Maryville College presents The Laramie Project - Oct. 6-9
The Maryville College Theatre Department will present
The Laramie Project Oct. 6-9 at the Clayton Center for the Arts.
The
award-winning play by Mois�s Kaufman and members of The Tectonic Theater Project
chronicles the life of the town of Laramie, Wyo., in the year following the murder of Matthew Shepard, a young gay man who on Oct. 7, 1998, was discovered bound to a fence near Laramie, savagely beaten and left to die. Shepard's death became a national symbol of intolerance and led to calls for expanded federal hate crime legislation.
Performances are scheduled for
8 p.m. Oct. 6-8 and
2 p.m. on Oct. 9 in the
Haslam Family Flex Theatre. Tickets, which are available at the Clayton Center Box Office, are
$10 for adults and
$7 for seniors (ages 60 and older),
MC faculty and staff, theatre alumni, area students (under 18)
and college students with identification. MC students are admitted free.
Read moreFamily Violence and Culture: A Conference - Oct. 14
8am-1:30pm @ The Foundry in Knoxville, TN
Did you know that often in domestic violence situations, the male comes to the counselor/pastor first in an effort to "pre-empt" the safe space?
Did you know that often in domestic violence situations, the female rarely knows that the situation she is in would be labeled "domestic violence"?
Did you know that domestic violence is much more than hitting, pushing and shoving, but includes financial control, isolation tactics and emotional manipulation?
Did you know that a pastor or a counselor should NEVER, EVER counsel a couple together whose symptoms are characterized as domestic violence?
Sponsored by the Clergy Task Force Against Family Violence, this conference is for Clergy, Pastors, Youth Ministers, Ministers of Pastoral Care, Stephen Ministers, Lay Leaders, Counselors, Chaplains, Parish Nurses and Social Workers.
Keynote Speaker: Bishop James Swanson of the United Methodist Holston Conference
Go to www.clergytaskforce.weebly.com for more information
Conference brochure with registration form
Questions? Contact Rev. Colleen EM Maillie of Farragut Presbyterian Church and member of the Clergy Task Force Against Family Violence at 865.966.9547 or colleenc1@tds.net
Washington Church Apple Festival - October 15
Washington Presbyterian Church's 2011 Fall Apple Festival will be held on
Saturday, October 15, from 9:00 A.M. until 3:00 P.M. at the church's pavilion and park (7405 Washington Pike, Corryton). Highlights again this year will be
homemade fried apple pies,
freshly squeezed apple cider,
apple butter cooked over an open fire, and
Ray Paden's pulled pork barbeque.
There will also be other good food and drinks,
fun and games for the children; a
silent auction; a
country market with treasures of all sorts and delicious baked goods; a
farmer's market chocked full of home-preserved fruits and vegetables, plants, and fall mums;
handmade quality crafts;
horse-drawn buggy rides around the beautiful park;
freshly ground corn; a
hand-crafted quilt to be given to a lucky donor; an
apple pie contest; and
sweet instrumental music filling the air. We invite everyone to come enjoy the food, fun, and fellowship with us as we
raise money for our mission endeavors.
Yale Professor Dale Martin to Speak at Maryville College
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Dr. Dale B. Martin, Woolsey Professor of Religious Studies at Yale University, will present a lecture titled "The American Idolatry of Family and Nation: Misuse of the Bible in American Public Life" at 7 p.m., Oct. 18, in the Clayton Center for the Arts' Harold and Jean Lambert Recital Hall.
His lecture, which is free and open to the public, will address basic issues of interpretation of the Bible, mainly New Testament, politics and public use of the Bible and religion. Read more
First, Oak Ridge Health Luncheon - Project Lifesaver
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Project Lifesaver will be the topic for the Health Luncheon to be held on Wednesday, October 19th at 12 Noon at the First Presbyterian Church of Oak Ridge (1051 Oak Ridge Turnpike). Rick Morrow, Executive Director, United Way of Anderson County will speak about Project Lifesaver, which helps provide rapid response to save lives and reduce potential for serious injury for adults and children who wander due to Alzheimer's, autism, Down syndrome, dementia and other related cognitive conditions. The program is free and open to the public. There is a $5.00 charge for the lunch. Please call 865-483-1318 for reservations. Come and bring a friend!
More information on Project Lifesaver
www.projectlifesaver.org
If you have any questions, please call Dr. Brad Palmer 865-687-3911. Please RSVP at the Presbytery Office by November 2, 2011 - 865-688-5581 / 800-542-4246
Dr. Brad Palmer, Moderator of the Connect Mission Team
Leaders Academy is
Moonlight in the Trees
Come on down for a weekend of outdoor bonding with the special child in your life!
In the past, churches have supported the students at the campus ministry by bringing dinner on Sunday evenings. Because of our schedule change we are now asking churches if they can bring the students dinner on WEDNESDAY nights instead of Sunday nights. We realize that many of you have your own Wednesday night church suppers, but we are hoping that maybe you can prepare a little extra on those nights and share it with the students at the campus ministry. We will eat between 7 and 8pm and can be flexible in that time frame. 
We are inching closer to the half way mark of our goal of 10,000 pounds of Rice & Beans to food pantries in East Tennessee by Christmas!
Several of our churches have begun offering a wonderful opportunity to purchase meaningful Christmas gifts at their very own Christmas Markets.
Westminster College is a Presbyterian college located in New Wilmington, PA. Consistently ranked highly among all colleges and universities in the nation - and currently ranked first in the nation as "Best College for Women in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math" by Forbes.com - they hope to encourage students from across the nation to consider Westminster because of its Presbyterian connection.
On November 12, 2011 the Commissioned Ruling Elder Committee will host a Retreat/Open House inquiry get-together for all those interested in becoming a Commissioned Ruling Elder (formerly called Commissioned Lay Pastor). 
The Connect Mission Team is still searching for where "connection" is occurring in our presbytery. If you are joining with another church for any ministry or community event and wish to share it, please let the team know. We would welcome your DVD's or other record of the event. We want to share that with presbytery at a later date.