Our guest speaker for the November luncheon is Jamie Owens, Community Services Director of the Hendersonville Police Department. He is responsible for establishing and maintaining an effective partnership between the community of Hendersonville and the Police Department. His stories, guidance and tips will help us stay safe and protect our property as best we can. …
Our May luncheon featured the famous Victoria Jackson, an American actress, comedian and singer. Born in 1959, Victoria Jackson grew up in a Bible-believing, piano-playing, TV-free home in Miami. Her father coached gymnastics so she competed from age 5-18. Her gymnastic skill led to a college scholarship to Furman University, where she was cast in …
Newcomers & Community Club of Sumner County hosted its annual spring March 8th. This year’s theme, ‘Jeans and Jewels’ and the beneficiary of the fundraising event was Highpoint Hospice. Kicking off at 11 AM, ‘Jeans and Jewels’ was a wonderful opportunity to socialize and mingle among new and old friends alike. The luncheon included great …
Robert Hicks, Named #2 in the most recent listing of the top 100 Reasons to Love Nashville by Nashville Lifestyles Magazine, Robert Hicks was described as Nashville’s “Master of Ceremonies.” They went on to say that “being a New York Times best-selling author should be enough – but not for Robert Hicks, award-winning author of …
What a party we enjoyed! Lynda Evjen’s first meeting as president of Newcomers enjoyed a very full agenda! Haley Forrest of Northfield Church told us about “A Night to Shine,” this month’s charity. The award winning Hendersonville High-school’s Select Chamber Choir performed several beautiful Christmas songs under the direction of Elizabeth Evans. She Olari shared …
Our November speaker, Paige Brown, gave us a very interesting “State of the City.” Her presentation was particularly interesting as so many of our members live in Gallatin. Appropriate to both to the upcoming Veteran’s Day and Mayor Brown’s commitment to it, this month’s charity is Wreaths Across America. Mayor Brown will take our donation …
Elvis Presley’s little cousin was the toast of our October luncheon. Edie Hand delivered an inspirational talk about life’s ups and downs and how to stay the course. Her foundation, The Edie Hand Foundation, which supports St. Judes was the beneficiary of this month’s money tree.
We celebrated both August and September birthdays due to our summer break. The smaller group are August birthday and the medium size group are the September birthdays including this month’s charity representative, Hannah Grubbs. The large group is everyone… why not? Speaking of Hannah, she got a standing ovation after informing us of her charity, …
Lynda Evjen, our vice president, does the lion’s share of the work with securing our speakers for the luncheons and has arranged an interesting and timely speaker for September. Coming on the heels of our exciting opportunity to view a total solar eclipse, Dr. William Teets will be thought provoking and entertaining. Please plan to …
Birthdays, games, door prizes and a moving talk from Desneige VanCleve founder of Grace Place. Enjoy the pix and see you in September!
