Today, in Holston Conference News Briefs for February 14:
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Today, in Holston Conference News Briefs for February 14:
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TOP STORY: Hiwassee advances in accreditation efforts
Following another year of legal wrangling, Hiwassee College's accreditation remains intact. A federal judge ruled Feb. 6 in favor of Hiwassee in a portion of its lawsuit against the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS).
“This is a significant moment in our legal efforts,” said the Rev. James Noseworthy, president of Hiwassee. “We have prevailed on one of the several issues of our case. The decision means SACS cannot take steps that would cut off Hiwassee’s financial aid or remove accreditation.”
Read Hiwassee's press release
Read the United Methodist News Service report
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When is the conference office moving to Alcoa?
Holston Conference staff members will be working in their new offices on March 12. See the latest edition of The Call for details.
The new mailing address will be: P.O. Box 850, Alcoa, TN 37701-0850.
Get directions to the new conference center
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Jubilation: Register by Feb. 20, save $10
Older adults are invited to Kingsport, Tenn., March 18-20, for three days of worship, workshops, golf, and shopping. For the first time, Jubilation will be held at MeadowView Resort and Conference Center. Workshop topics include Identity Theft, Medication and the Older Adult, and Updates in Estate Planning.
Download a brochure now
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Wanted: Help for schools in Liberia
Operation Classroom of Holston is working to upgrade 120 United Methodist schools in Liberia. Funds are needed for scholarships as well as to repair structural damage caused by civil fighting in 2004. For information about how your church group can help, write Dan Kelly.
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Hunger agency provides free devotions for Lent
The Society for St. Andrew is providing free guides with daily Scripture readings, short devotionals, prayer, and an optional Good Friday Fast program. The season of Lent begins on Ash Wednesday on Feb. 21.
Order materials online
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Coming March 18: One Great Hour of Sharing
Your congregation can join United Methodists worldwide by making a special offering through One Great Hour of Sharing to support the United Methodist Committee on Relief. Gifts to this offering underwrite UMCOR's "costs of doing business." The offering helps the agency keep their promise that 100 percent of every other gift made to a specific UMCOR project can be spent on that project — not on home office costs.
Order free resources now
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The senior pastor is living high: Who said that?
"Pastor Hammond and the LWCC have shown a disturbing pattern of violating federal tax law and the IRS has done nothing."
— Melanie Sloan, executive director of Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, following allegations that the Living Word Christian Center of Minnesota illegally arranged lucrative deals for its senior pastor to buy a plane and a house.
Read the Star Tribune article (sign up for a 7-day pass)
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