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ALCOA, Tenn. -- Holston Conference wants to live up to its reputation as a "mission-minded" conference. That's why the director of connectional ministries is asking local churches and districts to help meet a growing need for disaster-response ...
Aug. 31 update: The need for churches to assemble emergency kits has escalated following Hurricane Ida. Please contact your district office for information on assembling and delivering the supplies. ALCOA, Tenn. -- Church groups throughout Holston ...
More than 2,500 people in East Africa now have some protection from spreading COVID-19, due to a United Methodist effort to distribute face masks, sanitizer and gloves through pastors. Jaka Joice, mission supervisor for the United Methodist Church ...
GALAX, Va. – Hannah Snow had a plan. She wanted to help Holston Conference collect cleaning supplies for people experiencing disasters at home or afar. At a time when floods, tornadoes, and fires seem more common, a massive delivery of detergent, ...
COVID-19 is only the most recent life-or-death threat that presses upon United Methodists from South Sudan. The pastors and missionaries that have held a partnership with Holston Conference for 14 years are persevering with faith formation, ...
Mission leaders are asking congregations to collect cleaning and hygiene supplies so Holston Conference can be prepared to help when disaster strikes again. Holston's stockpile of "cleaning kits" and "hygiene kits" were depleted when used to help ...
En espanol BRISTOL, Tenn. -- Two months ago, the Rev. Mark Hicks was immersed in his ministry as pastor of the English Speaking United Methodist Church in Prague. By May 4, he was on his way to the United States, with only two suitcases and the ...
ALCOA, Tenn. (March 4, 2020) -- Holston mission leaders are reaching out to United Methodists in central Tennessee to learn how they can help after this week's deadly tornadoes. Tennessee is under a state of emergency Wednesday after the deadliest ...
Feb. 14, 2020 update: Disaster-response leaders in Holston's Clinch Mountain District met Feb. 10 to prepare for possibly calling in teams for flood clean-up after assessments are made. "We have distributed many, many cleaning buckets and hygiene ...
ALCOA, Tenn. – In the season of Thanksgiving, Holston Conference expressed gratitude to firefighters and emergency medical technicians who saved lives three years ago during the deadly Great Smoky Mountain wildfires. The anniversary happened to fall...
ALCOA, Tenn. -- In the last five years, Paul Bowman has visited East Africa five times. On the last two trips, he wondered if he would ever go back. And yet, in March 2020, Bowman is scheduled to lead a mission team to again visit the South ...
"Hands-on" kits sent by churches distributed to most needy It’s the hundreds of little faces and their expressions that inspire Amy Carmon to return to Zimbabwe each August. “It’s a blessing to see these kids’ faces ... You see those expressions ...