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Today, in Holston Conference News Briefs for November 3:

Wednesday on the Webexclusive – Did your candidate win or lose? No matter, be faithful @ holston.org

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TOP STORY: After amputating arm, Ralston tells story

Aron Ralston, known as the mountain hiker who amputated his own arm, grew up attending Hope United Methodist Church in Greenwood Village, Colo.

In an interview with UMC.org, Ralston describes how his "low point" came weeks after his amputation, when he developed a life-threatening bone infection caused by the dirty pocketknife he'd used to free himself from an 800-pound boulder.

Read the UMC.org report

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United Methodist Student Day is coming on Nov. 28

United Methodist Student Day is one of six Special Sundays in the United Methodist Church. Student Day is commemorated with an offering that funds scholarships for Holston college students as well as others in the denomination.

Download a bulletin insert or worship resources

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Don't forget to register for Divine Rhythm

For the first time, organizers of Divine Rhythm have set a registration deadline. The popular spiritual event for young adults will be held Jan. 21-23 at Country Tonite Theatre in Pigeon Forge, Tenn. The registration deadline is Dec. 10.

Find out more about DR

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Know a student who should consider Tenn. Wesleyan?
Tennessee Wesleyan College invites prospective students and their parents to an Open House on Saturday, Nov. 6.

The day's activities begin at 8:30 a.m. in Sherman Hall on the college's Athens campus. For more information or to register, contact Michelle Boyd in the office of admissions at (423) 746-5286 or visit the site below.

Tennessee Wesleyan's site

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Organ Donor Sunday: One woman's story

Organ and Tissue Donor Sunday is Nov. 14. Kathy Gilbert, a United Methodist News Service reporter, recently wrote about how she was inspired to donate a kidney to her stepfather.

Says Gilbert, "I think now, more than ever, I really understand the meaning of Acts 20:35 - 'It is more blessed to give than to receive.'"

Read the story and learn more about organ donation

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Halloween is/isn't evil: Who said that?

"Adults may have more of a problem than the children in separating reality from fantasty. Kids who dress up as princesses or devils seem to know full well that is not who they are, and that it is a game and exercise in imagination."

--The Rev. Charles Lippy, Holston clergy member and religious studies professor at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, in a recent Chicago Tribune article concerning an evangelical Christian effort to stop Halloween because it "glorifies evil."

Read the article

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 Your online calendar: Remember these dates

Nov. 20: ‘Conversations About Racism’ at Gray UMC

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