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 It's more than staff training
This year's summer camp theme is "No Greater Love." If you want to understand what it means, just look at the camp counselors' faces.
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Reading List
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Hog wild
A preacher who recently returned from a Mexican mission trip offers his commentary on swine flu panic.
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Before you vote
Bishop Scott Jones and the Rev. Eddie Fox offer opposing views on constitutional amendments to be considered by Annual Conferences this summer. (Interpreter Magazine)
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Holy riders
An Abingdon District congregation is delighted by a visit from horseback riders who are retracing Francis Asbury's 50-mile route. (Bristol Herald Courier)
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Greatest Hits
Here's what you liked! Top three links in our last edition:
- 386 - UMNS: Bishops vote for pay cut
- 319 - Edina Tomalu works for no pay
- 282 - Daily Post Athenian: Preacher wife recipes
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Conference Calendar
- May 31: Holston Home 5th Sunday offering
- June 1: Early bird deadline for Resurrection
- June 7: Peace With Justice Sunday
- June 11: Calling All Men Golf Tournament in Dandridge
- June 14-17: Annual Conference at Lake Junaluska
- June 21-28: Youth in Mission trip to the Gulf Coast
- July 6-10: Jr. and Sr. High Assembly at Emory & Henry
- July 20: Deadline for Resurrection T-shirt contest
- July 23-25: UMW School of Christian Mission in Oak Ridge
- Aug. 2: Holston Night at the Smokies Ballpark in Kodak
- Aug. 7-9: Calling All Men in Sevierville
- Aug. 30: Holston Home 5th Sunday offering
- Sept. 11-13: Cross-Bearers for youth at Camp Wesley Woods
- Sept. 19-21: F.U.E.L. Sabbath Retreat in Gatlinburg
More calendar items...
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Holston.org Picks
- Write a big check: Churches have until June 14 to take the Annual Conference offering for Sudan.
- Going to Resurrection? The early bird deadline is June 1.
More of holston.org ...
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Opportunities
- What's your carbon footprint? The National Council of Churches Eco-Justice Program offers a quiz and other resources to help churches reduce carbon.
- Emory & Henry benefit golf tournament: June 8 at Glenrochie Country Club in Abingdon, Va. Contact: Paul Russo at (276) 944-6363 or prusso@ehc.edu
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