Saving Grace Aug. 7, 2008 Call-Out   ·   Pray Now   ·   Job Opportunities   ·   About Us Holston has more of these than any other conference Church and Community Workers. With the addition of Mark and Linda Stransky (at right), Holston Conference now has six of these special types of missionaries.This year, they all need help with funding.  Fire at St. Andrews For the third time in nine months, a Holston church suffered fire damage when a July 30 blaze ripped through St. Andrews United Methodist Church in Knoxville District. Interview with the shooting victim John Worth lost the vision in his right eye when a shooter opened fire on a Knoxville church on July 27. An exclusive interview for The Call and United Methodist News Service  Stepping out of the single-wide The Maryville District breaks ground for a new ministry center to serve the growing Hispanic community in Loudon County. The Potter's House has been conducting services in a mobile home and under a pavillion. (The Maryville Daily Times) Wings In his August column, Bishop James Swanson recommends a book with nine strategies for high-impact churches. Strategy #1: The Pastor as an Agent of Change. True or false? The United Methodist Church is dying. Big churches are bad. People in local churches do not want to change. (United Methodist News Service) Conference Calendar Aug. 15-16: Calling All Men in Sevierville, Tenn. Aug. 23: Holston Conference UMW Legislative Event at Church Street UMC Sept. 4: Clergy Golf Tournament in Morristown, Tenn. Sept. 15: Deadline for Witness Ministry grant applications Sept. 17-19: Holston Conference Secretaries Association in Sevierville, Tenn. Sept. 19-21: F.U.E.L. Sabbath Retreat for youth workers in Gatlinburg, Tenn. Sept. 20-21: Holston Conference UMW Annual Meeting in Lake Junaluska, N.C. Sept. 20-21: Native American  Gathering in Tellico Plains, Tenn. Oct: 10-12: Youth Pilgrimage on the Wilderness Trail. Oct. 28: Mini Jubilation in Dublin, Va. More calendar items... Holston.org Picks Back to Sunday school: Are you ready for a new season? Is your Safe Sanctuaries policy in place? Witness Team grants provide one-time-only seed money to begin new programs that engage people with the church. Applications are due Sept. 15. More of holston.org ... UMC.org Picks Hiroshima and Nagaski: The General Board of Discipleship offers worship/ prayer resources for memorial observations. UMW Prayer Calendar: The 2009 calendar showcases art from children in mission projects in the U.S. and around the world. More of umc.org ... Opportunities Be like Barnabas: Lake Junaluska Conference Center offers a seminar on "The Ministry of Encouragement," led by the Rev. Paul Moots,  Sept. 29 to Oct. 1 in North Carolina. Beyond These Walls: The North Georgia Conference teams with the General Board of Global Ministries for an Oct. 2-4 missions conference in Powder Springs, Ga.

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