by Andrew Morehead | Mar 31, 2023 | Featured Article, Message from the Bishop
March 31, 2023 “Almighty God, whose most dear Son went not up to joy but first he suffered pain, and entered not into glory before he was crucified: Mercifully grant that we, walking in the way of the cross, may find it none other than the way of life and peace;...
by Andrew Morehead | Mar 17, 2023 | Featured Article
Becoming Beloved Community Who’s Who in East Tennessee Featuring Denise Dean Denise Dean believes love is a verb and it informs all she does. It is her love for children that led her to start the East Tennessee Freedom Schools (ETFS) where she is the Executive...
by Andrew Morehead | Mar 7, 2023 | Featured Article, News
Sermon by The Rev. Dr. Charles F. Lomax, Jr. Recipe for Resistance Sunday, March 5, 2023 Let us bow in a word of prayer. Eternal and all-wise God, we give you thanks: for this day, for your goodness, for your mercy, and for your kindness. God, we are grateful to be...
by Andrew Morehead | Feb 7, 2023 | Featured Article, Message from the Bishop
February 4, 2023 The Bishop’s Address St. John’s Johnson City The Right Rev. Brian L. Cole Before I begin my address to you today, I would like for us to begin with prayer. The prayer I wish to offer is also a poem. So, consider it a prayer poem or a poem prayer. It...
by Andrew Morehead | Dec 22, 2022 | Featured Article, Message from the Bishop
Transcript Hi, [I’m] Bishop Brian. This is the time of the year when I come to you with a message for Christmas, which means before this is recorded, I spend time thinking what’s going to be this year’s Christmas message. Is there a new way to tell...
by Andrew Morehead | Dec 13, 2022 | Featured Article, Message from the Bishop
Dear East Tennessee Friends, On Friday, December 9th, Willis Duke Weatherford III, who went by Will, died in Black Mountain, North Carolina. Will is Susan’s only brother. Susan, her three sisters, and all our extended families are grieving this death. On Sunday,...
