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Download 2004 Calendar Order Form
New Job Opportunities Posted Online
2004 Charge Conference Forms Online
E&H Football: If You’re Tired of Orange & White
Grief Counseling Session in Jonesborough
Free Concert Happens This Sunday in Bristol
Explore Your Call to Ministry in North Carolina
Your Online Calendar: Remember These Dates
From the ‘Things We’d Like to Know’ Department
Fashion Mag or Bible? Let Your Daughter Decide
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If You’re Tired of Orange & White
Youth, pastors, and youth workers are invited to “Church Youth Day” at Emory & Henry College on Saturday, Sept. 13. The event includes campus tours, lunch, devotions, and an afternoon football game between E&H and Ferrum. Cost is $3 per person for lunch. Registration begins at 10 a.m. To register your group, call the chaplain’s office at (276) 944-6842 or email Tim Kobler .
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Grief Counseling Session in Jonesborough
The International Storytelling Center is hosting a workshop for clergy, parish nurses and grief counselors that will focus on the use of narrative in grief counseling. Led by the Rev. Donald Davis, the “Storytelling and Grief” workshop will be held at the Storytelling Center in Jonesborough on Monday, Sept. 29, 8:30-11 a.m. Cost is $25 and includes a continental breakfast. Register by calling (423) 753-2171 or click here.
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Free Concert Happens This Sunday in Bristol
Youth are invited to a free concert by Lost & Found as part of Faith Explosion 2003 in Bristol, Va. Sponsored by the Abingdon District, the event happens 3:00 to 6:30 p.m. at State Street United Methodist Church. Other activities include face painting, the “Wet Zone” and the opening band, Intinxion, from Pleasant View United Methodist Church. A love offering will be taken. For more information, click here.
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Explore Your Call to Ministry in North Carolina
Holston Conference youth and young adults considering a future in ministry are invited to participate in an Exploration 2003 event with the Western North Carolina and North Carolina Conferences in Asheboro, N.C., Oct. 17-19. Registration deadline is Sept. 17. Contact Dan Gray by email or (423) 928-2156.
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Your Online Calendar: Events Reminder
(Speaking of Calendars ... download your 2004 calendar order form now ... due Sept. 30)
Click on the links below to download brochures and visit our upcoming events link for updates:
"Young Spirits Sing and Move: A Holston Conference Choir Clinic", Sept. 13, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., First Oak Ridge UMC (PDF)
Holston Conference Native American Ministries Gathering at Coker Creek Village near Tellico Plains, Tenn., on Sept. 20-21.(Online Information)
"Wesley and the Poor": Wesley Institute seminar, Oct. 6-8, Tennessee Wesleyan College, Athens, Tenn. (PDF)
"John Wesley: Life, Legend, Legacy": a 10-day Wesley Institute study program in England, Oct. 13-22 (PDF)
"Newsprint to PowerPoint & Beyond": Southeastern Jurisdictional Conference event, Oct. 12-15, Lake Junaluska, N.C. (PDF)
Holston 2003 Regional Clergy Conferences, Oct. 14 and 16 in two locations (PDF)
Nov. 12-13: FREE Web Ministry Training Event contact Donna Hankins or download PDF (possible CEUs)
"An Advent Retreat": Southeastern Jurisdictional Conference event, Nov. 17-19, Lake Junaluska, N.C. (PDF)
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From the ‘Things We’d Like to Know’ Department
Every week, the conference communications staff prepares a bulletin insert, “The Sunday Call,” for churches to download and use on Sunday morning. We want to know: