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July 6, 2015
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Moving Day
Pastors joke and sweat their way through transition times

ALCOA, Tenn. --  It was a couple of oppressively hot weeks, but then again, "moving day" almost always is for Holston clergy relocating to new appointments every June in east Tennessee, southwest Virginia, and north Georgia.
Prayer Vigil
Bethlehem-Wiley honors Charleston shooting victims
    
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. -- Lawanda Prater sat on an old wooden pew, thinking about how similar her church is to the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, S.C., where nine people were gunned down in a prayer service on June 17.

Community Outreach
'Tragic situations are holy ground': Chaplains recall Ooltewah traffic accident

HIXSON, Tenn. --  The word "horrific" was frequently used to describe the nine-vehicle crash that killed six people on I-75 in Ooltewah, Tenn., on June 25.

Both Jim Lewis and Craig Paul use the same word to describe the scene where they were called to help the night a tractor trailer plowed into eight vehicles near exit 11.
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Nance writes to congregation: 'Lament, then heal'


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Camp news: Kitchen scores, say goodbye, new name   

 

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Other Events
LEAD Kids
Aug. 15-16
>>Training for children's ministry workers in Bristol and Kingsport. Speaker: Leanne Hadley   

Poverty Summit
Aug. 28-29
>>Serve, learn and act with Bishop Sandra Steiner Ball in Marion, Va.

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Reading List
We asked Emily Ballard, this summer's Holston youth ministry intern, Emory & Henry student, member at First Morristown UMC, and Holston delegate to General Conference:
What book is lying on your nightstand? 
 
The Shack, by William Paul Young

District Newsletters
Abingdon
May 28, 2015 edition

Big Stone Gap
May/ June edition

Chattanooga
March edition

Cleveland
May edition

Johnson City
May/June edition

Kingsport
July edition

Knoxville
April edition

Maryville
July edition

Morristown
July edition

Oak Ridge
June edition

Tazewell
June/ July edition

Wytheville
June edition

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

 

2015-16 Ministerial Appointments (586)

 

Annual Conference final report: Churches give $205,058 for children's ministries (351)

 

June 18 edition

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