Annual Conference 2008
About Holston
2008 Theme: Offer Them Christ
Discipleship / Finance Team Video Report segments now available for viewing online.
2008 Service of Ordination was held June 1 at Central UMC in Knoxville
Checkout the Ordination photo gallery.
June 8-11 Regular Sessions at Lake Junaluska, NC
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- Download Appointments
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(Junaluska United Methodist Productions) Phone (828) 452-2881
Welcome to the 2008 Holston Annual Conference.
I invite you to participate in this time of Holy Conferencing with the full knowledge that Christ is present with us. Let this be four days and three nights that inform you, inspire you, and send you forth to “Offer Them Christ.” There was a lady in my home church that often sang a song with these words. “The world is hungry for the Living Bread. Lift Him up for all the world to see. He said, ‘If I be lifted up from the earth, I’ll draw all unto me.’”
We gather as the 910 congregations of Holston Conference to discover how we can be more faithful to the call to “Make disciples of Jesus Christ for the transformation of the world.” We do this by “living the United Methodist Way,” guided by the “Three Simple Rules.” Do No Harm, Do Good, and Stay in Love With God are three simple rules to which John Wesley has called us. You will hear about how you can do that, not only while you are at the Lake, but also how you can return home and help others to live the United Methodist Way. I welcome Bishop Larry Goodpaster of the Alabama West Florida Annual Conference, Bishop Richard Looney, Dr. Evelyn Laycock, and the Reverend Angela Hardy-Cross as our preachers and teachers for these days together.
Let us begin to give an account of our Christian Discipleship and stir up our faith so that we might share Christ with everyone.
Blessings,
James E. Swanson, Sr.
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DIRECTIONS TO CENTRAL UMC
201 Third Avenue, Knoxville, Tennessee
(865) 524-1659
From the North (I-81 & I-40)
I-40 is shut down through downtown Knoxville.
Take I-640 to Exit 6 (Broadway 441). Use left lane of exit ramp to turn left onto Broadway. Proceed down Broadway to intersection with Central Street. Turn left onto Central and then left onto Third Avenue.
From the South (I-75 & I-40)
Approaching downtown, take Exit 387A (I-275, Lexington) and proceed to either Exit 1A (Baxter Avenue) or Exit 1B (Woodland). Turn right off exit ramp and go to Central Street; turn right and proceed through intersection with Broadway. Turn Left on Third Avenue.
From I-75 & I-275
Take Exit 1B (Woodland) or Exit 1A (Baxter); turn left off ramp. Go to Central Street and turn right; go through intersection with Broadway to turn left onto Third Avenue.
From Alcoa Highway N-129
Turn right onto I-40 (Asheville / Lexington) and then take Exit 387A to I-275. Take Exit 1A (Baxter Avenue) or 1B (Woodland) and turn right off ramp and proceed to Central Street. Turn right onto Central and proceed through Broadway intersection to Third Avenue.
Note on Parking:
Several businesses and some of the churches near Central UMC will provide parking.
These will be marked. Additional parking will be available (with shuttle bus/van service from 3:00 to 5:15 p.m.) from Church Street UMC (900 Henley Street) and from Emerald Avenue UMC (1620 North Central Street).
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2007 Theme:
Boldly, Passionately, & Joyfully
Making Disciples
Holston Annual Conference
June 10-13 at Lake Junaluska, NC
Looking for DVDs or Audio recordings from Annual Conference?
Call SEJ Offices and ask for J.U.M.P. (Junaluska United Methodist Productions)
Phone (828) 452-2881
- Checkout the AC photo gallery
- Download list of appointments as published in The Call
- Download 2007 Book of Reports (pdf)
- Read daily reports from the week
Download "Season of Prayer" (PDF)
Use the Epiphany season as a time of prayer for guidance in the appointment process.
