February 19, 2013 

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Convocation

Feb. 18-21

>>>Annual continuing education and fellowship for Holston clergy at Lake Junaluska, N.C. 

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Discovery

March 22-24

>>>Youth explore their calling to ministry with other youth at Camp Wesley Woods in Townsend, Tenn.

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We asked the Rev. David Graybeal, pastor at St. Mark
UMC in Knoxville:     
David Graybeal 2-18-13      
"What book is lying on your
 nightstand?"           
        
Eugene H. Peterson
Vid Clip
Rev. Jim Goddard presents
this special video, created
during his recent trip to South Sudan.   
 
Imagine No Malaria 2013
Imagine No Malaria 2013
 
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Jubilee Project finds

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(301)


Holston pays 100 percent 

general apportionment

- GCFA (209)

 

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Harry & Donna Rosenberg 2-19-13 Harry and Donna Rosenberg are members at First United Methodist Church of Mountain City, Tenn. He has been missing since Jan. 13.
Still missing
Church members search, pray for
82-year-old Johnson County man

 

On a warm Sunday afternooon in January, Harry Rosenberg went for his daily walk in the Cherokee National Forest. He never came back.

 

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Black History Month

Robert Kariuki Bristol Herald Courier 2-19-13    
"Reminds me to give thanks
 to my ancestors"
  
Rev. Robert Kariuki, pastor at John Wesley United Methodist Church in Bristol, Va., was born in Kenya. His three children were born in the United States.
  

 


 

Virginia General Assembly 

Archer Coppedge, Sandra Johnson 2-19-13           
United Methodists meet with legislators in Richmond 


Rev. Archer Coppedge, Big Stone Gap District superintendent, and Rev. Sandra Johnson, Abingdon District superintendent (pictured), were among the Virginians attending "United Methodist Day at General Assembly" on Feb. 7.

 

Four of Holston's 12 districts are located in Virginia. (Photo by Neill Caldwell)   

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Commentary

Rev. Adam Hamilton at Nat. Prayer Service             
"On homosexuality, many Christians get the Bible wrong" 


The Rev. Adam Hamilton writes for the Washington Post soon after delivering the sermon for the National Prayer Service.
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