exclusive – Burning questions from Holston staffers @ holston.orgTOP STORY: Church leaders respond to Dammann verdict
Oops. Need last-minute Holy Week service? GBOD to the rescue
Attention! Holston finance office is now located in Knoxville
Clergy golf tournament will provide scholarships for student pastors
Tennessee Wesleyan College hosts 5K run this Saturday
Need a Vacation Bible School mission emphasis? Think potatoes
Gone to a better place: Who said that?
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TOP STORY: Church leaders respond to Dammann verdict
Bishops and other church leaders rushed to release statements following the March 20 acquittal of Washington state’s Rev. Karen Dammann. For national stories, visit the United Methodist News Service site. For Bishop Ray Chamberlain’s statement, click here. For additional reactions from Holston leaders, see the upcoming April 9 issue of “The Call.”
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Oops. Need last-minute Holy Week service? GBOD to the rescue
The General Board of Discipleship presents, “The Last Week: A Service of Prayer, Scripture and Song.” Using selected lectionary passages and related congregational hymns and songs from “The United Methodist Hymnal” and “The Faith We Sing,” the service recalls the events of the last week of Jesus' earthly life. Visit the GBOD worship Web site by clicking here.
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Attention! Holston finance office is now located in Knoxville
Local churches submitting remittance forms, checks, or other finance-related material should note that the conference treasurer’s office and staff are located in the Knoxville Conference Center. Checks or forms sent to the Johnson City office will be re-routed to the Knoxville office, delaying your payment. Mail checks and other materials to: Controller, P.O. Box 32939, Knoxville, TN 37930-2939, phone (865) 690-4080.
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Clergy golf tournament will provide scholarships for student pastors
The second Holston Pastors’ Scholarship Golf Tournament will be held June 17 immediately following the last session of Annual Conference. The tournament begins at 3:45 p.m. at Waynesville Country Club in Waynesville, N.C. Cost is $45 per person. Proceeds will be used to provide two $250 scholarships for student pastors. For entries and questions, contact Tom Seay at (865) 588-6562 or (865) 693-8219 or Doug Fairbanks at (423) 886-2330 or (423) 886-3016.
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Tennessee Wesleyan College hosts 5K run this Saturday
Tennessee Wesleyan’s Sixth Annual Spring Classic 5K and Fun Run is scheduled Saturday, April 3. The race begins and ends in the parking lot behind Keith Hall on the Athens, Tenn., campus. Pre-registration fees are $10 for individuals and $8 per runner for groups of 10 or more. On race day, the fee is $12 per runner. Participants receive T-shirts. To register, contact Karen Gross at (423) 746-5274 or Donny Mayfield at (423) 746-5290.
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Need a Vacation Bible School mission emphasis? Think potatoes
The Society of St. Andrew invites Vacation Bible School groups to participate in the organization’s “Love by the Pound” ministry this summer. The program is designed to supplement VBS materials by offering a mission emphasis in which students learn about hunger in America. VBS groups are encouraged to raise $50, a nickel at a time, to feed the hungry. A nickel donated to St. Andrew is enough to deliver a pound of salvaged potatoes to the nation’s hungry. To order the free packet, send e-mail, call (800) 333-4597, or click here.
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Gone to a better place: Who said that?
“They were not frightened. They knew if something happened, then they would be with the Lord. And that’s not a bad place to be.”
– The Rev. Jerry Parker of the First Baptist Church in Cary, N.C., recalling Larry and Jean Elliott, two of four Southern Baptist aid workers killed in a March 15 attack in Iraq. Parker was quoted in the Washington Post.
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