Today, in Holston Conference News Briefs for November 1:
exclusive – NCD Now: Put Me in, Coach @ holston.org~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Today, in Holston Conference News Briefs for November 1:
exclusive – NCD Now: Put Me in, Coach @ holston.org
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TOP STORY: Holston wins top publicity award
Millie Meese, print media specialist, has won a "Best of Division" award for her work on the summer camp 2006 publicity campaign.
Meese won top honors in the "Publicity/Advertising's Regional Area Campaign" division at last weekend's United Methodist Association of Communicators award ceremony in Indianapolis. The Holston Conference Camp and Retreat Ministries campaign was entitled "Come and See" and included a 36-page catalog, brochure, and bookmark.
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Children: We still want your prayers of peace
The Sudan Action Team is compiling a prayer book of peace, written by the children of Holston and Africa. The book will be distributed in 2007. Many church groups have already submitted their prayers. If your children have not yet participated, they are invited to:
* write prayers of peace
* write their thoughts of peace
* draw a picture of what peace means to them
The child's name, age, and address should be placed on the back of each page. An adult contact's name and telephone number should be included with each group's submission. Submissions should be mailed by Dec. 15 (new date) to: Lori Sluder, Sudan Action Team, P.O. Box 32939, Knoxville, TN 37930-2939.
Visit the Sudan Action Team page
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Educational event in Knoxville: 'Tabernacle and Temple'
The Rev. Jim Fleming returns to Church Street United Methodist Church in Knoxville on Nov. 17-19 for the seminar, "The Tabernacle and the Temple." The event is free of charge, and the Wesley Leadership Institute will offer 0.4 CEUs for full participation.
Learn more from the Wesley Leadership Institute
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Should we observe Veterans Day in the church?
Veterans Day in 2006 falls on Saturday, Nov. 11. In most years and most times, Veterans' Day passes in our churches with little or no mention. Historically and traditionally, Veterans Day has been more a civic than a sacred observance. As with New Year’s Day, Mother's Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, and others, Veterans Day is not a part of the liturgical calendar — although sometimes local congregations will observe these days in some manner in Sunday congregational worship.
Read more from the General Board of Discipleship
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No more 'Indians': Who said that?
"McMurry's values are reflected less by what our athletic teams are called than by who we are and what we do."
— John Russell, president of United Methodist-related McMurry University, which has discontinued use of the athletic team name "the Indians." The university's board of trustees made the decision Oct. 13 in compliance with the National Collegiate Athletic Association's prohibition against the use of such names and related mascots by teams in post-season tournament competition.
Read the United Methodist News Service report
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