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The Episcopal Diocese of East Tennessee
A letter from the bishop ... [full text] May
2000
Assessing the Need for a Diocesan Meeting Place Church vestries, clergy, Happeners, EFM groups, Cursillistas and other groups who plan overnight meetings and retreats know the East Tennessee struggle for meeting space. It is a familiar search that each year prompts another call for a Diocesan camp and conference center. ECW Spring Convocation 2000 Ever since the Church in Tennessee first separated into two dioceses and then three, the Episcopal Church Women from all over the state have continued to evidence true unity by continuing to convene each year for the purposes of becoming better informed as laity, of welcoming new women, of renewing and updating longer term relationships, and last but not least of the grilling of the bishops. Mollie
Tucker Day This year the ECW has been able to realize a long term goal for the Molly Tucker Scholarship Fund -- an account with the Episcopal Endowment Corporation. Spiritual Life Committee Searches On March 24, in the beautiful woodland setting of the Church of the Resurrection in Loudon, the Spiritual Life committee of the diocese began its search for the ways it can best serve as both a spiritual presence and a resource for the spirituality of individuals, parishes, and the diocese. "Icons
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Pam Park wants to help people understand that they are icons written by the hand of God and are valued and loved by God. Appalachian Ministries Resources Directory 2000 Information on two projects:
Clergy news Celebration of New Ministry for Yoked Missions: The Rev. Harry Bahlow is the new vicar of St. Columba in Bristol and St. Thomas in Elizabethton. The annual Deacons Retreat with Bishop vonRosenberg was a time of reflection, discernment and visioning. In memoriam: The Rev. Willis W.H. Poyser Letter from Archdeacon Doty Letter to the Editor In the Diocese St. Elizabeth, Knoxville, was established in the summer of 1984 and the congregation moved to its present location on Sugarwood Drive in 1988. The Rev. Matthew Dutton-Gillett is the rector.
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