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Sam Roberts receives 2015 Francis Asbury Award
7/2/2015By TWC Communications ATHENS, Tenn. (July 2, 2015) -- Tennessee Wesleyan College professor of religion and philosophy Dr. Sam Roberts received the Francis Asbury Award at the Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church’s Holston Conference on ...
Newly commissioned chaplain to go step by step for others
6/13/2015 | Annual ConferenceBy Melanie Tucker/ The Daily Times MARYVILLE, Tenn. (June 13, 2015) -- Your feet will grow by one full shoe size if you walk 15 to 20 miles a day for an extended period — just one tidbit of information that’s helpful to folks embarking on the ...
Final report: Annual Conference gives $205,058 for children's ministries
6/12/2015 | Annual ConferenceDelegation elected for 2016 conferences Supplies valued at $225,680 sent to Africa Petition "tabled indefinitely" after 531-to-227 vote LAKE JUNALUSKA, N.C. (June 18, 2015) - - Leaders of 887 United Methodist churches of the Holston Annual ...
Tuesday at Annual Conference: Day begins with 5K, ends with balloting
6/10/2015 | Annual ConferenceDownload Annual Conference newspapers Watch live streaming See other Annual Conference stories ELECTED Clergy delegates General Conference David Graves (leader), Kim Goddard, Sandra Johnson Lay delegates General Conference Del Holley, Emily ...
Monday at Annual Conference: 'Poverty matters, but you matter more'
6/9/2015 | Annual ConferenceDownload Annual Conference newspapers Watch live streaming See other Annual Conference stories LAKE JUNALUSKA, N.C. (June 9, 2015) -- Tammy Pawloski shared statistics and science showing how poverty reduces brain development and opportunities for ...
Sunday at Annual Conference: 'Engage with God, engage with one another'
6/8/2015 | Annual Conference BishopDownload Annual Conference newspapers See other Annual Conference stories Watch Annual Conference live streaming LAKE JUNALUSKA, N.C. (June 8, 2015) -- Bishop Mary Virginia Taylor wanted to engage worshippers who came to Stuart Auditorium last ...
Electronic voting will cause reduced Wi-Fi access during Annual Conference
6/6/2015 | Annual ConferenceLAKE JUNALUSKA, N.C. (June 6, 2015) -- Holston leaders are preparing members of the Annual Conference for electronic voting as well as the news that Wi-Fi in Stuart Auditorium will be turned off for three days. Holston Annual Conference begins ...
Remembering his grandfather, ordinand will wear special robe, stole on June 11
6/6/2015 | Annual ConferenceCHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (June 6, 2015) -- When the Rev. Neville Hammer was 74 and sick with leukemia, he had a frequent visitor who made the difficult days a little better. His grandson, Jacob Reedy, was 21 at the time. “He said I would make a good ...
Three pastors take 167-mile bike ride to raise money for camp scholarships
6/6/2015 | Annual ConferenceBy Marci Gore/ Kingsport Times News See also: June 9 story in the Kingsport Times-News BLOUNTVILLE, Tenn. (June 6, 2015) -- Three pastors departed this morning for a 137-mile bike ride from east Tennessee to western North Carolina to raise money ...
Churches collect supplies for Zimbabwe, Libera: Totals to be announced June 8
6/5/2015 | Annual Conference6/8/15 update: Download complete totals. MARYVILLE, Tenn. (June 5, 2015) -- “They were loading in Abingdon 30 minutes ago … “ “Cleveland is about an hour away.” “Here comes Johnson City!” District by district, the trucks and vans arrived at ...
10,000! Church members send avalanche of 'pocket prayer shawls' for Annual Conference
5/25/2015 | Annual ConferenceALCOA, Tenn. (May 25, 2015) -- The Board of Laity asked for 1,500 "pocket prayer shawls" to distribute to members of the Annual Conference -- to remind them of prayers being said for them during the upcoming June 7-11 meeting in western North ...
Appointment week: 'Pocket shawls' remind Cabinet of prayers lifted by church members
3/17/2015GATLINBURG, Tenn. (March 17, 2016) -- In a hotel conference room in Gatlinburg, 14 members of the Holston Cabinet are working this week to appoint about 100 pastors to new locations for the upcoming year. The district superintendents and bishop ...
Going to Annual Conference? Change in housing reservations requires response by Jan. 30
1/19/2015Organizers of the 2015 Holston Annual Conference mailed letters on Jan. 12 to more than 2,000 clergy and lay members expected to attend the June 7-11 meeting in Lake Junaluska, N.C. The letters informed members of a change in housing reservations ...