When the chips are down: Couple adapts to pandemic wedding

ATHENS, Tenn. --  Ally Lay had some big plans for her wedding to the Rev. Andrew Lay. She never dreamed a pandemic would change almost everything and lead to a vending machine full...

Crisis upon crisis: Chattanooga churches aid tornado survivors

At a time when others were staying home to save their nation from the coronavirus, members from local churches in Chattanooga and Cleveland had to put on their masks and step out ...

Chattanooga, Cleveland hit hard by Easter storms

  April 13, 6:30 p.m. In Chattanooga, residents were cleaning up from storms today while continuing to practice social distancing and facing the likelihood of a night without ...

5 preaching tips for beginners and beyond

By Charles Ensminger Preaching is no easy task. It takes time, dedication, deliberation, and prayerful consideration – and this is before you even step behind the pulpit.  If you ...

Trying to understand: 2,600 attend district meetings after GC

 March 6, 2019 FIVE DAYS after the conclusion of General Conference, about 2,600 Holstonians gathered to pray and learn how decisions made in St. Louis would affect their local ...

Easter outreach: Church hosts 550 for helicopter candy drop

  ATHENS, Tenn. (April 5, 2018) -- Easter egg hunts are fine for some churches, but Trinity United Methodist Church had a different idea for reaching out to the community at ...