Please mark your calendars for a Pizza Dinner after church on August 16. This is a wonderful opportunity to meet those you may not know and connect with those you do. Pizza, salad, and drinks are provided. Donations will be accepted to offset the cost.   

Pilgrimage Begins Tuesday, September 8, from 6:30 to 8:30 pm. If you are interested in learning more about All Souls or are interested in making All Souls your church home, please sign up here for this 6-week class. More details to follow after you sign up.   

In an effort to keep personal information private, we are no longer posting links to the "Take Them a Meal" websites for our families with new little ones. If you would like to provide a meal for our families, we are asking that you email Jill Branson at jill@allsoulsknoxville.com at the church office for the link to the meal sign up. We apologize for the extra step and possible inconvenience but feel that this a good practice to respect the personal information of our families.  

Shawn and Janetta Mauer

On August 30 Overcoming Believers' Church would like to host us for their one-year anniversary celebration. We have been asked to participate in their worship service and share a meal with them afterwards. This event is from 12 -4 pm. More details will be forthcoming but please mark your calendars and plan to attend this event with our OBC brothers and sisters.

Rebba Omer

The All Souls Medical Fund is accepting applications for this quarter through August 15. If you have medical, dental, or behavioral health needs not covered by your insurance, or you are uninsured, consider applying. Read the policy and access the application. Ask any of the current members of the medical fund team if you have questions: Kathy Reilly, Roxie Moore, Bob Alcorn, Kelli Morelock, Brad Carter, and Ginger Kielarowski. Forward your application to Brad Carter bradcart@lycos.com or Kathy Reilly kareilly828@gmail.com or drop off with Jill in the church office. 

The Shepherding Team met on July 7. Here are the highlights of that meeting:

• Melanie Leach reported there are 59 children enrolled in our children's program, with a few more babies on the way.

• Shawn Mauer reported that the middle and high school students are meeting every other week to study the book of Judges.

• Bruce Charles gave the finance report. Giving is down, which is typical for the summer months. Online giving accounts for 10% of donations.

• Mary Baldridge and Kate Brimer reported that the 2015 10-to-the-City process will begin with the thematic categories related to the attributes of God's vision for a perfect city (ie youth, families, education). A congregational brainstorming session for suggestions for community partners in these areas will be scheduled in the fall.

• Lisa Murray met with the team and helped lead a discussion around how we are doing, as a team, and as a body, facilitating difficult conversations that result in spiritual formation.

 

We need photos for the newsletter and website. If you have an upcoming gathering of an All Souls' small group or community, please contact Katie Norrell at katie@allsoulsknoxville.com to drop by to take a few photos to share in our communication pieces and with your people.  

 

Childcare worker needed - All Souls is looking for an additional (paid) nursery worker for approximately 2.5 hours each Sunday beginning at 4:45 p.m. If you are interested, please contact Melanie Leach at keepingheart@gmail.com.

Quinn, Corey Jorgensen