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Earlier this week, Pastor Terry Bear was appointed to serve as the new Senior Pastor of the Baggett's Chapel church, which has left a vacancy at the Burns church. I have appointed Pastor Tony Hill to serve as the interim pastor to complete the term of Pastor Bear at the Burns church. Please join me in prayer for the Hill family.

Effective November 14, 2010, Pastor Terry Bear will assume the position of Senior Pastor at the Baggett's Chapel church in Cunningham, Tennessee. Please join me in prayer for the Bear family and for the Baggett's Chapel church

As the week closes, a multitude of our leaders from all levels of leadership are traveling home (of course the closer delegates are home by now) with their hearts filled from the past four-days of teaching, worship and fellowship at the Embassy Suites Hotel and Convention Center in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. This was a joint effort within the leadership ranks of our churches to reach out and develop ourselves to be better ministers of the Gospel, particularly to the young harvest around us. We had a good representation from the pastors, and local church leaders in Tennessee, and everyone I spoke with enjoyed the conference and received a great deal of material and fresh inspiration. Bishop Sam Clements, the North American General Presbyter, along with Trevor and Ailene Reid, International Youth Ministries Team and Katherine Creasy, International Children's Ministries director were the co-hosts of the conference. Along with these ministries, all but two of the North American Oversee...

We would like to make the following announcement: Preregistration deadline for POWERHOUSE is this Friday, October 29th. The first 200 to preregister will receive a free POWERHOUSE t-shirt. Also available for pre-order only are POWERHOUSE hoodies. For details on how to pre-order, please visit www.camphickoryhills.org/powerhouse . Our newest announcement is that DECEMBERADIO will be in concert Friday night after the service. For more information on this Grammy award winning band visit: www.decemberadio.com . Promo materials have been sent to each pastor. For digital copies of those file, you may visit the CHH website noted above to download the files. Thanks, Jeff & Kimmy Jones CHH Coordinators

Tennessee Women’s Ministries (Women of Grace) is pleased to announce two fall conferences for women to be held at the following locations: Jackson - Saturday, October 23rd & Grimsley – Saturday, November 6th Each day of celebration will be from 10:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. Cost is $10.00 which includes lunch. Churches having five or more attend from their local congregation may register for the reduced price of $8.00 each. This year’s conference theme is: “A Gathering Place” Jesus promised, “Where two or three were gathered together in His name, He would be in the midst of them.” As women gather for worship and fellowship, we believe there will be a gathering of renewal, reviving, and refreshing. All ladies are invited to attend and bring a friend. Applications have been mailed to all congregations. Registration is also available online. Please register today by clicking here or www.tnwomenofgrace.com -- Post From My iPad

For those of you who check this blog regularly, you might notice that I haven't posted to it for one week. This was an intentional and planned absence from all things technical and ministry-related. Most State Presiding Bishops take vacation either the week before International Presbytery meetings and International Assembly, or the week after. This year, I decided to waited until the middle of October. This would enable me to meet with the pastors and other leaders in small groups, and answer any concerns, questions or problems that might arise as a result of assembly or IP meetings. This is also the week that my two grandchildren celebrate their birthdays. Reagan is now four-years-old and Madison is now one-year-old. The one thing that I came away from this week with is the genuine knowledge that I needed a time or rest and relaxation. This is something all ministry leaders need, and should be required to do...take time off. In a recent meeting, one of our pastors said, ...

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