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| Megan and Austin Church |
There will be a meeting on intentional community on February 17th. Details to follow. Email David Gayk if you're interested dwgayk@companimal.com.
ASH WEDNESDAY is February 13! All Souls will have services at 7am, 12pm, and 7pm at the conference room on the 3rd floor of 4 Market Square.
"Spring Cleaning" Lent Retreat
February 23, Saturday, 9-3:00 8420 Nubbin Ridge Rd.
Registration deadline: FEB. 16
For more information or to register, see www.holypaths.org/retreats
Hear God's invitation to "be still and know that I am God." The day will be spent learning to listen to God. There will be brief times of group sharing and worship but most of the day is reserved for you to spend alone in directed meditation and prayer, walking and feasting in the new birth of spring.
The emphasis will be on fasting - giving up food, TV, work, or anything that comes between ourselves and God in a discipline of self-denial. Dallas Willard says, "How often have we neglected to remember God's presence when we would never consider neglecting to eat! Fasting brings us face to face with how we put the material world ahead of its spiritual Source."
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| Andrew, Spencer, Kaitlyn Hall |
We're in the early stages of creating a Childcare Co-op for daytime care. If parents are interested in joining please contact me at ashleydawnaddair@gmail.com. Or if you would like to support parents by volunteering to babysit that'd be wonderful and welcomed.
A series of workshops that provide faculty, students, and community members with tools to start and grow their own businesses will kick off February 5 at UT. The Vol Court spring 2013 program will run through March 12. The workshops will be held at 5:15 p.m. on Tuesdays in Room 102 of the James A. Haslam Business Building.
The Parking Situation downtown on Sundays - Gay St. parking will begin to tighten up. They are going to start towing EVERY day of the week, people. 15 min parking on Union is usually safe, but maybe not for long.
Read this article in the Metro Pulse and be careful where you park. We are doing baby baptisms on Easter Sunday this year. (March 31) at Old Mechanicsville Park in Mechanicsville. If you would like your child to be baptised, come to a class the Sunday before (March 24) at 3pm in the conference room, and email Doug Banister @ doug@allsoulsknoxville.com.
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| Caroline Carter, Lindsey Bell |
There will be a Lenten lunch series at the downtown churches this year during Lent. There will be a 30 minute worship service around a lenten theme in the Sanctuary, and then a lunch following in the Fellowship Hall. Services start at noon, lunch is at 12:30. Come and join us!
February 20th: Church Street United Methodist
February 27th: 1st Baptist
March 6th: St. Johns Cathedral and All Souls (at St. Johns)
March 13th: 1st Presbyterian
March 20th: Immaculate Conception
I knew that I needed to slow down and rest, but it always seemed impossible. During Lent several years ago, I felt convicted to keep Sabbath, commenting that I could do anything for 6 weeks! The results changed my life so dramatically that I have continued the practice ever since. I invite...challenge... double-dare you to take on the practice of Sabbath this Lent and see what happens! To get you started....
GOD'S GIFT OF SABBATH RETREAT-IN-A-BOX
Invite a group of friends or your small group for a potluck meal Friday night, followed by a half-day retreat on Saturday in your home.
This is a simple way to learn about Sabbath together - no experience necessary! Everything you need is provided in the kit, including a DVD of short presentations including why, when, and how to keep the fourth commandment, a CD of music, handouts for times of individual reflection, and much more! See Doug, Jill Branson, or Susanne Hassell to check out a kit today. To learn more, see
http://holypaths.org/retreats/chrysalis-retreat-in-a-box/
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| Jennifer Wood |
Purchase Buddy Odom's new Lenten Devotional "My Children... A Lenten Devotional: Ash Wednesday Through Easter" Using the Gospel of John, this 40-day devotional guide was written to the author's three adult children and walks readers through their own personal experience of Lent. Forward by Dr. Larry Crabb
Purchase here. (e-book)
Printed copy click here.
Babies, Babies, everywhere! Here is a list of due dates on all our small ones which are about to make an entrance in the world: Ben and Sarah Bannister's baby boy, March 1st; Lindsey and Alex Bell's baby girl, March 14th; Megan and Austin Church's baby girl, March 16th; Maryann and Jesse Watkins' baby boy, April 19; Stephen and Sarah Otis's baby (TBD), July 12th. Polly Tullock will be organizing a meal schedule for our All Souls couples and asks that you begin to think about how we can support them. Ben and Sarah are attending 2nd Presbyterian right now, but will still be involved with our body. There are several of these couples who don't have family in Knoxville and could use some extra support and TLC. Please contact Polly with questions: pollyatullock@gmail.com, and stay tuned for links to meal schedules for these wonderful people. Thanks so much.
