Read our latest newsletter from Spring 2009 to catch an update on the latest happenings at East Nashville Cooperative Ministry!

Spring 2009 Newsletter

On Wednesdays through the summer, ENCM will have a table at the East Nashville Farmers Market on S 10th St. and Russell near Five Points.  While we are not selling any produce yet, we are spreading the word and soliciting support for our new program, The Eden Project (read about it further on this site).  We are also gleaning left overs from local farmers for emergency assistance and composting.

Click here for directions or here for a map

Memorial Lutheran Church is hosting a singer-songwriters evening to benefit East Nashville Cooperative Ministry.  Come, bring your family, and enjoy some of Nashville’s amazing talent.  Find the details of the event on the attached pdf flier.  Mark your calendars now: Memorial Lutheran Church and ENCM will be having a songwriters night bi-yearly.  The date of the next event is November 21st.

Songwriter Night June 20, 2008

Download the full press release below. 

2009-3 Press release

The East Nashville Cooperative Ministry is embarking on several new initiatives to address hunger in our community.  While maintaining its emergency food relief efforts, ENCM is rethinking how we “feed the hungry.”  We are inspired to help both recipients and supporters receive healthier benefits and build relationships across our urban community that can transform lives.

Local churches are invited to participate in these ground breaking projects.  Many who feel they have little to give now have the opportunity to provide healthier food to their neighbors at little or no cost.

ENCM is seeking volunteers in the area to kick off The Eden Project, a ministry that partners families who grown their own food in home gardens with those who cannot.  In addition to exchanging food and work, knowledge of how to grow food is passed on to those who face the threat of hunger.

Volunteers may also choose to donate their surplus garden produce to the East Nashville Cooperative Ministry or volunteer in the McCoy Memorial Garden.  Food from these sources will supplement the non-perishables available in the emergency food boxes ENCM distributes.

A representative of ENCM would be happy to visit and speak to your church in further detail about these opportunities.  If you have any questions about how to get involved or would like more information, please feel free to email Bonnie Bogen at bonnie@jbogen.com. 

We hope that your church members will prayerfully consider seeking an end to hunger in East Nashville by joining in these transformative new efforts.

With the help of Jonathan Moore from PK Productions, we have just finished our first installment if the ENCM promotional video. This short film (8 minutes) is nicely coupled with a presentation on the Co-op, a Sunday School lesson, or even a sermon. Email us to schedule an ENCM representative to come show the video.

Read our latest newsletter from Winter 2009 to catch an update on the latest happenings at East Nashville Cooperative Ministry.

Our annual Lenten Lunches have been consolidated from 6 lunches to into one Lenten Lunch and one Easter Celebration. The Lenten Lunch will be hosted at Eastwood Christian Church on Wednesday, April 8th at noon. The Easter Celebration will be Saturday, April 18th at Nashville First Church of the Nazarene. Come join in fellowship, food, and worship together with our supporting churches.

On April 25th, we will be officially dedicating the McCoy Memorial Garden, remembering the late Neely “Mac” McCoy. The ceremony will begin at noon and Juanita McCoy will be honored for the McCoy’s continued service through ENCM. We will hang the McCoy Memorial Garden sign. Following the dedication, there will be a barbeque and tours through the garden. The event will be help near the garden, behind ENCM.