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May 26, 2015
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Tough Love
Shades of Grace: New church with curious name discovers homeless community 

KINGSPORT, Tenn. -- The Rev. Will Shewey was so determined to begin a storefront ministry for forgotten people that he was willing to resign as an elder in the United Methodist Church to make it happen.

Less than a year after its first worship service, Shades of Grace has its own location, offering a complex ministry every day of the week for an inner-city community. Average worship attendance is 160, with a high of 310.
You Asked
Church members send avalanche of 'pocket prayer shawls'
    
ALCOA, Tenn. -- The Board of Laity asked for 1,500. They got 10,000.

Did you say 10,000?

Holston News & Info

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In memoriam: Rev. Lawrence Nuckolls, May 24, in Pulaski, Va.


Knoxville News Sentinel

In memoriam: Rev. Harold Ray, 80, May 7   

 

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Annual Conference: June 7-11

Holston's yearly meeting of church leaders in Lake Junaluska, N.C.


Other Events
Youth Assembly
June 29-July 3
>>Spiritual retreats for Jr. High and Sr. High students, held at Emory & Henry College in Emory, Va.  

Mission U
July 16-18
>>Holston United Methodist Women study Latin America. Location: Central UMC in Lenoir City, Tenn. All are welcome.

 
Reading List
We asked Rev. Bobby Black, pastor at Washington Hills United Methodist Church in Chattanooga:  
What book is lying on your nightstand? 
 

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Greatest Hits
Our most clicked-upon stories in the last edition:

 

Mark Flynn: Christians must deal with tough questions -- CTFP (143)

 

Former Hiwassee students express frustration for surviving family in Nepal (60)

 

May 8 edition

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