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worship bulletin
- Thu, Oct, 15, 2009
• St. Thomas the Apostle Catholic Church in Lenoir City will host a retreat by Paula D’Arcy, from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 14. D’Arcy, a writer and spiritual director, will speak on “Seeing the Second Half of Life Through New Eyes,” sharing reflections, lessons and knowledge to aid men and women in more fully experiencing their spiritual journey. Tickets are $30 and include lunch and retreat materials. Make checks payable to St. Thomas Catholic Women’s Guild and mail them to Jan Joyce, 517 Dudala Circle, Loudon, TN, 37774. Enclose a self-addressed, stamped envelope. For more information, call Joyce at 865-458-4550.
• First Baptist Concord’s Quilter’s Anonymous is a group dedicated to learning, working and improving their quilting skills. Each fall, a new project is presented to the group. You can participate in the new design, or you are welcome to bring you own project from home. Group will next meet from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. in the Kingston Pike campus room, Saturday, Oct. 17.
• North Acres Baptist Church, 5803 Millertown Pike, will hold a rummage sale to benefit the church, beginning at 8 a.m., Saturday, Oct. 17. Bag sale begins at noon. Call 865-522-7590 or visit www.northacres.net
• Cokesbury United Methodist Church will host “The Heart of a Great Marriage” conference, from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 17, at the church, 9908 Kingston Pike. Cost is $30 per couple, including lunch. Speakers include Dr. Gary Smalley, Kevin Lemon, Ted Cunningham and Phil and Heather Joel. Call 865-246-0438 to purchase tickets.
• North Acres Baptist Church, 5803 Millertown Pike, announces the calling of Kenny Blankenship as children’s pastor. The church welcomes Blankenship, along with his wife, Jennifer, and three daughters. Blankenship will be kicking off a new children’s church ministry called “Clubhouse 212,” Sunday, Oct. 18. Visit www.northacres.net for more information.
• Award-winning gospel group FFH will be singing at North Acres Baptist Church, 5803 Millertown Pike, at 7 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 24. Tickets are $5 in advance, $7 at door. For details, call 865-522-7590 or visit www.northacres.net
• Harvest Christian Church, 6634 Central Ave. Pike, will hold its third-annual Harvest Festival from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 17. Event is free and open to public. Attractions will include cakewalk, live music, door prizes, games and inflatables for the kids. Food also will be available. For more information, call the church at 865-687-5100 or visit www.harvestchristianchurch.info
• Mercy Me, pictured right, will be in concert at Knoxville Christian Center at 7 p.m., Friday, Nov. 20. Special guests will include Tenth Avenue North and Jonny Diaz. Cost is $15 in advance. Call 865-690-6565 or visit www.christianfamilynights.org. KCC is located at 818 Cedar Bluff Road.
• Concord United Methodist Church will donate toys to about 600 children in Morgan and Scott counties for Christmas. Cash and all sizes of batteries also will help. Do not donate candy. Children will be between newborn and age 18. Donation boxes will be located at the church. Deadline for donations is Dec. 1.
• Concord United Methodist Church will host its “Trunk or Treat” from 4 to 6 p.m., Sunday, Oct. 25. Community is invited. Dinner is provided, children will trick or treat safely from car trunk to car trunk in the church’s east parking lot. Kids also can participate in games.
• St. John Neumann Catholic Church welcomes its new choir director, Andy Forsythe, who will direct the 10:30 a.m. service choir. Forsythe is from Chattanooga, where he taught at Notre Dame High School.
• North Acres Baptist Church’s Happy Travelers announces its fall schedule, and adults of all ages are invited to participate. For more information or to sign-up, call Derrell Frye at 865-938-8884. Memories Theater, Saturday, Oct. 23; River Gorge Explorer, Saturday, Oct. 24; Thanksgiving Gathering at North Acres, Tuesday, Nov. 17; Christmas at Biltmore, Friday, Nov. 27; Tennessee Theater, Sunsphere and lunch at S&W, Monday, Dec. 7 and Black Bear Jamboree Christmas Show, Saturday, Dec. 12.
• Concord United Methodist Church is holding simultaneous traditional and contemporary services at 8:45 and 11 a.m. Sunday mornings. For more information, visit www.concordumc.com
• Concord United Methodist Church is offering a worship service at 6:30 p.m., Sundays. “A Quiet Place” offers a weekly opportunity to sing, pray and listen quietly for God’s voice in a small group setting. The gathering is designed to give worshipers a time to get away from life’s distractions and hectic schedules. Concord UMC is located at 11020 Roane Drive. For more information, e-mail aquietplace@concordumc.com or call 865-966-6728.
• A grief support group will meet at Cedar Springs Presbyterian Church, from 7 to 9 p.m., 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.
• Calvary Baptist Church will host “Esther: It’s Tough Being a Woman,” a class based on Beth Moore’s latest study, Tuesdays at 6:45 p.m. through Nov. 24. Group will meet in Room 219. For more information, visit www.knoxcalvary.com
• Virtue Cumberland Presbyterian Church holds “Downhome” worship services each Wednesday night at 6:30 p.m. The worship service includes an acoustic musicians group who play “just strings and voices.” Service includes many old hymns and gospel selections, as well as a time of teaching by the Rev. Mark Allison. Local bluegrass gospel groups interested in leading a service can contact the church at 865-966-1491.
• Knoxville Bishop Richard F. Stika will preside at a Mass of Thanksgiving in honor of Sister Albertine Paulus, beginning at 3 p.m., Sunday, Oct. 18, at Sacred Heart Cathedral. Paulus will formally retire Oct. 19. A light reception will follow the Mass from 4 to 6 p.m., at Sacred Heart Cathedral School gymnasium. Paulus, a 1947 graduate of Knoxville Catholic High School, received the prestigious Papal honor “Cross Pro Ecclesia et Pontifice” in 2006. She has served the Diocese of Knoxville since its inception 21 years ago.
• October is pastor appreciation month. Union Cumberland Presbyterian Church will hold a pastor appreciation luncheon Sunday, Nov. 8, directly after the church’s worship service.
• Messiah Lutheran Church will hold a craft fair from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 7, for the Women of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America. Fair will include booths of individual crafters, both local and out of community, selling their goods of original design paintings, hand-crafted fabric purses, totes, backpacks, pearl, gemstone and silver jewelry, wire and bead art, dolls, designer pillows, note cards, prints, wood carved items, embroidery, crochet and knitted items, pillows and even music CDs from local artist and seminary student, Vicar John Tirro. There will a variety of Christmas items as well, including wooden manger scenes, ornaments, tree skirts, stockings, ornaments and candles. Lutheran World Relief also will have a booth, with all proceeds from sales at that booth to address poverty and injustice around the world. Bake sale will benefit Knoxville Interfaith Health Clinic. Messiah Lutheran is located at 6900 Kingston Pike. For more information, call 865-588-9753 or visit www.messiahknoxville.org
• St. John Neumann Catholic Church’s Holy Family Prayer Group invites all to a “Life in the Spirit” seminar, of the Catholic Charismatic Renewal, given by the Rev. Larry Hess, and presented through DVD. Hess is liaison of the Charismatic Renewal in the Allentown Diocese. Seminar sessions will be held in the music room of SJN school on the next three consecutive Saturdays, each from 9 to 11 a.m. as follows: Oct. 17, “New Life;” Oct. 24, “Receiving God’s Gifts” and Oct. 31, “Transformation in Christ.” Call Crystal Simoneaux at 865-584-1746 or 865-591-4129 if you plan to attend.
• WordPlayers will present “The Miracle Worker,” the story of Annie Sullivan and her blind, deaf student, Helen Keller. WordPlayers and Erin Stage Co. are collaborating to bring this play to Knoxville. Tickets are $8 to $12 and may be purchased on-line or at the door with cash or check. Showings will be held at WordPlayers’ Theater, 1540 Robinson Road, at 7:30 p.m., Nov. 6, Nov. 12 and Nov. 13, and at 2 p.m., Nov. 14. Group also will tour to Erin Presbyterian Church, 200 Lockett Road, for showings at 7:30 p.m., Nov. 21 and 27 and at 2 p.m., Nov. 22 and 28.
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