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Jul 2020
Dear ones, I pray that you are all staying well and avoiding high risk places and activities as we move into our fifth month of this new, crazy life I’ve begun calling “Covid-Chaos 2020.” For many (if not most) of us this has added a layer of stress to our already complex lives. We know that intermittent stress can be good for us (that’s another article) but when it becomes chronic it can affect all aspects of our health. So please remember to do the things that keep you grounded in life......
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Jun 2020
Messiah Lutheran Church can now receive your contribution via text message. Simply dial : 833-751-0311 (This is a dedicated number for Messiah) Getting Started: Enter the 10-digit GivePlus Text number above and the amount you wish to donate, then press send. Register… You will receive a Vanco registration link. Click the link and enter your contact and payment information. Tap “Process” Give… After registration is complete you will receive a verification text as well as a receipt via email. Repeat… For future giving, simply send a text with the amount you wish to give,......
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Jun 2020
There are so many in need and so much information about what is happening around Covid-19 out there these days that it’s hard to keep up with it all. And it’s even more difficult for us to disseminate information that comes to us but which may have particular interest to you individually. So why not sign up to receive at least two informative newsletters yourselves? Compassion Coalition’s Monday afternoon Bulletin Board provides up-to-date information on individuals and agencies needing assistance, volunteers, food pantries that are available, and many other tidbits of local news......
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Jun 2020
Thanks to all who made possible the commemoration of the Emanuel Nine and lament for the lives lost to the sins of racism and white supremacy. Special thanks to our guest soloist Janine Fuller, who moved us greatly with her music and her willingness to be present. Despite our technical problems that delayed the start of the service and the unusual length due to the extra litanies, many of you stuck with us. I hope it was a meaningful time for each of you. The service was recorded and is available on......
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Jun 2020
Join the YWCA team in a 21 Day Racial Equity & Social Justice Challenge designed to create dedicated time and space to build more effective social justice habits, particularly those dealing with issues of race, power, privilege, and leadership. Participants are asked to complete activities such as reading an article, listening to a podcast, reflecting on personal experience and more. Participation in an activity like this helps us to discover how racial injustice and social injustice impact our community, to connect with one another, and to identify ways to dismantle racism and......
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Jun 2020
COME CELEBRATE WITH US! Please join us in a unique, virtual celebration of our refugee communities in East Tennessee—World Refugee Day: Together at Home. You will have the chance to experience the local diversity and contributions refugees make in a unique way—via live online broadcast. There will be client stories, language lessons, fashion and music. Learn to make Ajiaco from Columbia and Mandazi Congo-style, grab a pot or a bucket for an East African drum lesson, try a DIY henna tattoo. There will be music, gardening, community shout-outs to our refugee friends—and, of......
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Feb 2019
By Mary Sophia Hawks– RN, BSN, FCN – Parish Nurse Upcoming Fairs This is Your Lifetime! This is Your lifetime! is the new title for our upcoming “fairs.” Our health fairs are now an educational series covering birth to retirement and beyond. Part I: Birth thru Pre-K Saturday, March 2, 2019 — 9:00 am to 12:00 pm Topics will include developmental milestones, stimulating your child, parenting styles, vaccinations, doctor visits, electronics, preparing for school, social behaviors, and how faith and faith communities play a role. Discussions on parenting issues will be encouraged.......
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Jan 2019
A call committee was elected at the Annual Congregational Meeting Part 1 on Sunday, Dec. 2. Elected were: Mike Driskill, Doris Featherston, Jaclyn Levy, Jane Mason, Craig Stewart. In addition to the elected members of the committee, the Congregation Council is to appoint two additional members to serve – which they did at their meeting of Dec. 18, 2018. Appointed members to the Call Committee are Kelsey West and Roger Miller....
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Aug 2018
Submitted by Laura Nutzell, Social Media Coordinator Years ago when I was kid, I remember getting the mail for Mom. Once a month I’d see the brightly colored pages of the “Messiah Messenger” in the mailbox. Mom would read the entire newsletter, and put the calendar page on the fridge. But with time and technology, we moved to email, and used the print version less. (But until the day the she passed away, Mom always put the Messenger calendar page on the fridge. ❤️) When we are ready to call a new......
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Aug 2018
On July 17, Messiah’s Congregation Council tabled a vote on a proposed alcohol policy until August 21. The proposed policy is included below so that comments might be collected. If you have a comment, you may either place a written comment in the president’s mail slot or share your comment with a member of the Council....
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