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May 6, 2016
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Portland Bound
Delegates share hopes, concerns before leaving for General Conference
ALCOA, Tenn. - They'll get up early and work late for 10 days, all the way on the other side of the country, serving the church they love. Here's what's on the minds of four Holston delegates a few days before they board a plane for #UMCGC. 
Connection
Here we go! How to follow General Conference 
Follow the delegation as well as denominational news for #UMCGC, held May 10-20 in Portland, Oregon.  
Holston News & Info
The Call
 
The Call
 
The Greeneville Sun
 
The Chattanoogan
 
Chattanooga Times Free Press
 
Herald & Tribune
 
Pastor Michael Vaughn (blog)

Holston Connectional Ministries
 
Holston Connectional Ministries
 
Holston Missions Team

The Call
  
Holston Conference Foundation
  
Holston Pension and Health Benefits

Holston Pastoral Counseling
Holston Calendar Dates

Wesley House Community Center

Holston Witness Ministry Team

Bluff City UMC
 
Holston Missions Team

Holston Conference Foundation

First Broad Street UMC

Holston Connectional Ministries

Holston Connectional Ministries
 
Holston Youth Ministries

Holston Youth Ministries

Holston Outreach/ Advocacy Team

Southeastern Jurisdictional Conference

Defining Moments

Holston Connectional Ministries

Defining Moments
United Methodist News & Info

United Methodist News Service

General Conference coverage

 

United Methodist Communications

What will General Conference mean to my church?

 

United Methodist News Service

Ugandans join push for bishop accountability

 

United Methodist News Service

Church members hospitalized after Kenya building collapse

 

General Board of Church and Society

Church celebrates 60 years of women clergy

 

United Methodist Communications

Special needs prom brings joy

 

United Methodist Communications

Susanna Wesley: Mother of Methodism

 

United Methodist Communications

How to love your church by letting go

 

UMC Giving


Lake Junaluska Conference & Retreat Center
Upcoming Events
Annual Conference
June 5-8
>>Lake Junaluska, N.C.: Yearly business and worship meeting of clergy and lay members representing Holston congregations. (Please note: Annual Conference 2016 is one week earlier than in years past.)
  
  
Youth Assembly
June 27-July 1
>>Summer spiritual events -- one for junior-high students, another for senior-high students -- held at Tennessee Wesleyan College.
                             
Viral Shot
Our Facebook readers loved these photos of Vermont UMC children preparing Hands-on Mission buckets for Zimbabwe!
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Reading List
We asked  Kimberly Davis, member at First United Methodist Church of Bulls Gap, 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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District Newsletters
Abingdon
May/ June edition

Big Stone Gap
May/ June 2015 edition

Chattanooga
March edition

Cleveland
May edition

Johnson City
Jan./ Feb. edition

Kingsport
May edition

Knoxville
May edition

Maryville
May edition

Morristown
March edition

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

 

1. Conference agencies approve sale of bishop's residence 

 

2. Buffalo Mountain Camp sold to nature groups (KNS) 

 

3. 'Wake the church up': Bells ring across Holston on April 12 

 

April 22 edition 

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