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Holston Annual Conference

Local Church
The Rev. Richard Richter (left), has supported Seth and Kamara as they work to move out of their car and into an apartment. Photo courtesy of the Holston Conference.

Couple lives in church parking lot

For the past 16 weeks, a couple and their dog have been sleeping under the steeple at Cedar Lane United Methodist Church after their car broke down. As the couple sought more permanent housing, the church worked to offer hospitality in all the ways it can.
Worship
The Rev. Sarah Slack preaches at a Monday morning Bible study and Holy Communion service, amid the worship visuals she created. Photo by Sarah Varnell, the Holston Conference.

Worship visuals bless many annual conferences

The Rev. Sarah Slack has created altar settings at the Holston Annual Conference for almost 20 years. On June 5, she preached in front of intertwined circles she envisioned for a “Worship Together” theme.
Congregations
Mary Harris describes her vision for Pickett Chapel, a nearly 200-year-old structure built by slaves as a Methodist church in Lebanon, Tenn. Harris, president of the Wilson County Black History Committee, says about $200,000 so far has been spent to stabilize the building. Photo by Mike DuBose, UM News.

New life for 196-year-old Pickett Chapel

Pickett Chapel in Lebanon, Tennessee, has been a white church, a Black church and a multiracial one in its long life as a Methodist house of worship. Built by slave labor, its newest incarnation will be as a museum and event venue if restoration efforts by a local Black history committee are successful.
Disaster Relief
A team from Keith Memorial United Methodist Church wears the mud they worked in while pulling out water-logged insulation beneath a mobile home in Norton, Virginia. From left to right: Sarah Williams, Tyler Nash, Chris Anderson, and Terry Stansell. Photo by Melissa Smith, courtesy of the Holston Conference.

United Methodists put 'legs on the prayers'

United Methodists in Holston Conference moved beyond prayers and got to work after learning about devastating floods and storms recently experienced by neighbors in Eastern Kentucky and Southwest Virginia.

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