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Download 2004 Holston Calendar Order Form
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Free Web Ministry Training November 12-13 (download PDF)
When to register for Divine Rhythm? How about now
Special Sundays: How to get free offering envelopes
It’s an all-day thing at The Rock in Johnson City
African missionaries available to speak in Holston
General Conference petition? Here’s your deadline
Online calendar: Remember these dates
C’mon, tell us how you really feel
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When to register for Divine Rhythm? Like, now
If you haven’t already registered for Divine Rhythm, Holston’s young adult event held Jan. 23-24 – now is the time. This year’s speaker is the Rev. Arnetta Beverly of Western North Carolina Conference. Wayne Kerr of Houston is returning with his band to lead praise and worship. Divine Rhythm also has a new home this year – in Gatlinburg’s IMAX theatre! Visit DivineRhythm.com or email for more information. To read last year’s Divine Rhythm follow-up in "The Call," click here .
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Special Sundays: How to get free offering envelopes
United Methodist Student Day – one of six Special Sundays in the United Methodist Church – will be celebrated Nov. 30. Need free envelopes, stickers, worship materials? Click here.
Also, on Nov. 9, United Methodist churches will commemorate Organ and Tissue Donor Sunday. For more information, visit the General Board of Global Ministries site. To obtain materials from Gray, Tenn.-based Mountain Region Donor Services, call 1-888-562-3774.
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It’s an all-day thing at The Rock in Johnson City
On Saturday, Oct. 18, The Rock Fellowship UMC is having a yard sale to benefit the church’s praise team and a back-to-school carnival to benefit Coalition for Kids. Yard sale hours: 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Carnival hours: 3 to 6 p.m. Following the carnival, activities and giveaways will lead up to a free 7 p.m. concert: Rapfest 2003, featuring Christian rappers Rhymes Elect, RickyB & 4given and others. The Rock is located at 2308 Watauga Road, Johnson City. For more information, email Rev. Randy Hensley or call (423) 434-2031.
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African missionaries available to speak in churches
African missionaries supported by the conference and several Holston congregations will be available to speak at churches this fall, the conference missions office recently reported. Herbert and Mary Zigbou of Liberia will be in the United States from Oct. 31 through Jan. 3. Maria and Bill Humbane of Zimbabwe will be in the country from Oct. 25 through Dec. 15. Contact the missions office to secure speaking engagements: Bill Daugherty by (email) or (865) 690-4080.
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General Conference petition? Here’s your deadline
The deadline for United Methodist Church members to submit petitions to 2004 General Conference is Saturday, Nov. 29. For more information, click here.
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Your Online Calendar: Events Reminder
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New event announcements appear here. Visit our upcoming events page for other flyers.
“Responding to Family Violence”: Knoxville Clergy Against Family Violence conference, Nov. 7, Knoxville, Tenn. (MS Word)
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Tell us how you really feel about … ‘The Sunday Call’
We recently asked Holston readers to provide feedback about ‘The Sunday Call,’ our weekly bulletin insert. Here’s what two ministers said:
“I seldom use it … I do the bulletins and I don’t want to spend time folding and inserting something to be read.”
– Rev. Roy Fowler, Afton/Stone Dam UMC, Johnson City District
“We use it every Sunday. It is very helpful in terms of keeping us informed as to what other churches are doing, informed on the issues facing us today, inspired by the accounts of Christian individuals living out their discipleship.”
– Rev. Sullins Lamb, St. Elmo UMC, Chattanooga District
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