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SUMMARY:Book Event: The Tulip Poplars by Silas House
DESCRIPTION:Come hear one of the south’s leading literary voices and a favorite of our book series\, Silas House\, on his latest novel The Tulip Poplars in our latest book event on Thursday\, October 22\, beginning at 7:00 PM. Bishop Brian Cole will be interviewing Silas on the book and the Episcopal Church’s appearance in the novel. \nTickets are $35 and includes a copy of the book. \n\n\nPurchase Tickets\n\nPlease contact Bro. Andrew for any questions. \n\n\nAbout The Tulip Poplars \nA sweeping historical novel about hidden\, forbidden love in the early 1900s by bestselling writer and former poet laureate of Kentucky Silas House. \nAmos and Tom fall in love while working in the tobacco fields during the hot summers of the early 1900s\, yet Tom cannot shake his strict religious upbringing nor the responsibilities of his family’s farm. His longtime friend Maeve also pines for a man she can’t have\, lest she endanger his already tenuous life in a town and world shaped by racial lines. How do you live a life that feels untrue\, and at what point do you risk everything? \nThe Tulip Poplars is a gorgeous and moving novel spanning most of the 20th century\, centering on four people trying to find happiness in a world that demands conventional choices. House tells a deeply intimate story of faith and doubt\, race and class\, sexual desire and the longing to be good when you’ve been taught that you are evil for loving who you love. Based on the story of an ancestor\, House’s new novel takes us from NYC to Southern cities to Appalachia and will leave you with a bigger heart. \nAbout Silas House \nSilas House is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of nine novels\, a book of creative nonfiction\, and four plays. He is a two-time winner of the Southern Book Prize\, a 2022 recipient of the Duggins Prize (the largest award for an LGBTQ writer in the nation)\, and an E.B. White Honor Award\, the Booklist Editors’ Prize\, the Storylines Prize from the New York Public Library/NAV Foundation\, and many other honors\, including an invitation to read at the Library of Congress and being longlisted for the Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction. He served as the 2023-2025 Poet Laureate for the Commonwealth of Kentucky. House was a 2024 finalist for the Grammy Award\, an MTV Music Video Award\, a CMT Award\, and an Academy of Country Music Award for writing\, co-producing\, and serving as the creative director of the music video for Tyler Childers’ “In Your Love”\, the first video in country music history to feature a gay love story. The same year he served as a fiction judge for the National Book Awards. For his service to Appalachia he has received the Helen Lewis Service Award\, the Lee Smith Award\, and two Ally of the Year Awards from Kentuckians for the Commonwealth. In 2023 a nationwide poll by Appodolachia named him as the Appalachian of the Year. \nHouse is a former commentator for NPR's "All Things Considered". His writing has appeared in The Washington Post\, Time\, The Atlantic\, The Bitter Southerner\, The Advocate\, Garden and Gun\, and many other of the nation’s leading publications. As a music journalist House has worked with artists such as Kacey Musgraves\, Tyler Childers\, Kris Kristofferson\, Lucinda Williams\, Charley Crockett\, Jason Isbell\, Lee Ann Womack\, Kenny Chesney\, S.G. Goodman\, and many others. He is an executive producer and one of the subjects of the award-winning 2018 film Hillbilly\, which was purchased by Hulu. \nHouse serves on the fiction faculty at the Naslund-Mann Graduate School of Creative Writing and as the National Endowment for the Humanities Chair at Berea College\, where he recently took over as editor in chief for The Appalachian Review\, the region’s leading literary magazine. His new imprint at the University Press of Kentucky\, Fox Hill Books\, will publish four books a year that focus on the working class experience. He is an elected member of the Fellowship of Southern Writers and is the recipient of four honorary doctorates. House is a proud native of Southeastern Kentucky and currently lives in Lexington\, Kentucky. This fall will see the publication of his ninth novel\, The Tulip Poplars\, a century-spanning family saga about race\, faith\, and sexuality\, and in 2027 he will publish his first picture book\, That Dog Won’t Hunt\, about a tenderhearted beagle\, as well as the second entry in his mystery series.
URL:https://dioet.org/event/book-event-the-tulip-poplars-by-silas-house/
LOCATION:St. James Episcopal Church\, Knoxville\, 1101 N Broadway\, Knoxville\, TN\, 37917\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Events,Diocesan
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SUMMARY:Contemplative Walking at the Eugenia Williams House
DESCRIPTION:The School for Contemplation & Discipleship invites you to the grounds of the Eugenia Williams House for a morning of contemplative walking\, an unhurried practice of moving gently through the gardens and forest of this historic landscape. This is the October 23\, 2026 registration. \nNo experience is needed\, only a willingness to slow down\, notice the light through the trees\, and the quiet presence of God in nature.  \nPlease meet in the parking lot for a brief gathering circle and prayer starting at 10:00. Come as you are\, walk at your own pace\, and sink into the stillness of this most beautiful landscape. \nAccessibility: Please note that trails and terrain include steep drops\, uneven surfaces\, and stairs. Visitors are advised to exercise caution and hike at their own risk. \nWe will not cancel due to rain- please plan accordingly.  We will cancel in the event of lightning. \nCost: free event  \nLimited to 6 registrants \nFor questions\, contact Canon Emily Bruner \n\n\nRegister Here
URL:https://dioet.org/event/contemplative-walking-at-the-eugenia-williams-house-5/
LOCATION:Eugenia Williams House\, 4848 Lyons View Pike\, Knoxville\, TN\, 37919\, United States
CATEGORIES:School for Contemplation and Discipleship
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SUMMARY:Contemplative Practice Symposium
DESCRIPTION:The Contemplative Practice Symposium is an invitation to those who have an established practice and are ready to take the next step— to become companions and facilitators that help introduce and support the practice in parish communities. \nFacilitator formation is how the School for Contemplation & Discipleship tends the long life of this work: not just teaching individuals to pray\, but raising up the companions who will help to keep the practice healthy and growing throughout our Diocese for years to come. \nThis inaugural gathering offers three distinct paths of facilitator formation\, each rooted in its own tradition and taught by practitioners who have a deep well of experience and wisdom to share: Centering Prayer Facilitator Training\, Labyrinth Facilitator Training\, and Rooted in Stillness: Contemplative Practices for a Faithful Public Life Facilitator Training. \nClergy\, we invite you to nominate individuals or pairs from your congregation who already hold an established contemplative practice in one of these pathways and may be ready to take the next step into facilitation. \n\n\nLearn More Here
URL:https://dioet.org/event/contemplative-practice-symposium/
LOCATION:St. James Episcopal Church\, Knoxville\, 1101 N Broadway\, Knoxville\, TN\, 37917\, United States
CATEGORIES:School for Contemplation and Discipleship
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SUMMARY:Contemplative Walking at the Eugenia Williams House
DESCRIPTION:The School for Contemplation & Discipleship invites you to the grounds of the Eugenia Williams House for a morning of contemplative walking\, an unhurried practice of moving gently through the gardens and forest of this historic landscape. This is the November 13\, 2026 registration. \nNo experience is needed\, only a willingness to slow down\, notice the light through the trees\, and the quiet presence of God in nature.  \nPlease meet in the parking lot for a brief gathering circle and prayer starting at 10:00. Come as you are\, walk at your own pace\, and sink into the stillness of this most beautiful landscape. \nAccessibility: Please note that trails and terrain include steep drops\, uneven surfaces\, and stairs. Visitors are advised to exercise caution and hike at their own risk. \nWe will not cancel due to rain- please plan accordingly.  We will cancel in the event of lightning. \nCost: free event  \nLimited to 6 registrants \nFor questions\, contact Canon Emily Brune \n\n\nRegister Here
URL:https://dioet.org/event/contemplative-walking-at-the-eugenia-williams-house-7/
LOCATION:Eugenia Williams House\, 4848 Lyons View Pike\, Knoxville\, TN\, 37919\, United States
CATEGORIES:School for Contemplation and Discipleship
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SUMMARY:Happening #89
DESCRIPTION:Happening #89 is scheduled for November 20-22\, 2026 at Grace Point Camp & Retreat Center. Registration for participants and applications for team and observing rector are now open. Learn more below. For questions\, message our youth coordinators. \nWhat is Happening?\nHappening is a spiritual awakening and renewal weekend where high school students (Grades 9-12) have a face-to-face encounter with the love of Jesus through Christian community. This is done through a series of talks\, given by youth and adults about their experiences in faith and in life. \nThis weekend is honest and up-front. The weekend follows a format of talks\, each followed by small-group discussion and activities. Topics covered throughout the weekend include prayer\, faith\, Jesus\, and out individual calls to ministry in the world. Scattered between the talks and small group sessions are lots of fun songs and games\, and worship through liturgies that youth may or may not have experienced before. We come together for praise\, for reconciliation\, for healing. Of course\, there are a few fun surprises throughout the weekend! \nWho can attend?\nParticipants: Open to all high school students grades 9-12. First-time participants attend Happening as "Participants". Once you have been through Happening once\, you are eligible to serve on Happening Team. The cost for participants is $175 by October 1 or $215 after October 1. \nTeam: Happening Team is a dedicated group of high school students (Grade 9-12) who plan and lead Happening weekend. Adults are part of team as chaperones\, but the youth make it all "happen." The cost for team is $110 by October 1 or $150 after October 1. Applications are due by September 30\, 2026. \n\n\nRegister a Participant for Happening\n\nApply for Team/Observing Rector\n\nApply for a Scholarship
URL:https://dioet.org/event/happening-89/
LOCATION:Grace Point Camp & Retreat Center\, 300 Chamberlain Cove Road\, Kingston\, TN\, United States
CATEGORIES:ETNyouth
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SUMMARY:Winter Camp 2027
DESCRIPTION:Save the date for Winter Camp 2027\, which will take place January 15-18\, 2027 at Grace Point Camp & Retreat Center. More information to come in the coming months.
URL:https://dioet.org/event/winter-camp-2027/
LOCATION:Grace Point Camp & Retreat Center\, 300 Chamberlain Cove Road\, Kingston\, TN\, United States
CATEGORIES:ETNyouth
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SUMMARY:43rd Annual Diocesan Convention
DESCRIPTION:The 43rd Annual Diocesan Convention of the Episcopal Diocese of East Tennessee will take place on Friday and Saturday\, February 19 & 20th\, 2027 at the Episcopal School of Knoxville and other venues. \nMore information on diocesan convention may be found at www.dioceseconvention.org.
URL:https://dioet.org/event/43rd-annual-diocesan-convention/
LOCATION:The Episcopal School of Knoxville\, 950 Episcopal School Way\, Knoxville\, TN\, 37932\, United States
CATEGORIES:Diocesan
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SUMMARY:New Beginnings #10
DESCRIPTION:Save the date! New Beginnings #10 is scheduled for April 9-11\, 2027 at Grace Point Camp & Retreat Center. More information will be available in the coming months with registration and fee\, scholarships\, and more. Get excited to learn more about your theme and t-shirt design!
URL:https://dioet.org/event/new-beginnings-10/
LOCATION:Grace Point Camp & Retreat Center\, 300 Chamberlain Cove Road\, Kingston\, TN\, United States
CATEGORIES:ETNyouth
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