Offer Them Christ April 2, 2009

Pray Now   ·   Archives   ·   Job Opportunities   ·   About Us Bishop Swanson yells at the men The 141 participants at "UMM Day with the Bishop" got an earful. But they didn't seem to mind. Manly reading So, we asked these four guys at UMM Day with the Bishop ...  Sudan: New video, stories More about the conference mission -- as well as the terrifying experience of a United Methodist team that just followed Holston into south Sudan. Photo that started it all "In the summer of 2005, I received an e-mail that rocked my world. It was a Pulitzer Prize winning photo of a child, stalked by a vulture."   Happy ending in Hixson A 60-acre family farm in Chattanooga city limits will be preserved for community gardens that could feed the hungry. (Chattanoogan.com) The Call is coming The April newspaper was postal-mailed to paid subscribers on March 27. You may download free PDFs here. Greatest Hits Here's what you liked! Top three links in our last edition. 703 - Get ready to vote on 32 amendments. (UMNS) 533 - If you were a superintendent, what would you read? 407 - Low attendance? Try this. (UM Communications) Conference Calendar April 4-5: UMW "Young Women's Retreat" in Pigeon Forge April 17-18: "GREAT Small Churches" in Johnson City April 20: Camp Wesley Woods golf tournament in Knoxville April 23-25: Friends of Estonia meeting in Sevierville April 25: "Dialogue on Difficult Topics" in Morristown April 25: "P.I.C.K. a Partner" training in Knoxville April 25: Conference Historical Society in Harriman  April 25: Buffalo Mountain Camp golf tournament in Blountville April 30: Harry Denman Evangelism Award nominations due April 30: Redwine Grant applications due April 30: Margaret Loving Grant applications due May 2: Early Response Team Training in Athens June 14-17: Annual Conference at Lake Junaluska More calendar items... Holston.org Picks Hands on! This spring, churches will again collect supplies for missions in Zimbabwe and Liberia. Download a brochure to discover your district's assignment. You talking to me? Learn how church members can "Dialogue on Difficult Topics" April 25 at Trinity UMC, Morristown. 6 steps to hope: The Holston Conference Foundation offers its plan for "Hope in the Face of the New Reality." Youth ministry internship: College and seminary students may apply for this summer opportunity in the conference's Alcoa office. More of holston.org ... UMC.org Picks Eat more candy. You read that right. Buy this fair-trade chocolate and help small farmers in Latin America, Africa, and Asia. Are you listed? Find-a-Church provides local church information for online searchers. Visit Find-a-Church.org to be sure your church info is recent. If not, e-mail FAC@umc.org or call (800) 251-8140.  More of umc.org ... Opportunities Leadership, Duke style: Visit Duke Divinity School's new web magazine at www.faithandleadership.com. Passion play in Germany: David and Barbara Carr, members of Church Street UMC, are organizing a May 2010 trip to southern Germany featuring the Oberammergau Passion Play. Contact davbarcarr@aol.com or (865) 769-9702.   Coming soon: Local pastors school: How they teach preachers to be preachers. Jubilation! They're free, feisty and over 55. What happens when they all get together in a big Kingsport hotel? (Don't look.)

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