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In this series, United Methodists share how their own “next chapters” intersect with Holston Conference’s next chapter during a season of renewal in our faith tradition. On July 1, Carol Price-Guthrie was appointed in her first year as a lay minister...
About 70 members and guests of the Holston Conference United Women in Faith participated in a Mission Giving Banquet on September 15 and Annual Business Meeting September 16 at Church Street United Methodist Church in Knoxville, Tennessee. The ...
I was recently thinking about the first time Judy and I moved to a new church. We were leaving Sequatchie Valley where I had a two-point charge. I had just finished seminary and we were moving to a church in Chattanooga. When we must change or ...
One of the major questions we all ask as we age is, "How long do I have yet to go in life?" This is the same question asked by every organization as well. For Holston Conference, we have a very long history right now. We are 199 years old. It has ...
John Wesley got his ministers together later in his career in England, but it was Bishop Francis Asbury who made the Annual Conference a major part of the American Methodist church. I still remember my first Holston Annual Conference as a clergy ...
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On Father's Day, we asked our followers on Facebook to share a "piece of good advice that your dad gave you." The answers were so good, we had to round up a list for fun reading on Holston.org! Here ya' go. Deal with the situation at hand, then ...
In this series, United Methodists share how their own “next chapters” intersect with Holston Conference’s next chapter during a season of renewal in our faith tradition. The Rev. Jennifer Spieth was commissioned as a provisional elder at Annual ...
Download the prayer. In April 2023, the Rev. Susan Arnold, Holston director of congregational development, shared the following "Breakthrough Prayer" in advance of a "weekend of prayer" in Holston Conference. Church members committed to praying ...
In this series, United Methodists share how their own “next chapters” intersect with Holston Conference’s next chapter during a season of renewal in our faith tradition. Having served as Smoky Mountain District superintendent since 2017, the Rev. ...
This is sixth in a series of stories shared by United Methodists in Holston Conference during a season of renewal in our faith tradition. Rev. Jason Mullins is pastor of St. Mark United Methodist Church and Pactolus United Methodist Church in ...
In 1991, I was appointed as pastor to the Dandridge Circuit, which at that time was comprised of four churches in Jefferson County, Tennessee. One of the churches, Seahorn’s Chapel United Methodist Church, had a unique place in Holston Conference ...
This is fifth in a series of stories shared by United Methodists in Holston Conference during a season of renewal in our faith tradition. Eli Bray is currently a member at Elm Springs United Methodist Church in Church Hill, Tennessee. I joined Elm ...
This is fourth in a series of stories shared by United Methodists in Holston Conference during a season of renewal in our faith tradition. Joanna Corvin now attends Rural Retreat United Methodist Church in Rural Retreat, Virginia. Since 2019, she has...
This is third in a series of stories shared by United Methodists in Holston Conference during a season of renewal in our faith tradition. Tracy Gormley is a member at Green Meadow United Methodist Church in Alcoa, Tennessee. I grew up attending a...
This is second in a series of stories shared by United Methodists in Holston Conference during a season of renewal in our faith tradition. The Rev. Sam Dzobo is pastor of Shady Grove United Methodist Church in Dandridge, Tennessee. My current ...
This is the first in a series of stories shared by United Methodists in Holston Conference during a season of renewal in our faith tradition. Vickie Rogers is a member of Aldersgate United Methodist Church in Bristol, Tennessee. I never was a ...
No matter what has happened in the history of the world, it is personal to someone then and now to those who know their own history. Just think, one of your ancestors was probably a participant in the Crusades, or fighting in the French Revolution, ...
Between Feb. 8 and Feb. 23, the town of Wilmore, Kentucky, hosted an estimated 50,000 people from all over the nation who were attracted to spontaneous, ongoing worship (revival) led by young adults at Asbury University. Many Holston Conference ...
The first mention of Holston and Methodism together is found in the Journal of Bishop Francis Asbury in 1788 at the Conference of Methodists of what would become the Western Conference. At this time there were two circuits with four ministers and one...
Looking at life through the eyes of age sets us apart from those around us. To open wider the eyes of your heart, you are invited to a time of perspective and renewal at Jubilation on April 24-26, 2023. The Bible is one of those familiar things that ...
BY PAM SUTHERLAND October marked the one-year anniversary of FANS – Feed A Neighbor Supper, a ministry of Ft. Gibson United Methodist Church in Castlewood, Virginia; St. Paul United Methodist Church, and First Baptist Church, both of St. Paul, ...
JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. -- On World Communion Sunday, which this year fell on October 2, Wesley Memorial United Methodist Church prepared a special video. "We have eight different languages spoken in our congregation, not counting English," says the ...
In July, I began my seventh year of ministry at a new appointment at Elizabeth Chapel United Methodist Church in Bluff City, Tennessee. In these first few months I have learned several valuable lessons about my new church and its people. I have ...
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. -- More than 200 clergy and lay members participated in the "Unleashing Generosity" conference held Sept. 12-13 at Concord United Methodist Church. The educational gathering was hosted by the Holston Foundation, Wesley Leadership ...