God in all my remembrance of you, always in every prayer of mine for you all making my prayer with joy, because of your partnership in the gospel from the first day until now.” Philippians 1:3-5 Dear partners in the gospel, As we count our blessings this Thanksgiving, we think of each […]
CALLED 2022 Reflection
On Monday, November 7, we had an incredible evening at Belmont University’s Fisher Center for CALLED. We loved getting to share about the ministries of Operation Andrew Group and celebrate what God is doing in the city of Nashville through our Joe and Honey Rodgers Award recipients – Dr. David Jones, Lisa Harper, and Andrea and […]