First Tuesday with Greg Nelson

Tuesday, April 3rd
Creative Workshop Recording Studio
2804 Azalea Place, Nashville, TN 37204
Potluck style lunch at noon
Guest speaker at 1 PM

Please bring a friend and a favorite dish, drink or dessert.
 

Greg Nelson is a Contemporary Christian producer, songwriter and orchestrator. He has produced recordings for Sandi Patty, Steve Green, Twila Harris, Wayne Watson and many other notable artists. He has 20 Dove awards and over 30 nominations along with seven Grammy Award winning recordings and is a 2018 inductee into the Gospel Music Hall of Fame.

His modern oratorio, Saviour, co-written with  Bob Farrell, continues to be performed in the United States, Europe and Russia.

Greg continues to speak on subjects of songwriting, producing and artistry at colleges and universities, mentoring young "creatives" in the U.S., Russia, India and Taiwan. Greg and his wife Pam consider their most important work these days to be nurturing and counseling their children and grandchildren.

Attendees will receive a copy of Greg's book Runaway Horse.

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"Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man."
~ Ecclesiastes 12:13

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As always we thank each and everyone of you for your continued support of GIFT, an organization that helps others including our musical friends in need.

First Tuesday with Sam Boyd

Tuesday, March 6th
Creative Workshop Recording Studio
2804 Azalea Place, Nashville, TN 37204
Potluck style lunch at noon
Guest speaker at 1 PM

Please bring a friend and a favorite dish, drink or dessert.

We'll kick off 2018 with Sam Boyd as our special guest speaker this First Tuesday.

Dr. Sam Boyd is the Senior Pastor of Forest Hills Baptist Church since 2007. Before coming to Forest Hills, Sam pastored churches in Illinois, Florida, Georgia and North Carolina.

A Tennessee native, Sam graduated from the University of Tennessee with a bachelors degree in architecture. He went to seminary at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth, Texas, where he earned his Master of Divinity, Master of Religious Education, and a Doctor of Ministry degree.

Don't let the degrees fool you, though. Sam is a thoroughly down-to-earth preacher and teacher, known for sharing practical and often surprising principles from the scriptures. He's also known for his boldness; you'll never hear Sam water down the Bible, which he sees as an infallible guide for living and the story of God's love for us all.
 
"Sam is not only a gifted preacher of God's Word but also a loving and caring pastor of his Flock at Forest Hills. You may recall, Sam's wife, Carolyn was the spokesperson and face of the Ray Stevens Charity Golf Classic in 2016 and 2017 which benefitted ALS research as well as GIFT. Carolyn was a victim of the disease and passed away in September of 2017. She was the mother of three daughters and grandmother of nine grandchildren. Carolyn and Sam were married 41 years."
– Buzz

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"For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten son,
that whosoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have everlasting life.
For God sent not His son into the world to condemn the world
but that the world through Him might be saved."
~ John 3:16-17

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First Tuesday with Les Steckel

Tuesday, November 7th
Creative Workshop Recording Studio
2804 Azalea Place, Nashville, TN 37204
Potluck style lunch at noon
Guest speaker at 1 PM

Please bring a friend and a favorite dish, drink or dessert.

 
We are honored to have Les Steckel as our special guest speaker this First Tuesday.

From 2005 to 2016, Les Steckel was the president/CEO of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes (FCA), an organization he first got involved with in 1972 as a college football coach.

Les Steckel’s football coaching career spans over 30 years. After spending five years as a college coach at the University of Colorado and the U.S. Naval Academy, Steckel began his NFL career with the San Francisco 49ers in 1978. His experience includes serving as the offensive coordinator for the Tennessee Titans, whom he helped guide to the 2000 Super Bowl, and for the New England Patriots during their 1985 Super Bowl season as well as stints with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, the Minnesota Vikings, the Denver Broncos, San Francisco 49ers, Houston Oilers and Buffalo Bills.

A Golden Gloves boxing champion at the University of Kansas, Les graduated from college in 1968 with a triple-major bachelor’s degree in political science, social work and human relations. He then enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps and served in Vietnam as an infantry officer. He retired in 1998 as a Colonel after 30 years of service. Among numerous military awards, he received the Navy Commendation Medal.

After working for 44 years, Les is happily retired and as he says, "I highly recommend retirement!" He continues to enjoy his family and sharing his faith wherever he is called.

Don't miss hearing Les this First Tuesday!

 
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In all things we have full victory through God
who showed his love for us.
~ Romans 8:37

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First Tuesday with Dallas Frazier

Tuesday, October 3rd
Creative Workshop Recording Studio
2804 Azalea Place, Nashville, TN 37204
Potluck style lunch at noon
Guest speaker at 1 PM

Please bring a friend and a favorite dish, drink or dessert.

 We are honored to have our good friend Dallas Frazier as our special guest speaker this First Tuesday!

Legendary songwriter Dallas Frazier, was born October 27, 1939 in Spiro, Oklahoma. and raised in the Bakersfield, California area. Dallas started to write songs by age eleven and in 1952, he started working for Ferlin Husky. At age fourteen, he signed with Capitol Records and had his first big hit in the summer of 1960 with the song “Alley Oop”. The Hollywood Argyles went to the #1 spot in the Billboard with it.

In late 1963, Dallas and his wife Sharon moved to Tennessee on a train. Again, he connected with his old friend Ferlin. He signed with Ferlin’s Publishing Company and soon got established as a writer with a promising future. Over the years, Dallas has written hundreds of songs and has left an indelible mark on the music industry. “Elvira”, “There Goes My Everything”, “If My Heart Had Windows”, “Mohair Sam”, “All I Have To Offer You Is Me” and “The Son Of Hickory Hollers Tramp” are just a few of the successful songs contained in his catalogue.

One of his most cherished honors was being inducted into the Nashville Songwriter’s Association, International Hall Of Fame in 1976. His taste and appreciation for music covers a vast range; from Bluegrass to Pavarotti. His roots are country but that didn’t stop him from developing a great love for the blues and other genres. He’s not a man that you can label or put in a box!

On the spiritual side, Dallas is a non-denominational Christian minister. For the most part he was retired from the music business from 1976 to 2006. Much of that time was spent in Christian ministry. From 1999 to 2006 he was the pastor of Grace Community Fellowship, a non-denominational church near White House, Tennessee. However, his creative aspirations are tugging at him again and he feels that God has confirmed to him that his greatest work is in the days ahead.

Mark your calendars: October 12 & 13

Ray Stevens Charity Golf Classic

Golf Tournament & Gala Dinner with music by Ray Stevens and Sugarcane Jane

Benefitting GIFT, Augie's Quest (ALS) and ClubCorp Employee Partners Care Foundation
 
Learn more & sign up here: clubcorpcharityclassic.com/raystevens

 
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This is the day the Lord has made,
let us rejoice and be glad in it.
~ Psalm 118:24

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First Tuesday with Carol M. Swain

Tuesday, September 5th
Creative Workshop Recording Studio
2804 Azalea Place, Nashville, TN 37204
Potluck style lunch at noon
Guest speaker at 1 PM

Please bring a friend and a favorite dish, drink or dessert.

We are honored to have Carol M. Swain as our special guest speaker this First Tuesday in September!

Carol M. Swain is an award-winning political scientist, a former professor of political science and professor of law at Vanderbilt University, and a lifetime member of the James Madison Society, an international community of scholars affiliated with the James Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions at Princeton University. Before joining Vanderbilt in 1999, Swain was a tenured associate professor of politics and public policy at Princeton University’s Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs. Swain is passionate about empowering others to raise their voices in the public square. She is the author or editor of eight books and has been a frequent political commentator on several national television shows. And more importantly, she's a committed Christian.

Carol will be signing copies of her book Be The People. Free copies will be given out to the first fifty attendees. 

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Your Word, O Lord, is eternal: it stands firm in the heavens.
Your faithfulness continues through all generations.
You established the earth and it endures.
Your laws endure to this day, for all things serve you.
~ Psalm 119:89

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Concert & Picnic in the Park with Charlie McCoy - June 6

Tuesday, June 6th
Berry Hill Park
Azalea Place, Nashville, TN 37204
(next to Creative Workshop)
12:00 PM

Please bring friends & family and a favorite dish, drink or dessert.

Any musician in Nashville has heard of Charlie McCoy. A mainstay in Music City since the '60s, Charlie has played on dozens of hit records, including work for such legends as Elvis Presley, Simon & Garfunkel, Johnny Cash, Bob Dylan, Roy Orbison and many more. But the work that has distinguished this world-class harmonica player and multi-instrumentalist is contained on more than two dozen albums that Charlie has released as an artist over the past three decades. Charlie is known all over the world. He performs every year in Europe and Asia, most frequently France, Japan, and Denmark.

Come hear Charlie McCoy's exciting style of music as he shares stories of his life journey with you! This will be a rare Nashville appearance for the master instrumentalist. Event is potluck style. No admission fee. Donations to GIFT are welcome. More info about Charlie at CharlieMcCoy.com

Charlie will also be signing copies of his book Fifty Cents and a Box Top: The Creative Life of Nashville Session Musician Charlie McCoy. A copy of the book will be free to the first fifty attendees of the picnic!
 

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For by grace are ye saved through faith;
and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God,
not of works, lest any man should boast.
~ Ephesians 2:8-9 KJV

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First Tuesday with Dallas Frazier - May 2

Tuesday, May 2nd
Creative Workshop Recording Studio
2804 Azalea Place, Nashville, TN 37204
Potluck style lunch at noon
Guest speaker at 1 PM

Please bring a friend and a favorite dish, drink or dessert.

Legendary songwriter Dallas Frazier, was born October 27, 1939 in Spiro, Oklahoma. and raised in the Bakersfield, California area. Dallas started to write songs by age eleven and in 1952, he started working for Ferlin Husky. At age fourteen, he signed with Capitol Records and had his first big hit in the summer of 1960 with the song “Alley Oop”. The Hollywood Argyles went to the #1 spot in the Billboard with it.

In late 1963, Dallas and his wife Sharon moved to Tennessee on a train. Again, he connected with his old friend Ferlin. He signed with Ferlin’s Publishing Company and soon got established as a writer with a promising future. Over the years, Dallas has written hundreds of songs and has left an indelible mark on the music industry. “Elvira”, “There Goes My Everything”, “If My Heart Had Windows”, “Mohair Sam”, “All I Have To Offer You Is Me” and “The Son Of Hickory Hollers Tramp” are just a few of the successful songs contained in his catalogue.

One of his most cherished honors was being inducted into the Nashville Songwriter’s Association, International Hall Of Fame in 1976. His taste and appreciation for music covers a vast range; from Bluegrass to Pavarotti. His roots are country but that didn’t stop him from developing a great love for the blues and other genres. He’s not a man that you can label or put in a box!

On the spiritual side, Dallas is a non-denominational Christian minister. For the most part he was retired from the music business from 1976 to 2006. Much of that time was spent in Christian ministry. From 1999 to 2006 he was the pastor of Grace Community Fellowship, a non-denominational church near White House, Tennessee. However, his creative aspirations are tugging at him again and he feels that God has confirmed to him that his greatest work is in the days ahead.

Come and be blessed by this man of God, who speaks words of truth and hope from the Word!

Coming soon:
June 6: Charlie McCoy (Picnic in the Park)

 

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To the praise of the glory of his grace,
wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved.
~ Ephesians 1:6 (KJV)

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First Tuesday with Larry Thrailkill - April 4

Tuesday, April 4th
Creative Workshop Recording Studio
2804 Azalea Place, Nashville, TN 37204
Potluck style lunch at noon
Guest speaker at 1 PM

Please bring a friend and a favorite dish, drink or dessert.

We're excited to welcome Larry Thrailkill as this month's guest speaker. Larry is a retired attorney who worked in his own firm Thrailkill, Harris, Wood & Boswell, PLC. A native of Atlanta, Georgia, Larry is a graduate of the University of Georgia and received his law degree from Vanderbilt University. In 1998, he was president of the San Francisco 49ers. He is married to his high school sweetheart Jan and they have two grown children, Maria and Mark and grandchildren Thomas and Julianne. He is also an elder at Forest Hills Baptist Church where he is also a Sunday school teacher. 

Don't miss being blessed by this gifted teacher of the Word and inspiring gentleman!

Coming soon:
May 2: Dallas Frazier
June 6: Charlie McCoy (Picnic in the Park)

 
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How great is the love the Father has lavished on us,
that we should be called children of God!
And that is what we are!
~ 1 John 3:1 (NIV)

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First Tuesday with Hope Hines - March 7

First Tuesday with Hope Hines
Tuesday, March 7th
Creative Workshop Recording Studio
2804 Azalea Place, Nashville, TN 37204
Potluck style lunch at noon
Guest speaker at 1 PM

Please bring a friend and a favorite dish, drink or dessert.

Hope Hines brought sports news to life each evening on CBS NewsChannel 5 for thirty two years. He is highly respected around the nation as a seasoned professional and play-by-play broadcaster.

Hope joined NewsChannel 5 as Sports Director in 1971 after graduating from the University of Georgia. In 1975, Hope left for San Diego where he was Sports Director of KFMB-TV and was the play-by-play radio broadcaster for the San Diego Chargers of the NFL. Hope also served as television play-by-play announcer for the New Orleans Saints working for WWL-TV in New Orleans.

He spent a short time in Charlotte, North Carolina working for Ted Turner before moving on to Baltimore. There, he continued his television play-by-play broadcasting for the Baltimore Colts, as well as Sports Anchor for WMAR-TV. In 1983 Hope returned to Nashville.

Hope has won six broadcast Emmy awards and has been named Best Sportscaster in the Southeast. He has received an Iris Award and was named a recipient of the Silver Circle Award by the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences for 25 Years of Distinguished Service to the Industry, He is also a 2014 Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame inductee, receiving the Pat Summitt Lifetime Achievement Award.

In his private life, Hope focuses on family, church and golf. He and wife Pat have three grown children and seven grandchildren. Hope and Pat are active members of the First Baptist Church in Franklin, Tennessee. Hope's faith and his years of working with athletes and coaches have led him to another activity - motivational speaking. His message is that the greatest limitations in life are those we place on ourselves.

Hope became an author in 2012 when his book, In Hines Sight - The Ups, Downs and Rebounds of 40 Years in Sports Broadcasting was published.

Attendees get a complimentary copy of his 2012 book In Hines Sight - The Ups, Downs and Rebounds of 40 Years in Sports Broadcasting that he'll be happy to sign after the program.

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Now faith is being sure of what we hope for
and certain of what we do not see.
~ Hebrews 11:1

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