School of Christian Mission

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1 United Methodist Women School of Christian Mission First United Methodist Church 1350 Oak Ridge Turnpike Oak Ridge, TN July 24-26, 2008 Dean: Marsheine McClurg Assistant Dean: Martha Ketron 3125 Alcoa Highway 232 New Beason Well Road Alcoa TN Kingsport TN (865) (423)

2 Holston Conference School of Christian Mission July 24-26, 2008 First United Methodist Church Oak Ridge, Tennessee Sponsored by Holston Conference United Methodist Women Open to all Men and Women, Laity and Clergy Name Phone First Timer Address Street City State Zip Church District Clergy Lay Special Needs (dietary, wheelchair, difficulty walking, etc.) In case of emergency, please contact Phone Names/ages of children, ages two to five years, attending with you for whom you need childcare Names/ages of children attending the Children s Study Yes, I would like to receive CEU credit. Address (1.5 CEU s if all classes are attended) Please select your course By indicating (1) for first choice, (2) for second choice, and (3) for third choice. I Believe in Jesus Giving Our Hearts Away Native American Survival Israel and Palestine Children s Study Creator Sang a Welcoming Song Names of persons who must be assigned to the same class (Registrations must be mailed in the same envelope) If your registration is postmarked on or before July 10th, the registration fee is $40.00 for each adult and $25.00 for each child, ages five to nine, attending the children s study or for whom you need childcare. If you wait to register at the school or your registration is postmarked after July 10th, the registration fee is $45.00 for each adult. If the registration fee for a child is postmarked after July 10th, the registration fee will be $ Childcare is provided only if your child is registered in advance. Make checks payable to Holston Conference UMW. Mail completed form with payment to: Pat Marshall, Registrar P. O. Box 1083 Bristol, Virginia 24203

3 Giving Our Hearts Away: Native American Survival Leaders Rev. Dr. Angela Hardy Cross, Colonial Heights UMC Kingsport District Rev. Steve McVay, Western Kentucky The purpose of this study is to learn about the inter-relatedness between indigenous peoples and their land; to identify selected key issues affecting the Native Americans in the United States and to examine the root causes of these issues; to understand and appreciate the Give Away culture of the Native Americans in the areas of spirituality, ecology, language, story telling, and food; and to lead the participants to act as responsible United States Citizens and Christians in accompaniment and solidarity with Native Americans. Reverend Angela Hardy Cross is the youngest of four children and began her walk with the Lord in the 6 th grade. She attended the University of North Carolina, earning her B.S. degree. Her Masters of Divinity was earned at Johnson C. Smith Seminary- Interdenominational Theological Center, Atlanta, Georgia. Angela received her Doctor of Ministry from the Gammon Theological Seminary- Interdenominational Theological Center, Atlanta, Georgia. Before serving in the Holston Conference, Rev. Dr. Hardy Cross served in many different positions, such as the Chaplain at Barbara Scotia College, Presbyterian Church USA Concord, North Carolina, Campus Minister at South Carolina State University, Charleston Atlantic Presbytery, Orangeburg, South Carolina and has served at an Inner City Homeless Shelter for women and children. Within the Holston Conference United Methodist Church, Rev. Angela Hardy Cross has served New Mount Olive and Mount Airy in Radford, Virginia; Franklin Street and Crossroads in Wytheville, Virginia. She has served as Associate Pastor at Trinity United Methodist Church, Knoxville, Tennessee; Pastor at St. Marks, and Hands Across the River Coordinator in Chattanooga. Presently Angela serves as Associate Pastor Colonial Heights, Kingsport, Tennessee She is an Ordained Elder in the Holston Conference. Her husband, the Reverend Walter H. Cross, Jr., serves as the minister of Trinity UMC Abingdon District Reverend Steve McVay was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and soon moved to Kentucky where he grew up and received his formal education, earning an undergraduate degree in psychology and graduate degrees in counseling and theology. For seven years, he was employed as an administrative social worker for the state of Kentucky. In 1975 he married his wife, Shirley, and three years later answered a call to pastoral ministry. For thirty years, he has served United Methodist congregations in western Kentucky. During the last eight years, this has been on a semi-retired basis. He has served in a variety of conference leadership positions and in 1996 served on the leadership team for an academy for spiritual formation. Steve s first teaching experience in schools of mission was in Since that time he has served in over thirty conferences and regional schools in the South-Atlantic, Mid-West and Pacific Regions as well as leading numerous events on district and local-church levels. Steve and Shirley, a retired teacher, own their own home in Lyon County. They are parents of two children and have a three-year-old granddaughter, Kiersten. Steve s special interests include reading, classical music and travel.

4 I Believe In Jesus Leaders Ms. Lou McNutt, Church Street UMC Knoxville District & Social Action Office, Conference UMW Rev. Lyle Morton, Asbury UMC Roanoke District, Virginia Conference The study deals with 4 components: The gift of faith in Jesus Christ ~ The community of faith informs one s faith and nurtures one in faith, but belief in Jesus is a matter of personal encounter with the Holy. Faith in Jesus is a gift. The meaning of faith in Jesus ~ The transcendent nature of the reign of Christ Jesus and its implications for how we live out our faith in Him has not always been clear in the life and mission and ministry of the church. Whose faith counts ~ As we enter into a new millennium, we again hear the voices of those who challenge any notions of knowing Jesus other than through their particular ways. The issue of how we discern what is faithful to the Gospel message is an ongoing theological task of the church. The Wesleyan Quadrilateral provides us a means for our prayerful consideration of who Jesus is for us and for the world. Faith in Jesus in a post modern world ~ The post-modern world provides us opportunities to bring a word of hope to a world that, in spite of all its achievements and advancement, cannot fill the deep yearning of the heart. Lou McNutt is a member of Church Street United Methodist Church, Knoxville, where she has served in a variety of positions. In her local United Methodist Women s unit, she has served in many positions, including President. Lou has been a study leader at Church Street United Methodist Women for forty-eight years. She is a certified Lay Speaker and is certified to teach Disciple, Christian Believer and Kerygma Bible Studies. She has led retreats for women and youth and taught Sunday school for many years. Lou has studied with Dr. James Fleming since 1990 at the Intentional Growth Center at Lake Junaluska and has traveled with him on five study trips in Europe and Asia. Lou served as Adult Coordinator and chair of COS- ROW on the DCOM, as well as Adult Coordinator for the CCOM. She has led Older Adult Rallies and Baby Boomer Workshops for the Conference. Lou serves as a member of the Bishop Swanson s taskforce on Domestic Violence. She served as President of the Knoxville District United Methodist Women for four years and three years as District Spiritual Growth Coordinator. Lou is currently the Social Action Coordinator for the Holston Conference United Methodist Women. Lou has previously taught two classes in Holston Conference School of Christian Mission: Prayer and Shalom, Salaam, Peace. Her hobbies include many types of needlework, including heirloom sewing. She is married to George, a retired Engineer, and has three children Rev. Lyle E. Morton is a native of Virginia and is an Elder in the United Methodist Church of the Kentucky Conference. He started in ministry in 1973 at the New Hope Baptist Church. After serving in the U.S. Armed Forces, he served other churches before answering the call to serve as a United Methodist pastor. He served in the Wytheville District while doing his undergraduate work at Radford University. He has a Masters of Divinity from Asbury Theological Seminary. Lyle has a passion for teaching and preaching the Gospel of Jesus Christ. At present, he pastors the Asbury United Methodist Church in the Roanoke District, in the Virginia Conference. Lyle and Vera, his wife, are blessed with thirty-three years of marriage and have two sons and four grandchildren.

5 Israel Palestine Leader ~ Mr. Doug Wingeier, Asheville, North Carolina The purpose of this study is to help participants to learn about the history and complexities of relationships between Israel and Palestine. We will explore to understand the concepts of security and freedom that dominate the lives of these peoples. This study will challenge participants to move through tolerance and respect to achieve a just peace. When Jesus entered Jerusalem to the people s acclaim, the Pharisees rebuked him and demanded that he stop the clamoring of the crowds. Jesus response was, I tell you, if these were silent, the stones would shout out (Luke 19:40). In Israel-Palestine today, the history of the region infuses the stones themselves. Any understanding of what is happening there today demands that we listen for the voices that tell the story of how the past has shaped the present and will continue to shape the future. Because history is so inextricably bound to the reality in Israel-Palestine today, the study book focuses on that history. Dr. Douglas E. Wingeier, Emeritus professor of practical theology, Garrett- Theological Seminary, Evanston, Illinois, has taught at Trinity Theological College, Singapore; Piula Theological College, Samoa; Lutheran Theological Seminary, Hong Kong; Methodist Theological Seminary, Seoul, Korea; Bethlehem Bible College, Palestine; Union Theological Seminary, Philippines; and in the class on Mission in the Course of Study School at Wesley Theological Seminary in Washington, D. C. He has led travel seminars and work teams to China, Cuba, Nicaragua, Israel/ Palestine, and the Texas-Mexico border. He was a reserve member, Christian Peacemaker Teams, with service in Hebron, Palestine, Chiapas, Mexico, and Colombia. He served on a Volunteers in Mission trip to Israel/Palestine in February Dr. Wingeier is the author of several publications including Working Out Your Own Beliefs, Troublesome Bible Passages, Eight Ways To Become Christian, Keeping Holy Time: Studying The Revised Common Lectionary. He also is the author of numerous articles and curriculum units. He and his wife Carol have four children and nine grandchildren. They live at Brooks Howell Home in Asheville, North Carolina, and at Lake Junaluska, North Carolina. Creator Sang A Welcoming Song Children s Study Leader ~ Mitzi Sadler-Thorne Native America for Children ~ Through this four-session study session, children will learn something of Native histories and cultures. They will discover the Welcoming Song that the Creator sings for them and for all God s children. Author Ray Buckley Mitzi Sadler-Thorne is a member of the First United Methodist Church in Narrows, Virginia. She has been active on the local, district and conference levels in the church and the United Methodist Women. She is currently Ambassador for the Holston Home for Children for her church. Mitzi is a certified Lay Speaker. She has served as the coordinator of the Children s Ministries for the West Virginia Christian Motorcycle Association State Rally for the past three years. She has taught Special Education in the public school system and last year was the Center Director/Lead Teacher for the Headstart program. She currently works for the New River Valley Community Services as a mental health support specialist and case manager. She is married to Rocky Thorne and has two daughters, Hanna and Hali. She enjoys spending time with her friends and family.

6 Music Leader Cindy Jackson Cindy Jackson is from the Wytheville District. She and her husband were featured this past year in the Holston Conference s The Call ~ My District section. Cindy is a member of First Hillsville United Methodist Church, is their music director, oversees five choirs and a praise band. She is also the church organist. SPECIAL NIGHT On Friday night we will observe a special night honoring the Native American Indians. Vicki Collins, immediate past chair of the Holston Conference American Native Indian Committee will bring friends with her. Cindy graduated from Emory and Henry with a Bachelors of Science in Music and a minor in Education. She earned her Masters degree in Music from Radford University. While at Emory and Henry, Cindy sang in their Concert Choir under the direction of Charles Davis. Cindy currently belongs to a community based choir, Voce, in North Carolina. Cindy has had a variety of Methodist experiences! She has been a counselor at Buffalo Mountain Camp, has volunteered at Camp Dickerson and as a Volunteer in Mission to Mexico. Cindy has provided music at a Wytheville District United Methodist Women Annual Meeting. Cindy and her husband, Tom, have two children. Both attend Oklahoma City University. Their son is in Oklahoma City University s law school. Their daughter is in the school s dance program. Pianist Janie Napier Janie (Sink) Napier, a native of Rocky Mount, Virginia, now resides in Hillsville, Virginia. Janie started taking piano lessons during her second year of school and began playing at her church at the early age of ten. She served as accompanist for her high school choir and church choirs in Rocky Mount and Roanoke, Virginia. She was the church pianist at First Baptist Church, Hillsville, for twenty years and recently retired with thirteen years of banking experience. She and her husband, Tom, have two grown children and three grandchildren. Her desire is that God will minister to others through her music and that HE would take her hands and let them move at the impulse of HIS love. I-40 Closures in Knoxville As you make plans to travel to the 2008 School of Christian Mission in Oak Ridge, be aware that a portion of Interstate 40 will be closed in Knoxville for sometime. The Tennessee Department of Transportation is posting signs advising alternate routes. Listed below are some routes that may be of help to you in your trip to Oak Ridge. From Knoxville or points south of Knoxville take the Pellissippi Parkway into Oak Ridge. At the third traffic light, turn right onto Tulane Avenue. Go to the first light and cross the Oak Ridge Turnpike. The church is on the right. To reach the Comfort Inn, you will go northeast on Oak Ridge Turnpike toward Main Street, turning right on South Rutgers Avenue. The address is 433 South Rutgers Avenue. From Virginia and Northeast Tennessee Travel Interstate 81 South to I-40 South toward Knoxville. Continue to I-640 and follow this route to the Clinton Highway Exit. Continue until you arrive at Tennessee Highway 95 which is the Oak Ridge Turnpike. Continue until you end at 1350 Oak Ridge Turnpike. Directions to the Comfort Inn are listed above.

7 Holston Conference School of Christian Mission July 24-26, 2008 LODGING ACCOMODATIONS RESERVATION REQUEST FORM Participants may make room reservations with Holston Conference United Methodist Women, at group rates with no sales tax, at the following facility: Comfort Inn Oak Ridge 433 South Rutgers Avenue, Oak Ridge, TN Room rate is $75 per night for 2 doubles or 1 King nonsmoking room. Free Breakfast is included. Your payment must accompany this request, in the form of a check sorry, no credit cards. Roommates may pay separately; please mail forms/payments together if possible. Reservations will be accepted until July 4 or until rooms run out, whichever occurs first. You may contact Kay Phillips, conference treasurer, at or donaldphillips07@comcast.net if you have questions about room reservations. Please keep a copy of this form for your records. Name Phone(s) Address Street City State Zip Are you a district UMW officer? Yes No If yes, which district and office? I will make my own arrangements or will commute. Please reserve my room at the: Comfort Inn Thursday night Friday night Please assign a roommate (at double rate). My roommate (s) will be: She/he/they will will not register as a SOCM participant. Payment enclosed: Comfort Inn $75 per night = $ Make checks payable to Holston Conference United Methodist Women. Mail this completed form and motel payment to Kay Phillips, Conference Treasurer P O Box 4301 Sevierville, TN **NO LATER THAN JULY 4**

8 United Methodist Women Holston Conference Lynice Broyles 126 Mesa Drive Gray, Tennessee Visit us online at Non-Profit Org. US Postage PAID Jefferson City, TN Permit No. 87 Things You Need to Know Registration: Thursday, July 24 1:00 2:00 P.M. 1:30 1st Timer s Orientation 1:45 Songfest to begin! School starts with opening plenary at 2:00 P.M. Thursday, July 24. School ends Saturday, July 26, at 12:30 P.M. following the closing plenary. Bring with you: Bible, notepad, a light jacket or sweater, comfortable clothing and shoes you may also need a cushion for comfort in sitting on metal chairs. Study Books may be ordered in advance from the Mission Resource Center by calling their toll-free number or online at Study books will also be available in Dianne s Resource Room at the school. Scholarships: One scholarship per district is available for a first-time participant. Contact your District United Methodist Women President for information. Meals: Thursday dinner, Friday lunch and Friday dinner will be served at the church to all participants. Complimentary breakfast is offered to those lodging at the Comfort Inn; otherwise, breakfast is on your own. Childcare is provided during class sessions for children attending with a registered adult only if you indicate on your advance registration the names and ages of children you are bringing with you. Children may be dropped off 15 minutes before the class period and must be picked up by 15 minutes after each class period. Directions to Comfort Inn and First United Methodist Church will be mailed with confirmation of your School of Christian Mission registration. Emergency Number: First United Methodist Church of Oak Ridge 1350 Oak Ridge Turnpike Oak Ridge, TN (865)