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 Annual Conference
The Holston Annual Conference is scheduled June 5-8, 2016, at Lake Junaluska, North Carolina. If you are a voting member (for example, lay member for your church/charge, district at-large member, clergy), you should have received information about registration through the U.S. mail service. If you did not, please contact the district office; we may need to correct something in the database. And if you were elected as one of the 2016 lay voting members last fall, but find you are unable to attend, be certain to let your pastor or the district office know so that action may be taken to fill the slot. We'll carry registration and information links for Annual Conference in the "quick links" section of this newsletter until June.
Attendance at Annual Conference is not limited to voting members. It is an open conference as are the missions dinner and the missions run/walk. The registration process is the same for voting members and guests, so if you will attend, register now while it is fresh on your mind.
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Resurrection -- If you Missed It!
Snow and ice wasn't much of a deterrent for the young folks who attended Resurrection 2016 and RezKids 2016. Some made it to the event venue, some were snowed into cabins in the hills and participated through video streaming, and others simply gathered at their local church--also to participate through video streaming. Morristown District Youth were there! And a big thank you to the Panther Springs Youth who represented Morristown District with their gift of talent. For a complete report, see the story in The Call.T-shirts remain available and may be purchased on-line at Signal Crest UMC designed the shirt this year and has kept their on-line store open for those who did not make it to the event venue. Here's the link to the online store.
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District UMW Mission Awareness Day
The United Methodist Women is highly engaged in Missions and Mission Giving. The Annual Mission Awareness Day is a time to share our story about Missions with others so that we can learn more about how our time, talent and treasure) help others.
The guest speaker for 2016 will be Linda Stransky, Executive Director, of the Jubilee Project. and the offering will be given to the Jubilee Project.
Saturday, February 20, 2016 beginning at 10 a.m. Check in time is 9:30 - 10:00 a.m.
Snow date will be March 5th, same time, same place
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Congratulations, Holston Conference
Congratulations, Holston Conference! The second round of grant applications from the Mission Offering for Ministry with Children in Poverty revealed creative initiatives in churches from every district. Through food distribution programs, backpacks of school supplies, tutoring, and friend-building, our congregations are reaching out to their youngest neighbors. Another $53,000 was distributed in grants giving a grand total of $93,800 in ministry support so far. The next grant deadlines are February 15 and May 15. The Conference Missions Team hopes to award a grant from every district.
Visit waytogiveholston.org to submit your church's grant application and for bulletin inserts and video resources to encourage your congregation's participation in our ongoing effort to give 10 hours of sevice and $10 toward the mission offering per average worship attendee.
Thank you, Holston. You'll never know how many lives you have changed. Way to go! Way to give! ~~Holston Conference Missions |
UMW Sisters in Service
Sisters in Service is a contemporary, multi-generational retreat and worship event scheduled March 12-13 at River Plantation Convention Center in Sevierville. This year's event features Beth Green. Please see the event details and registration form for more information. |
Holston Foundation Announces March Grant Application Deadlines.
The Holston Conference Foundation stewards nearly 200 special-purpose endowments and scholarships established by individuals, families, and friends interested in supporting specific ministries, churches, and institutions. These funds are governed by documents put in place by the donor. They are also called to steward many endowments, scholarships, and estate gifts where the Grants Committee is charged with overseeing a selection process, reviewing applications or evaluating priority needs named by the donor. The following categories and individual funds describe many of the grantable funds and scholarships available through the Foundation's Grants Committee. Examples of past recipients include funding for food pantries, back to school backpacks, shut-in ministries, summertime youth enrichment programs, recovery programs, etc. The deadline for programming and mission grants is March 31, 2016. Explore the application process and the listing of available grants by clicking here. If you have any questions about the grant process call the Foundation at 865-690-8124. |
Reclaiming our Communities for Christ
The Holston Conference evangelism conference is scheduled April 8-9, 2016 at Cokesbury UMC, Knoxville. Registration deadline is March 7.This year's conference features terrific keynotes, storytelling, a variety of workshops and The Connection Band, a very talented group of musicians from First UMC Morristown. Anyone interested in missions and evangelism programs will benefit from this conference. For more information or to register, visit http://evangelism.holston.org |
Jubilation
A retreat for older adults (ages 50+) always gets rave reviews from those who attend. Registration deadline is March 15 for this April 17-19 2016 event in Pigeon Forge. For more information or to register, go to: http://jubilation.holston.org
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