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worship bulletin
- Thu, Aug, 6, 2009
• The second annual Irish Fest on the Hill fundraiser will take place at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, 414 West Vine Ave., from 4 to 10:30 p.m., Saturday, Aug. 8. Four Leaf Peat and Shamrock Road will provide live Irish music. Event also will feature children’s activities, vendor booths, silent auction, Irish bake sale, music by the Lowland Strings and Starland Gypsy Bands and Irish dancers. Hot dogs and hamburgers will be served from 4:30 to 8:30 p.m. A corned beef and cabbage dinner will be served from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Irish beer and wine (cash bar) will be available from 7 to 10:30 p.m. A donation of $10 ($15 at event) for adults and $5 for children includes dinner. Advanced tickets can be purchased at Immaculate Conception’s parish office. For more information, call the church at 865-522-1504.
• All ladies are invited to lunch with Knoxville Christian Women’s Connection at 10:45 a.m., Thursday, Aug. 13, at Buddy’s Bearden Banquet Hall off Kingston Pike. Special feature is a parade of fashion jewelry by lia sophia, presented by Debra M. Baldwin. Linda McDaniel of Ellenboro, N.C., will speak on “Living At the Day Spa: Is That Realistic?” Complimentary childcare is by reservation only. Cost is $10. To reserve a space, call Maria at 865-850-6842 or Barbara at 865-531-9973 or e-mail smotzen@gmail.com or barbarajeanbrown@aol.com
• Black Oak Heights Baptist Church, 405 Black Oak Drive, will host Southern gospel recording artist Ivan Parker at 7 p.m., Monday, Aug. 10. Parker has received more than 20 Soloist and Male Vocalist of the Year Awards from a variety of leading fan and trade publications, including the 2007 Fan Award for Male Vocalist of the Year by subscribers of “The Singing News” magazine. For more information, call 865-689-5397.
• Calvary Baptist Church will host its “Wings and Worship” event for men, college and youth, from 6 to 8 p.m., Tuesday, Aug. 25, at the church’s student center. Cost is $5 and gets all-you-can-eat wings. For more information, visit www.knoxcalvary.com
• Hope Resource Center will hold a “Walk for Life” Saturday, Aug. 29 at Lakeshore Park. Registration opens at 8:30 a.m. and walk begins at 9 a.m. “Walk for Life” is a two mile walk to help raise awareness and funds for Hope Resource Center. People are asked to sign up to walk, collect pledges from family and friends to sponsor your walk, and then join together at Lakeshore Park. For more information, visit www.hoperc.org or call 865-525-4673, ext. 112.
• Greg Mortenson, author of the NY Times Bestseller “Three Cups of Tea,” will be the guest speaker at a dinner and lecture hosted by the Volunteer Ministry Center. Dinner and lecture will take place at 6:30 p.m., Tuesday, Sept. 1, at the Crowne Plaza Hotel. Mortenson, a Nobel Peace Prize nominee, will be sharing his experiences of building schools in Pakistan and Afghanistan for the impoverished villages in those countries. Tickets are $100 per person and include dinner and lecture. Sponsorships are available. For more information, call Volunteer Ministry Center at 865-524-3926.
• “Calling All Men: Living to Leave a Legacy” conference will be held Aug. 7-8 at Sevierville Events Center. Speakers include Bishop James Swanson Sr., Dr. Eddie Fox, the Rev. Stephen Handy Sr. and comedian Michal Jr. For more information, visit www.callingallmen.net
• Westside Unitarian Universalist Church announces its next month of Sunday services: Aug. 9, “The Underground Ark;” Aug. 16, “Start the Year with a Splash;” Aug. 23, “Sermon Series: Prayers of Confession” and Aug. 30, “A Dialogue on New Birth.” All services begin at 11 a.m.
• North Acres Baptist Church’s annual homecoming service will be held at 10:15 a.m., Sunday, Aug. 9. The Camerons will provide entertainment. Lunch will be served after service at church, 5803 Millertown Pike.
• For the second consecutive year, First Baptist Concord WestLake has been selected for the 2009 Best of Knoxville Award in the Places of Worship category by the U.S. Local Business Association. The USLBA “Best of Local Business” Award program recognizes outstanding local businesses throughout the country that have achieved exceptional marketing success in their local community and business category.
• Westside Unitarian Universalist Church’s “Ladies Lunch Bunch” will meet at Big Fatty’s, 5005 Kingston Pike, at 11:30 a.m., Monday, Aug. 10. “Men’s Lunch Bunch” will meet at Sullivans, 7545 Northshore Drive, at 11:30 a.m., Monday, Aug. 10.
• Knoxville Day Women’s Aglow Lighthouse will hold an outreach meeting from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m., Thursday, Aug. 4, at New Covenant Fellowship Church, 6828 Central Ave. Pike. Speak is Michael Weiner, senior rabbi of Shomair Yisrael. For more information, call Diane Shelby at 865-687-3687.
• North Acres Baptist Church, 5803 Millertown Pike, will host Gordon Jensen in concert at 6:30 p.m., Sunday, Aug. 2. Service is free and open to the public. For more information call 865-522-7590.
• A grief support group will meet at Cedar Springs Presbyterian Church, from 7 to 9 p.m., Sept. 3 through Oct. 22. Nursery is available by registration. Group will feature nationally recognized experts on grief and recovery topics and sessions will include “The Journey of Grief,” “The Effects of Grief,” “Why?” and “When Your Spouse Dies.” To register, visit www.cspc.net or call 865-291-5226. Cost is $12.
• Cokesbury United Methodist Church’s children’s center fall and winter clothing sale is back. Full price sale will be held from 8 a.m. to noon, Saturday, Aug. 22, and half-price sale from 1 to 3 p.m. that same day.
• First Farragut United Methodist Church, 12733 Kingston Pike, will sponsor a Mobile Pantry food giveaway in its sanctuary to local neighbors in need, beginning at 9 a.m., Saturday, Aug. 8. A semi-tractor trailer load of food will be distributed until all food has been handed out. Any area residents who are in need of help are encouraged to come to the church to receive food. The Mobile Pantry distributes food purchased from the Second Harvest Food Bank. The August Mobile Pantry is the fourth sponsored by FFUMC since 2007. Church volunteers and members of the Order of the Arrow Boy Scouts of America will be on hand to help distribute and load groceries, as well as packets of school supplies and used children’s clothing in good condition.
• Cokesbury United Methodist Church’s Christian Book Club will meet at 6 p.m., Tuesday, Sept. 8, to discuss “Same Kind of Different as Me,” by Ron Hall and Denver Moore. For more information, call the church at 865-693-0353.
• Virtue Cumberland Presbyterian Church began its Wednesday night “Downhome” worship services Wednesday, July 29. The service will focus on bluegrass music, old hymns and preaching. Any local bluegrass gospel groups interested in leading a weekly Wednesday night worship service can call the church at 865-966-1491.
• Memphis Theological Seminary will present “Teaching for Faith Maturity,” a Christian life-long learning seminar, from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., Saturday, Aug. 29, at Union Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 400 Everett Road. Speaker will be Dr. Stan Wood, associate professor of ministry at MTS. Cost is $30 per person; register by Aug. 20 by calling 901-334-5806 or e-mailing lifetime@memphisseminary.edu
• Cokesbury United Methodist Church announces the first worship service of its West Campus will be held Sept. 13 at Hardin Valley Academy auditorium. For more information, visit www.cclive.org
• Calvary Baptist Church will host an outreach “Studio GO Game Show” vacation Bible school July 31-Aug. 1 in Vestal. For more information, call the church at 865-523-9419.
• Calvary Baptist Church plans its Upward Flag Football League. Practices begin the week of Aug. 17, and games begin Saturday, Sept. 12. For more information visit www.knoxcalvary.com
• Union Cumberland Presbyterian Church will hold its annual bluegrass festival from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Saturday, Sept. 19. The event includes arts and crafts, bluegrass bands, barbecue and games for children. For more information, visit www.unioncpchurch.com
• Abundant Life Kitchen Program celebrated its 12th graduating class Friday, July 10. Program, a partnership between Knox Area Rescue Ministries and Second Harvest Food Bank, is a culinary training program designed to give those in need an opportunity to train for employment in the food services industry. For more information, visit www.karm.org
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