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THE CALL, Oct. 24 edition, is now available online Click Here
SUNDAY CALL is available for October 26 bulletins Click Here
Download 2004 Holston Calendar Order Form
Job opportunities online
Free Web Ministry Training November 12-13 (download PDF)
2004 Camping Catalog Now Available for Download PDF
Al wants you! New volunteer coordinator named
Sorry, Maria and Bill won’t be coming after all
What’s happening in Elizabethton and Chattanooga
When to register for Divine Rhythm? How about now
Special Sundays: How to get free offering envelopes
Online calendar: Remember these dates
Who said that? God has a hit TV show
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Al wants you! New volunteer coordinator named
Al Shaver of Union Grove UMC was recently named southern region coordinator for the conference’s Volunteer Labor Program, the missions office recently announced. Shaver’s first order of business is to generate a volunteer labor pool for churches in need. If you are in the Chattanooga, Cleveland, Knoxville, Maryville, or Oak Ridge Districts and have skills in carpentry, electrical, masonry, plumbing, painting or other construction areas – Al Shaver wants you! Email or call (865) 995-1121.
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Sorry, Maria and Bill won’t be available after all
“News Briefs” and “The Call” recently reported that Maria and Bill Humbane, Zimbabwe missionaries, will be available to speak in Holston churches this fall. The Humbanes’ trip has been delayed until early summer 2004. For more information, contact Bill Daugherty by (email) or (865) 690-4080.
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What’s happening in Elizabethton and Chattanooga
The following churches have e-mailed us about upcoming events:
&Mac183;Watauga Point UMC, in Elizabethton, Tenn., will host “His Own,” a group from Maryville, on Sunday, Oct. 26 at 6 p.m. For more information, send email.
Washington Hills UMC, in Chattanooga, is planning a revival Oct. 26-28, starting nightly at 7 p.m. The preacher is the Rev. Rick Wright, pastor at Holly Ave UMC, South Pittsburg, Tenn. For more information, send email.
Hixson UMC, in Chattanooga, will sponsor its annual Health Fair on Monday, Nov. 3, from 9 a.m. to noon. The event is free, with the exception of flu shots ($15) and pneumonia shots ($20) for non-Medicare participants. For more information, send email.
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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.
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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 this 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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Your Online Calendar: Events Reminder
(Speaking of Calendars ... order your 2004 calendar now! )
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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Who said that? God has a hit TV show
“I give suggestions, not assignments. Free will is one of my better innovations.”
– God, masquerading as a sanitation worker, in the new fall TV show, “Joan of Arcadia.” On the show, God shows up in many different forms to 16-year-old Joan.
For a recent CNN article about “Joan of Arcadia,” Click here.