JULY 2016

“And how are they to hear without someone to proclaim him? And how are they to proclaim him unless

theyare sent? How beautiful are the feet of those who bring good news!

(Romans 10:14-15 NRSV)

Greetings Sisters and Brothers in Christ!

The Annual Moving week has occurred and we are in the midst of multiple Clergy Transitions:

We have seven pastors who have moved to new appointments and ministries in other districts:

Walter Cross - Lonsdale-Martin Chapel, Knoxville District

Troy Forrester - First UMC Knoxville, Knoxville District

Keith Knight - First UMC Madisonville, Maryville District

Amy Probst – Mafair UMC, Kingsport District

Knox Wimberly - Auburn UMC, Wytheville District

Paige Wimberly - Newbern-Mountain View UMC, Wytheville District

Randall Wright - Elm Tree Parish, Kingsport District

We have eight incoming pastors who will be serving in our district for their first time:

Bobby Black – Valley View-Heiskell

Steve Evans - Fincastle UMC

Kathy Chesney - Miller’s Chapel UMC

Judy Keller - Harrogate-Arthur-Mtn. View

Peter Kenny - Haven Chapel UMC

Barkley Mencer - Morgan, Scott, Roane Parish

Bonnie Seiber - Oliver Springs Parish

Rachel Witt - First UMC Oak Ridge

We have four pastors who are transitioning to serve new congregations within our district:

Anthony Burns - Midtown Valley UMC

David Gass – First UMC Oneida

David Grant – St. Mark UMC, Clinton

John Teffeteller – Pleasant Grove UMC

And finally but not least, we have four pastors who are returning to serve in our district:

Don Thomas – First Farragut UMC

Perry Duncan – Jacksboro-Caryville

Kristie Banes – Trinity UMC, Lenoir City

David Lord - Rockwood UMC

We also celebrate the ministry of John Anderson who previously served St. Mark UMC.

Let us covenant together and lift up in prayer the churches, pastors, and their families during this period of

transition.

Grace and Peace,

Adam

Mary Virginia Taylor, Resident Bishop

Rev. Dr. Adam E. McKee, III, District Superintendent

Lori Hopper, Administrative Assistant, Editor

183 Lafayette Drive

Oak Ridge, TN 37830-6898

Office: 865-482-3209 * Fax: 865-483-4515

District email: ordist@holston.org

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Thank you, Oak Ridge District!! You surpassed the goal of 300 by

collecting 557 Sewing Kits for this year’s Annual Conference Hands-on Mission Project! That’s 557 pairs of shoes and over 835

yards of fabric for school uniforms! The kits will be delivered to the Ishe Anesu Project for Underprivileged Children in Zimbabwe.

A heartfelt THANK YOU to everyone who participated!

What a blessing!

2016 HANDS-ON MISSION KITS

Andersonville 3 Grigsby Chapel 12 Norris 4

Beaver Ridge 50 Harriman 10 Oakdale 4

Bell’s Campground 5 Heiskell 12 Rocky Top 10

Bradbury 13 Kern Memorial 83 Rugby Road 9

Cawood 14 Kingston 18 Sinking Springs 3

Concord 73 LaFollette 39 Solway 7

Dutch Valley 5 Luminary 11+ Sunbright 7

Fincastle 17 Midtown Valley 15 Swan Pond 10

First Farragut 22 Moore’s Gap 7 Trinity 20

First UMC, Oak Ridge 35 Mt. Hermon 7 Valley View 7

First UMC, Oneida 15 Mt. Pleasant 2 Well Spring 7

Woods Chapel 1

Way to Go! Way to Give, Oak Ridge District!

THE ACADEMY For Spiritual Formation

Emory & Henry College July 24-29, 2016 Designed for

Women, Men, Laity, and Clergy

To register visit:

http://academy.upperroom.org/events/five-

Mark your calendars…

OAK RIDGE DISTRICT CONFERENCE

Sunday, September 11, 2016 3:00pm

Kern Memorial UMC 451 E. Tennessee Avenue ~ Oak Ridge

Please make plans to join your brothers and sisters of the Oak Ridge District for a time of worship and celebration of

God’s wonderful works and to share the business and reports of the Oak Ridge District.

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MONTHLY DISTRICT CLERGY MEETINGS RESUME IN AUGUST

Thursday, August 11, 2016

10:00am

First UMC Oak Ridge

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Oak Ridge District Lay Servant Ministry Training

August 13 & 20, 2016

Sinking Springs United Methodist Church

108 Bland Road

Clinton, TN 37716

COURSES OFFERED:

Lay Servant Advanced Course: United Methodist Heritage & Polity

Book: The Method of Our Mission

Lay Servant Advanced Course: Preaching

Book: Go Preach!

Lay Servant Ministries BASIC Course

Book: Lay Servant Ministries Basic Course Participant’s Book

REGISTRATION DEADLINE: AUGUST 6

For more information, contact District Lay Leader Diane James, dianejames1951@gmail.com

Please see Registration Form in this newsletter.

Mark your calendars for 4th Quarter Lay Servant Training at

Bradbury UMC, November 4-5

SCHEDULE:

Saturday, August 13 8:00a.m. to 1:00p.m.

Saturday, August 20 8:00a.m. to 1:00p.m.

REGISTRATION FEE: $15.00 Course fee covers lunch & snacks.

Book is not included.

Please indicate on registration form if you wish book to

be purchased for you and include the additional fees.

Memorial UMC in Clinton, Tennessee seeks a

part-time Youth Coordinator to work up to 15 hours per week. Duties would include spiritual

education, guidance, and programming for ages 6th-12th grades. Please email resume and cover

letter to memorialumcclinton@gmail.com or mail

to the attention of SPRC, 323 N Main Street, Clinton, TN 37716.

Harriman UMC seeks an Adult Choir Leader

for Sunday morning worship services. Salary negotiable. For more information, please

contact Steve Parker at: (865) 882-1353 or (865) 209-5806.

GLOBAL UNITED METHODIST CLERGYWOMEN GATHERING

August 29-31, 2016

ONE: Birthing a Worldwide Church Hilton-Americas Hotel and Conference Center,

Houston TX Register here

Holston Conference Native American Ministries Team

Presents our 18th Annual

GATHERING September 23-25

Coker Creek Village Tellico Plains, TN

For more information on The Gathering,

visit our website: http://thegathering.holston.org

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JOB ANNOUNCEMENTS

Registration must be received no later than Saturday, 8/6/2016.

Please note on registration form if

childcare is needed.

Childcare will be available only to those whose

REGISTRATION is submitted by August 6 with a

request for child care.

OAK RIDGE DISTRICT

LAY SERVANT MINISTRY TRAINING August 13 & August 20, 2016

Sinking Springs United Methodist Church 108 Bland Rd.

Clinton, TN 37716

Courses Offered: 1. Lay Servant Ministries BASIC Course

Book: Lay Servant Ministries Basic Course Participant’s Book

2. Lay Servant Advanced Course: Preaching

Book: Go Preach!

3. Lay Servant Advanced Course: UM Polity

Book: The Method of Our Mission

Schedule: Saturday, August 13 8:00a.m. - 1:00p.m.

Saturday, August 20 8:00a.m. - 1:00p.m.

Course fee: $15.00 (covers lunch & snacks) Book not included. You may purchase the book on your own or add the following fees

if you wish the book to be purchased for you:

$11.00 – BASIC Course Participant’s Book

$14.00 – Go Preach

$23.00 – The Method of Our Mission

Register: Please mail completed registration form along with a check payable to Diane James to:

Diane James

158 Allison Drive

Harriman, TN 37748

For additional information or questions,

please contact Diane James, Oak Ridge District Lay Leader at

(865) 376-6877 or dianejames1951@gmail.com.

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REGISTRATION FORM FOR OAK RIDGE DISTRICT

LAY SERVANT MINISTRIES TRAINING August 13 & August 20, 2016

Name: Church:____________________________________

Address: Conference/District:

City/State/Zip: Phone: ( )

Email address:

PLEASE ENROLL ME IN:

____ BASIC Course OR ____ Advanced Course: Preaching OR ____ Advanced Course: UM Polity

□ I wish to have the book purchased □ I wish to have the book purchased □ I wish to have the book purchased

for me and have included an additional for me and have included an additional fee for me and have included an additional fee

fee of $12.00 for a total of $27.00. of $16.50 for a total of $31.50 of $23.00 for a total of $38.00.

OR OR OR □ I have included the $15.00 course fee □ I have included the $15.00 course fee □ I have included the $15.00 course fee and will purchase

and will purchase the book on my own. and will purchase the book on my own and will purchase the book on my

own.

Childcare: ________ I have special dietary requirement and cannot eat:

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HOLSTON ADMINISTRATIVE PROFESSIONALS

Holston Administrative Professionals

2016 Conference and Retreat

September 28-30, 2016

SpringHill Suites | Chattanooga, TN

Please make plans now to join us for more learning

and fellowship in Chattanooga! All church secre-

taries, administrative assistants, office volunteers,

bookkeepers, treasurers, and anyone wishing to

enhance their administrative skills and join in a

time of renewal and fellowship are invited to at-

tend.

Based on your feedback, we are happy to offer the

following workshops:

~ Dealing with Difficult People

~ Enneagram

~ Event Planning

~ Microsoft Publisher

On Thursday evening we will enjoy a dinner cruise

aboard the Southern Belle Riverboat.

Check your mailing or contact the District Office for registration information. REGISTRATION DEADLINE: AUGUST 15

IMPRESSIONS ON A FIRST TIME MISSION TO HONDURAS

First United Methodist Church Oak Ridge has sent 64 Adult Mission teams into the world to serve with those in need since 2003. Nineteen

of these teams have worked in Honduras; ten of these teams have

served the two churches in Talanga. All of the Talanga teams have been multi-disciplined teams. Their services and skill sets include: Medical,

Vision, VBS, Children’s Oral Health, construction, counseling, & Clean Water for the Home. To many on the team the experience has become

somewhat routine but to a ‘newbie’ it is always an exciting experience.

One of the teams ‘newbie’s’ this year was Joel Shor. Below are his reflections:

“I had heard that the airport in Tegucigalpa, capital of Honduras, was

the most dangerous in the world owing to its short runway. I could not really say but it seemed as if we just cleared the houses near the airport

when we landed, and skidded to a stop near the other end of the runway.

Many of us clapped for the pilot. The customs and immigration were like none other in the world I had seen. They seemed genuinely happy to

greet us and one lady actually taught me a few words of Spanish. I speak a very weak Spanish but she appreciated my trying and was pa-

tient with it. Her attitude was one that I encountered many times.

We travelled about an hour from the capital to the city of Talanga, which I was told, was about the same population as Oak Ridge. I

had also read that the mayor and police chief of the city had just been arrested but I doubt that many people in Talanga were

aware that they even had a mayor. I worked in construction of a

new Sunday school room and the installation of ventilation fans at the Iglesia Metodista Diez de Septiembre. Fans, as one can imag-

ine, are extremely important in Honduras. I also worked with Ste-ve and Lou Ann Cristy on water purification (Clean Water for the

Home). Water is taken from a nearby river in a cistern truck and sold to residents. It is far from pure. They have distributed over

1,100 filters and taught people in Honduras to purify their water

with a micro pore filters system. People brought their systems to the mission to be re-

paired and I helped Steve with more than

60 people. Unfortunately when I tried to speak Spanish, most Hondurans

would burst out laughing since I often used the wrong word. For example, thinking I was describing the bottle we were using, I instead used the

word that meant a large cat. To my ears, they sounded similar. At least I brought some fun to everyone with my mistakes. Even speaking a small

amount of Spanish was helpful.

A very moving part of the trip was the dedication of a memorial plaque at both churches in Talanga in memory of Donna Henry who had participated

in many missions to Honduras and who will always be remembered. It was

a great experience.” ~ Joel Shor

~ Article and photos submitted by Bob Schultz, First UMC, Oak Ridge

Maxine Schultz led the Vision Team. The team, consisting of six members from Oak Ridge and three

Hondurans saw 186 clients.

The eight person construction team (consisting of five Oak Ridgers & three Hondurans) mixed mortar & laid the brick walls for a new

Sunday School room. They also wired the church building and installed fans in the sanctuary.

Dr. Jim Henry examines this young Honduran boy. The Medical Team, consisting of three doctors, a Nurse

Practitioner, three nurses & two servicing the pharmacy, saw 750 patients for the week with about 60% being

children and filled about 2700 prescriptions .

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TRINITY UMC SERVES COMMUNITY

By Heidi Lara heidi.lara@news-herald.net

As printed in the Friday, June 24, 2016 News-Herald

Trinity United Methodist Church volunteers gathered last week as part of a weekly effort to weed and maintain the Lenoir City Elementary

School garden for one of the church’s community outreach projects.

Church member Susan Pippin said she helps with the garden so she

can be an asset to the community.

“Just to find ways to get out into the community to help and do things

to help our fellow neighbor,” Pippin said about why she donates her

time. “That’s really what it’s all about whether someone goes to church

or not. It’s about helping each other.

“I want to take the younger generation and teach them about garden-

ing and help them realize that there’s other options to buying canned

vegetables,” she added.

In addition to working in the garden, church members also distribute

mattresses and box springs during the year, while collecting new socks

and underwear for needy students. Other volunteers create panther

packs for children to take home on the weekends.

“We continue to be available as the needs arise,” Jo Alison Cortez, volunteer coordinator, said. “We’re looking at it as a long-term oppor-

tunity.”

Susan’s daughter, Autumn Rose Pippin, 13, became involved with the garden as an elementary student before moving to Lenoir City Inter-

mediate/Middle School.

“It’s really nice to come out here,” Autumn Rose said. “It’s teaching the kids how to take care and how to respect things.”

Autumn Rose’s brother, Conner Pippin, 12, picked jalapeno peppers Friday morning.

“I like planting and picking jalapenos,” Conner said. “I like helping this school. That’s cool too. I like children seeing this and watching this

grow up. Seeing it for themselves and seeing all that they’ve accomplished.”

Sandra Guinn, Trinity UMC communications team leader, typically arrives early to get start-

ed.

“I grew up helping my parents in the garden,” Guinn said. “Where I live in town, I’m not able

to have a garden. I like to get dirty and when we have tomatoes, I plan on eating them.”

Although members of the mission team work together in the garden, they invited others to

get involved.

“I’m not a member of the missions team, but they invited me to help, and I said OK,” Guinn

added. “Besides, we’ve been looking for community projects lately. About every month we

have a support-the-community initiative.”

Member Walter Hines trims weeds at the garden each week.

“The whole point of the church is to help meet people’s needs, and that’s what this does,”

Hines said.

Hines said his favorite part about assisting with the garden was

“just the camaraderie with our church people. We’re all involved with different aspects of the church. Most eve-

ryone here sings in the choir. Some are involved with the missions committee. This way we can all meet to-

gether and fellowship.”

Tellico Village resident Dennis Van Wormer said he and his wife, Margaret, enjoy attending the church be-

cause of its friendly atmosphere.

“We just felt like we needed to expand out as a church and maybe more people will start coming to our

church,” Van Wormer said. “Maybe they’ll come and visit and maybe they’ll start coming and join us.”

Van Wormer said he pulls weeds each week at the garden because that’s one way he can give back.

Church member June Kinkaid helped in the garden for her first time last week.

“It’s community as much as anything else,” Kinkaid said. “It helps us. We have a project with the school. It helps people to see the church is

involved with the schools and the community. It shows people they can do small gardening on their own with containers.”

Hines and Kinkaid agreed that Cortez has provided motivation to drive the mission group’s outreach efforts.

“She’s activated our mission group,” Hines said about Cortez. “Sometimes in our little nest, we tend to get comfortable. She’s an activist in

that area, and she’s bringing us that. It makes you realize your job is really never done.”

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Children in Poverty Social Action 2016 ~ Hunger Banquet

Saturday, August 13

“I know that the LORD secures justice for the poor and upholds the cause of the needy.”

Psalm 140:12 (NIV)

Fairview United Methodist Church

2508 Old Niles Ferry Road, Maryville, TN 37803

Registration 10:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.

Hunger Banquet 10:30 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.

Mission Focus

Let’s make a difference in the lives of Holston children. Working through our Church & Community Workers we want

to provide school supplies and snacks that they can provide for the children they work with in their communi-

ties. Please find your district below to determine what supplies are being collected from your district. You do not

have to provide everything on the list, you can pick and choose how much you would like to contribute.

School Supplies Snacks

Abingdon District Big Stone Gap District

Chattanooga District Cleveland District

Johnson City District Kingsport District

Knoxville District Maryville District

Morristown District Oak Ridge District

Tazewell District Wytheville District

Suggested school supplies: Pencils, Erasers, Pencil Sharpeners, Pens (Blue or Black), Paper (wide-ruled), Spiral

Notebook, Scissors (blunt-tip), Rulers, Crayons.

Suggested snacks: Peanut-Butter crackers, Raisins (small snack boxes), fruit cups, cereal bars, granola bars, instant oatmeal packets, individual pkgs. Pretzels, individual pkgs. Trail mix

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Click here for event brochure and registration form or visit holstonumw.org

CALENDAR OF EVENTSCALENDAR OF EVENTS

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JULY 2016

4 HAPPY 4TH OF JULY - CONFERENCE AND DISTRICT OFFICES CLOSED

6 DISTRICT COMMITTEE ON SUPERINTENDENCY, 6:00pm, District Office

11-15 DISTRICT OFFICE CLOSED

13-15 SOUTHEASTERN JURISDICTIONAL CONFERENCE, Lake Junaluska, NC

20 DISTRICT COMMITTEE ON FINANCE, 6:00pm, District Office

21 DISTRICT COMMITTEE ON NOMINATIONS, 6:00pm, District Office

21-23 MISSION U, Central UMC Lenoir City

24-29 THE ACADEMY FOR SPIRITUAL FORMATION, Emory & Henry College

AUGUST 2016

11 DISTRICT CLERGY MEETING, 10:00am, First UMC Oak Ridge

13 LAY SERVANT MINISTRIES TRAINING, 8:00am-1:00pm Sinking Springs UMC

20 LAY SERVANT MINISTRIES TRAINING, 8:00am-1:00pm Sinking Springs UMC

13 UMW SOCIAL ACTION DAY, 10:00am-2:00pm, Fairview UMC

SEPTEMBER 2016

5 LABOR DAY - DISTRICT & CONFERENCE OFFICES CLOSED

11 DISTRICT CONFERENCE, 3:00pm, Kern Memorial UMC

23-25 HOLSTON CONFERENCE NATIVE AMERICAN GATHERING, Tellico Plains, TN

28-30 HOLSTON ADMINISTRATIVE PROFESSIONALS CONFERENCE & RETREAT, Chattanooga, TN

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