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New Name Defines FutureA new name and logo for
our ministry was announced at our annual spring fund-raising dinner on April 7th, 2016. CWJC of Middle Tennessee continues our transformational ministry under the name Begin Anew
of Middle Tennessee!Begin Anew was chosen
to convey a new beginning and hope that comes from Christ as expressed in the Scripture, 2 Corinthians 5:17 “Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new cre-
ation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come!”
We remain steadfast to our mission. Begin Anew is a new chapter, a new vision, defining the future of our service. A service that
brings hope for a brighter future to so many hard working men, women and families doing everything they can to make a better life for themselves. We be-lieve everyone deserves the chance to Begin Anew!
New Site Opens at Woodbine ChurchBegin Anew completed a
one year Woodbine com-munity assessment with Brentwood Baptist which led to an exciting time in January 2016. With funding from Brentwood Baptist Church, Begin Anew opened an auxiliary site at The Church at Woodbine, offering ESL classes on Monday evenings and Wednesday mornings.
The Begin Anew staff and volunteers assisting with the opening had no idea how many students would show up for classes. To our surprise and delight, within the first two weeks we had a total of 52 ESL students — 16 men and 36 women from at least 15 countries attending class! We had obviously hit upon the felt need of the commu-nity!
As the weeks continued, we were all amazed at the
Charlotte Hanson (center) and Woodbine ESL (English as a Second Language) class prepar-ing for worship service.
continued commitment of our students and their great desire to learn.
After a thorough search and many prayers, we re-cently hired Charlotte Han-son as the Program Director for the Woodbine site. For
the past year, Charlotte has served as the Minister-in-Residence at Woodbine.
In Charlotte’s words, “My work as a resident at the Church at Woodbine has given me valuable in-sight to Woodbine’s com-
munity needs, established relationships with people currently living in the com-munity and hands-on min-istry experience that em-powers and transforms the lives of people living in poverty.”
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Non Profit Org.U.S. POSTAGE
PAIDNashville, Tennessee
Permit No. 4734
Begin Anew420 Main StreetNashville, TN 37206
BEGIN ANEW/MID TN NEWSLETTER
is published by Begin Anew, a non-
profit ministry. Editor: Rebecca Rob-
bins, Designer: Connie Bushey, Pho-
tographer: Marilyn Spicer
In 2015 —• Begin Anew served 220 adults living in poverty by providing case management, assess-
ments, mentoring, educational classes, small group Bible study, and referrals to mental and physical health agencies in Middle TN.
• 145 children, infant to middle school age, were provided free programming, which in-cluded tutoring, bible study, and a nurturing environment.
• 40 graduates in HSE (High School Equivalency), ESL, Literacy, or Computer/Job Skills• 73% students graduated or remained enrolled.• 25 total professions of Faith shared• 6 rededications shared• 64 men enrolled in either the HSE or ESL programs.• 1,385 mentoring hours were invested in students – (value of $39,195 in-kind support).• 7,995 teacher/tutor volunteer hours were invested – (value of $186,763 in-kind support).• $302,905 total in-kind monetary amount of volunteer hours invested in students• 254 Volunteers served as childcare workers, mentors, teachers/tutors, or in administra-
tion• Conducted needs assessment in the Woodbine area to open a new site in 2016.
BEGIN ANEW
Executive BoardCharlotte Wolfe, ChairBrandon Owen, Vice ChairCharlyene CoueyDan ScottJohn GeringErin Lynch-AlexanderKyle SmithJamie DunhamFrankie AllenPatti GarafolaVickie AndersonTim StewartBecky Harrell
Advisory BoardTracey CarterMary ClementBrad DunnMike ForsterConnie KimbroPaul RutledgeSusan RutledgeDebbie SmithLarry TatumLarry ThrailkillDenine Torr
Where will your dollars go?$50 – 1 week of classes$200 – 1 month of classes$600 – 1 quarter of classes$2,400 – supports a student for 1 year$3,600 – supports a student for entire program (2 yrs.)
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New Scholarship RecipientsChristian Gutierrez has been
awarded the Tennessee Woman’s Mis-sionary Union Creely Wilson CMJC Scholarship for the 2016-2017 aca-demic year.
Kina Jones has been awarded the Amanda Day CWJC Scholarship (named for former TN WMU Ministry Specialist under whose leadership the ministry of CWJC began).
LaShondra Milan has been
awarded the National WMU Faye Dove Scholarship, honoring gradu-ates who have demonstrated persever-ance in achieving personal goals and plan to continue their education. She was also awarded the Sara Rodes Fund Scholarship, established by the United Methodist Women of West End UMC. This scholarship supports higher education for women who have overcome obstacles and are en-
rolled in a program leading to self-sufficiency.
Sophia Grant-Campbell has been awarded the National WMU Sybil Bentley Dove Scholarship. After grad-uating from Begin Anew, she plans to begin studies to become an Emergen-cy Medical Technician.
Congratulations to all our Begin Anew Scholarship recipients! We are so proud of their hard work!
Kina Jones with her mentor, Julie Russell.
Sophia Grant-Campbell with her mentor, Mrs. Jimmie Lee.
LaShondra Milan with her mentor, Cathy Jenkins.
Christian Gutierrez with his teacher, Carroll Klein-schmidt.
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Winter 2015 graduates, mentors and staff.
Winter 2015 & Spring 2016 Graduates
Spring 2016 graduates, mentors and staff.
Address: Begin Anew of
Middle TN, 420 Main Street,
Nashville, TN 37206
Phone: 615.244.3669,
Fax: 615.259.3722.
Visit us at:
www.beginanew.org
www.facebook.com/
beginanewmidtn
www.twitter.com/
beginanewmiddletn
Subscribe to our
E-news letter:
http://eepurl.com/debb
Support Begin Anew of Middle TennesseeComplete and mail to Begin Anew, 420 Main St., Nashville, TN 37206
or donate online @ www.beginanew.org.
Name: __________________________________________________________________________
Address: ________________________________________________________________________
City: _______________________________________State: ___________ Zip: ______________
Phone(s): __________________________ Email: ______________________________________
Choose One:
Cash or Check made payable to Begin Anew
Credit card (circle one): VISA MC Discover Amex
Card #: _________________________________________________________________________
Exp. Date: ______________________ CSC# (on back of card) _________________________
______I would like more information on including Begin Anew in my bequests, life insurance,
retirement and other types of planned gifts through the Creely Wilson Society.
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Comments From Our Graduates
Ke’Asha with mentor, Abby
“Being a part of Begin Anew lets me know that I have another family that will always accept me and push me toward success when I need it.” — Ke’Asha, Nashville graduate 2016
Martin with mentor, Carroll
“People may only think this is a piece of paper, but for us it is a door of opportunities.” — Martin, Wil-liamson graduate 2016
“I feel like I’ve learned a lot from the people in the class, as well as the class itself, not just education-wise, but value-wise, and life lessons.” — David, Madison graduate 2015
Victoria with tutor, Jill
“Before I received my GED, I had a feeling of guilt and despair. I had a huge weight inside me. And it had been there for many years But the day I found out my test scores was the day that feel-ing went away. I felt like a huge weight had been lifted.” — Victoria, Nashville graduate 2015
Destini with mentor, Tangela
“I’m blessed because of Begin Anew. Without it, I wouldn’t be here today graduating. A day I’ve dreamed of since high school.” — Destini, Madison graduate 2016
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2016 Spring Fundraiser
Treasures in the Darkness, based on Isaiah 45:3, was the theme for Begin Anew’s 2016 Spring Fund-raising event, held April 7th at Brentwood Baptist Church. This year’s event raised $199,151 in gifts and pledges. Event costs were just under 11%, al-lowing proceeds to support programs in Madison, Nashville, Franklin — and now, Woodbine. Thank you again for your generous contribution.
Madison Fundraiser Dinner We have so much to celebrate and we hope you will join
us at Madison Church of Christ for our annual fundraiser dinner on September 15th @ 6:30 pm. Dinner and home-made pies would be enough for us but let’s add Channel 4’s Rudy Kalis as our emcee and a special performance by 1WORD! Most importantly, guests will learn about all the changes and growth experienced by Begin Anew in the last year — • Changing our name from CWJC to Begin Anew• Expanding the Madison Men’s program • Adding a new site in the Woodbine area• Hearing success stories from our students
You will not want to miss this special evening celebrating the opportunity to “Begin Anew”!
2015 Madison Fundraiser
Saralu Lunn – Event Chair, Helen Kennedy – Honorary Chair, and Becky Sumrall – Executive Director
Understanding Our ClientsWould you and your family be able to survive on a salary
of $7.25 an hour? Working 40 hours a week, your weekly salary would be approximately $290 before taxes.
Without a high school diploma, computer and jobs skills or proficiency in the English language, 120,000 individuals in Davidson County are employed in low wage jobs or they are unemployed.
They struggle daily to meet the financial needs of their households, including resources to invest in the lives of their children. Nashville’s economy is growing and thriv-ing, however the number of persons living in poverty is not declining and residents living on low wages are not benefit-
ing from the growth. Begin Anew provides these adults and children with the
education, mentoring and resources they need to change their circumstances and their lives. When a family is strug-gling to overcome the obstacles caused by poverty, the power of developing connections with others who believe there is hope for change is the element that makes the dif-ference.
Begin Anew is committed to connecting with these fami-lies by establish new ministry locations and expanding our services. We believe everyone deserves a chance to Begin Anew. — Rebekah Sumrall, Executive Director
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New Scholarship RecipientsChristian Gutierrez has been
awarded the Tennessee Woman’s Mis-sionary Union Creely Wilson CMJC Scholarship for the 2016-2017 aca-demic year.
Kina Jones has been awarded the Amanda Day CWJC Scholarship (named for former TN WMU Ministry Specialist under whose leadership the ministry of CWJC began).
LaShondra Milan has been
awarded the National WMU Faye Dove Scholarship, honoring gradu-ates who have demonstrated persever-ance in achieving personal goals and plan to continue their education. She was also awarded the Sara Rodes Fund Scholarship, established by the United Methodist Women of West End UMC. This scholarship supports higher education for women who have overcome obstacles and are en-
rolled in a program leading to self-sufficiency.
Sophia Grant-Campbell has been awarded the National WMU Sybil Bentley Dove Scholarship. After grad-uating from Begin Anew, she plans to begin studies to become an Emergen-cy Medical Technician.
Congratulations to all our Begin Anew Scholarship recipients! We are so proud of their hard work!
Kina Jones with her mentor, Julie Russell.
Sophia Grant-Campbell with her mentor, Mrs. Jimmie Lee.
LaShondra Milan with her mentor, Cathy Jenkins.
Christian Gutierrez with his teacher, Carroll Klein-schmidt.
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Winter 2015 graduates, mentors and staff.
Winter 2015 & Spring 2016 Graduates
Spring 2016 graduates, mentors and staff.
Address: Begin Anew of
Middle TN, 420 Main Street,
Nashville, TN 37206
Phone: 615.244.3669,
Fax: 615.259.3722.
Visit us at:
www.beginanew.org
www.facebook.com/
beginanewmidtn
www.twitter.com/
beginanewmiddletn
Subscribe to our
E-news letter:
http://eepurl.com/debb
Support Begin Anew of Middle TennesseeComplete and mail to Begin Anew, 420 Main St., Nashville, TN 37206
or donate online @ www.beginanew.org.
Name: __________________________________________________________________________
Address: ________________________________________________________________________
City: _______________________________________State: ___________ Zip: ______________
Phone(s): __________________________ Email: ______________________________________
Choose One:
Cash or Check made payable to Begin Anew
Credit card (circle one): VISA MC Discover Amex
Card #: _________________________________________________________________________
Exp. Date: ______________________ CSC# (on back of card) _________________________
______I would like more information on including Begin Anew in my bequests, life insurance,
retirement and other types of planned gifts through the Creely Wilson Society.
2 0 1 6 N E W S L E T T E R
New Name Defines FutureA new name and logo for
our ministry was announced at our annual spring fund-raising dinner on April 7th, 2016. CWJC of Middle Tennessee continues our transformational ministry under the name Begin Anew
of Middle Tennessee!Begin Anew was chosen
to convey a new beginning and hope that comes from Christ as expressed in the Scripture, 2 Corinthians 5:17 “Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new cre-
ation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come!”
We remain steadfast to our mission. Begin Anew is a new chapter, a new vision, defining the future of our service. A service that
brings hope for a brighter future to so many hard working men, women and families doing everything they can to make a better life for themselves. We be-lieve everyone deserves the chance to Begin Anew!
New Site Opens at Woodbine ChurchBegin Anew completed a
one year Woodbine com-munity assessment with Brentwood Baptist which led to an exciting time in January 2016. With funding from Brentwood Baptist Church, Begin Anew opened an auxiliary site at The Church at Woodbine, offering ESL classes on Monday evenings and Wednesday mornings.
The Begin Anew staff and volunteers assisting with the opening had no idea how many students would show up for classes. To our surprise and delight, within the first two weeks we had a total of 52 ESL students — 16 men and 36 women from at least 15 countries attending class! We had obviously hit upon the felt need of the commu-nity!
As the weeks continued, we were all amazed at the
Charlotte Hanson (center) and Woodbine ESL (English as a Second Language) class prepar-ing for worship service.
continued commitment of our students and their great desire to learn.
After a thorough search and many prayers, we re-cently hired Charlotte Han-son as the Program Director for the Woodbine site. For
the past year, Charlotte has served as the Minister-in-Residence at Woodbine.
In Charlotte’s words, “My work as a resident at the Church at Woodbine has given me valuable in-sight to Woodbine’s com-
munity needs, established relationships with people currently living in the com-munity and hands-on min-istry experience that em-powers and transforms the lives of people living in poverty.”
B E G I N A N E W N E W S L E T T E R2 0 1 6 , PA G E 6
Non Profit Org.U.S. POSTAGE
PAIDNashville, Tennessee
Permit No. 4734
Begin Anew420 Main StreetNashville, TN 37206
BEGIN ANEW/MID TN NEWSLETTER
is published by Begin Anew, a non-
profit ministry. Editor: Rebecca Rob-
bins, Designer: Connie Bushey, Pho-
tographer: Marilyn Spicer
In 2015 —• Begin Anew served 220 adults living in poverty by providing case management, assess-
ments, mentoring, educational classes, small group Bible study, and referrals to mental and physical health agencies in Middle TN.
• 145 children, infant to middle school age, were provided free programming, which in-cluded tutoring, bible study, and a nurturing environment.
• 40 graduates in HSE (High School Equivalency), ESL, Literacy, or Computer/Job Skills• 73% students graduated or remained enrolled.• 25 total professions of Faith shared• 6 rededications shared• 64 men enrolled in either the HSE or ESL programs.• 1,385 mentoring hours were invested in students – (value of $39,195 in-kind support).• 7,995 teacher/tutor volunteer hours were invested – (value of $186,763 in-kind support).• $302,905 total in-kind monetary amount of volunteer hours invested in students• 254 Volunteers served as childcare workers, mentors, teachers/tutors, or in administra-
tion• Conducted needs assessment in the Woodbine area to open a new site in 2016.
BEGIN ANEW
Executive BoardCharlotte Wolfe, ChairBrandon Owen, Vice ChairCharlyene CoueyDan ScottJohn GeringErin Lynch-AlexanderKyle SmithJamie DunhamFrankie AllenPatti GarafolaVickie AndersonTim StewartBecky Harrell
Advisory BoardTracey CarterMary ClementBrad DunnMike ForsterConnie KimbroPaul RutledgeSusan RutledgeDebbie SmithLarry TatumLarry ThrailkillDenine Torr
Where will your dollars go?$50 – 1 week of classes$200 – 1 month of classes$600 – 1 quarter of classes$2,400 – supports a student for 1 year$3,600 – supports a student for entire program (2 yrs.)
