January 16, 2013 

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We asked the Rev. Dennie Humphreys, senior pastor at Keith Memorial UMC in Athens, Tenn.:     
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man digs in s. sudan 1-16-13A worker prepares the land for a new orphanage in South Sudan.
Miracle offering
Chattanooga church raises $290,000
to make South Sudan orphanage a reality  

 

"I can't stress enough how surprised we all were and are," said the Rev. Mark Flynn, senior pastor at Christ United Methodist Church.    

 

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Resurrection

$10 bill in jeans pocket 1-16-13  
Each participant asked to bring
$10 for Imagine No Malaria


Weekend 1 of Resurrection begins this Friday in Gatlinburg with 6,500 youth and counselors from Holston and beyond. An additional 3,500 are expected for weekend 2, beginning Jan. 25. 

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Church closing 

West View UMC 1-16-13         
Pastor mourns "disbanding"
of Knoxville church


The Rev. Bruce Spangler writes an explanatory commentary about the Dec. 30 closing of West View United Methodist Church..   

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Alabama tragedy

Parishioners pray together at Gardendale-Mt. Vernon UMC. UMNS 1-16-13          
Pastor charged with
fatally shooting wife,
church seeks healing


The Rev. Terry Greer grew up in Elizabethton, Tenn.    


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