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April 22, 2016
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The Call
'Wake the church up'
Hundreds join in ringing bells, praying for church future on April 12
ALCOA, Tenn. - At 5:10 p.m. on Tuesday, April 12, the Rev. Carol Wilson suddenly realized what time it was. She stepped outside the Alcoa Conference Center to see if she could hear the ringing of church bells.
Conservation
488 acres of Buffalo Mountain Camp sold to nature groups 
JONESBOROUGH, Tenn. -- The sale of Buffalo Mountain Camp has raised money for Holston Conference to establish a new camp site called Camp Bays Mountain, in Kingsport, that's expected to open in time for the 2017 summer season.
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United Methodist News & Info

United Methodist News Service

Bishop seeks help, prayers after Ecuador earthquake

 

United Methodist News Service

Texas flooding prompts relief work, prayers

 

United Methodist News Service

Trying to avert famine in Africa

 

United Methodist News Service

Water shortage threatens Zimbabwe clinic

 

United Methodist News Service

GC2016: The debate on how to debate sexuality

 

United Methodist Communications

How every United Methodist can be part of GC2016

 

Mississippi Annual Conference

Bishop Swanson responds to controversial bill

 

United Methodist Communications

Imagine No Malaria: Let's finish the job

 

Ministry Matters

Is the offering plate obsolete?

 

United Methodist Communications

10 facts about John Wesley and United Methodism

 

UMC Giving

United Methodist Communications
Upcoming Events
Earnest/ Ebenezer Dedication
April 30
>>Celebration of historic site, visited by Bishop Francis Asbury, in Chuckey, Tenn.
  

Annual Conference
June 5-8
>>Lake Junaluska, N.C.: Yearly business and worship meeting of clergy and lay members representing Holston congregations
  
Reading List
We asked Rev. James Bennington, senior pastor at First UMC of Newport, Tenn.:

"What book is lying on your nightstand?"


                             
Vid Clip
Way to Give: Information about Holston's mission emphasis on local children in poverty, extended through June 2017.   
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Knoxville
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Maryville
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Greatest Hits
Our most clicked-on stories in the last editions:

 

1.Pastors will ring bells for church future on April 12 

 

2. 100-year-old school becomes ministry dream center 

 

3. Lesbian pastor moves closer to church trial (UMNS) 

 

April 8 edition 

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