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ELDER TRAINING with Rev. Dr. Steve Eason Sunday, Sept 16, 4pm-6pm at Farragut Pres. BRING YOUR WHOLE SESSION! Sign up yourself and/or your session at www.presbyteryeasttn.org/training

https://www.presbyterianmission.org/ministries/1001-2/mission-program-grants/ 2018 Mission Program Grant Applications & Resource Material The Mission Program Grants include those for New Worshiping Communities Seed, Investment, Growth & Health Insurance Grants, Presbytery Grants for Congregational Transformation and the Sam & Helen R. Walton Awards. The 2018 Proposal Submission & Review Dates are also included for the three remaining Grant Proposal Review dates of 2018. Check out these grants for ministries at the site below. https://www.presbyterianmission.org/…/mission-program-gran…/

ATTENTION CHURCH ADMINISTRATORS, PASTORS, TREASURERS, COMMUNICATORS, OFFICERS, AND MEMBERS! Union Presbyterian Seminary’s Leadership Institute offers seminars in Church Business Administration. Whether you plan to pursue certification as a Church Administrator through our partnership with The Church Network, or you are already certified and need to take some classes for retention, or you just want to take a few seminars to see how to better serve in the administrative functions of your congregation, you are welcome to join us! The program consists of eight seminars in Financial management (2 seminars) Human resources management (2 seminars) Legal and tax issues Communications Facilities and property management Strategic planning   Take all eight core classes toward certification, or take four, or just take one or two that interest you. In addition, for those seeking certification (or not), we will offer a separate day for the four required CEU classes:

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If you have not already ordered your 2018-19 Presbyterian Planning Calendars, you may join in on a bulk order with your friends in the Presbytery of East Tennessee. The 2018-2019 Presbyterian Planning Calendar is wire-bound 8½" x 11" calendar, punched to fit standard binders, offers numerous useful features that keep you in touch with the church and its ongoing life and work.  *Monthly calendar pages from June 2018 through December 2019 *Lectionary for the Lord's Day and special liturgical days *Colors for the liturgical seasons *Liturgical days, programmatic emphases and secular holidays *Monthly planning suggestions and resources *Synod, presbytery and GA staff directories *Foldout synod/presbytery and world maps in color *User-friendly size-easily fits into a binder Regular per calendar price is $14.95 plus shipping -  we are able to get a bulk order price of $9.25 per calendar, including shipping .  Calendars will be delivered to two locations : Rivermont Presbyterian

From the Peacemaking Committee of the Presbytery of East Tennessee: The Reverend Dr. David Billings is a United Methodist Minister and author of the 2016 book  Deep Denial: The Persistence of White Supremacy in United States History and Life . He has been an anti-racist trainer and organizer with the People's Institute for Survival and Beyond since 1983 and has worked with anti-racist groups across the country. Born in McComb, Mississippi, he grew up in Helena, Arkansas, and now resides back in McComb. He holds degrees from the University of Mississippi, New York Theological Seminary, and Wisdom University. From the book jacket: "No one speaks to racism and its cure better than David Billings, a white Southerner who has seen it all. His is a voice that needs to be heard. It is a voice with perfect pitch." He and his wife Margery are close friends with Dorothy Mitchell-Kincaid of Alcoa.   David Billings' coming to Blount County has been endorsed by the Blount County Ec