RISE Up and Serve! April 24 - 26, 2020

Mission Focus: Maternal Child Health

Holston Conference United Methodist Women Missions Event

MainStay Suites, Pigeon Forge, 410 Pine Mountain Road

*** RISE Schedule ***

Friday, April 24 5:00 - 6:45 p.m. Registration 7:00 p.m. Session I

Saturday, April 25 10:00 a.m. Session 2 12:00 p.m. Lunch Mission Project following lunch 7:-00 p.m. Session 3

Sunday, April 26 10:00 a.m. Worship & Communion

Schedule subject to change.

RISE, is a Holston Conference United Methodist Women’s community mission event that will give women an opportunity to learn more about what it means to serve Christ in mission, to work on a hands-on mission project(s) and to worship and fellowship together.

This event follows the United Methodist Women’s purpose:

United Methodist Women shall be a community of women whose purpose is to know God and to experience freedom as whole persons through Jesus Christ; to develop a creative, supportive fellowship; and to expand concepts of mission through participation in the global ministries of the church.

Out of the Purpose are four mission foci that relate to the mission initiatives and priorities of United Methodist Women.

To be a community of women To know God To develop a creative and supportive fellowship To expand concepts of mission

*** RISE Guest Speaker ***

Katie Pryor Maternal Child Health, United Methodist Women, National Executive Director of GO Camp, North Texas Conference

Katie Pryor is a recent graduate from Southern Methodist University – Perkins School of

Theology, Master of Divinity with an Urban Ministry Concentration. Katie Pryor serves in

the role of Maternal Child Health with United Methodist Women, National. As well is in

ministry with the North Texas Conference of the United Methodist Church as the Executive

Director of GO Camp, which serves underserved communities by bringing the camp

experience to the local communities of the North Texas Conference.

Pryor is from El Paso, Texas, now currently living in Dallas. She is a member of St. Luke

Community UMC, in the North Texas Annual Conference. She holds a Bachelor of Science

degree in sports science from Texas State University in San Marcos. Her roots serve deep in

methodism from, US-2 Missionary, UMC Camps, Methodist Children’s Home, UMW Faith and Justice Educator

Intern.

Raised Baptist, she came into the United Methodist circle her junior year in high school through the Youth School

of Theology at the Perkins School of Theology at Southern Methodist University, Dallas. She became deeply

involved with United Methodist programs and groups, including UMW, Black Methodists for Church Renewal, and

General Board of Global Ministries. She credits mentors for "dropping bread crumbs of spiritual motivation for me

along the way. I didn't always know why I was doing some of the things and programs that I had been involved in

initially. But it dawned on me that I was happiest working with and seeing youth develop. And I started to feel that

maybe God was calling me to work with children and youth."

*** RISE Musicians ***

ADORATION

Adoration are worship leaders, musicians, and song writers from around the East TN area who formed together in 2017 to lead worship for Adoration 2017 (a large worship gathering created by college students seeking to bring together 1,000 churches to worship Christ and engage in a vision to Restore Appalachia from drug abuse). After Adoration 2017, they were hired by the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association to lead worship with David Crowder, Aaron Shust, and Ellie Holcomb at the Tri-Cities Region Will Graham Celebration. Adoration loves playing contemporary worship music and traditional music! We are sure you will love them too!

*** RISE Communion Celebrant ***

Bishop Mary Virginia Taylor

Bishop Taylor served 30 years as a member of the Holston Conference in both rural and urban settings. It was in her fifth year as Cleveland District Superintendent that Mary Virginia Taylor was elected to the episcopacy in July 2004. On September 1, 2004 she became the first woman to serve as Bishop of The Columbia Area (South Carolina Annual Conference) in The United Methodist Church. On September 1, 2012 she was reappointed to the Holston Conference of The United Methodist Church where she is also the first woman to serve as Resi-dent Bishop of the Holston Conference.

Bishop Taylor and her husband, Reverend Rusty Taylor, are parents to two daughters. Their oldest daughter, Mandy, is married to Kyle Young and she is a pastor in the South Carolina Conference of The United Methodist Church. Kyle and Mandy are the parents of the Taylor’s four grandchildren, Daisy, Grayson, Campbell and Wesley. Their youngest daughter, Tiffany, is a 2009 graduate of the University of Tennessee, Chattanooga, where she resides.

*** RISE Hands-On Mission Project ***

There are three opportunities to serve toward maternal and child health. 1. Bring hand-made baby blankets, size 30 X 30. They can be knitted, crocheted, quilted, or any other craft form. Blankets will be distributed and taken back to children’s hospitals across the Holston conference. 2. Bring a baby bottle, with a liner, filled with change (or bills). Funds raised will go toward the maternal

and child health ministry. 3. On Saturday afternoon of RISE we will make baby blankets. Please bring scissors for this project.

PAID

Return Service Requested

Name: _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

(Please print clearly)

Address: ________________________________________________________

City _______State ________________ Zip _____________________

Cell Phone: __(__________)______________________________________________________________________________________________

Email ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Church (If Applicable) District (If Applicable) _________________________

Contact in Case of Emergency: Name/ Relationship/ Cell Phone Number:

_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

_____ Yes, I need childcare and the childcare form(s) are enclosed with my registration form and payment. You can find the childcare form at HolstonUMW.org and click on FORMS. ABSOLUTE deadline to register for childcare is April 12th to give us time to find the proper number of childcare leaders.

Retreat sessions will be held at MainStay Suites, 410 Pine Mountain Road, Pigeon Forge. Take Hwy. 441 to traffic light #6 in Pigeon Forge. Turn right onto Pine Mountain Road, hotel is 1/2 mile on the right.

Registration begins at 5:00 p.m. Gathering & music begins on Friday night, 7:00 p.m. Lunch will be provided on Saturday before the hands-on mission project.

*** RISE Registration Form *** Registration postmarked on or before April 12, 2020 is $40.00. Registration postmarked April 13, 2020 or later is $45.00.

Mail this form with your check to the Registrar: Lynice Broyles, 126 Mesa Drive, Gray, TN

37615-5409. OR Register online at: umwrise.holston.org

M a k e ch eck s paya bl e to Holsto n Co nfer en ce UM W

Event Site Childcare for ages 3-10 will be available. The absolute deadline for childcare is April 12th. We cannot accept childcare registrations after April 12th. Forms for childcare are available online at holstonumw.org. Please return form with your registration.

*** RISE Lodging Information ***

A block of rooms are available at the MainStay Suites at a special rate of $157.85/room (includes taxes), including a complimentary breakfast. These rooms can easily accommodate up to 4 persons. Deadline to reserve a room(s) is March 20, 2020. Room reservations will be on a first come, first served basis by completing the form below and return it, with your payment, to Lynice Broyles, 126 Mesa Drive, Gray, TN 37615-5409.

If you choose to stay in another hotel or a cabin you can find a list of available options at: https://www.pigeonforgechamber.com/stay/

Please mark appropriate room selection:

_____ Single Room: $157.85/night

_____ Double Room: $78.92/night

_____ Triple Room: $52.61/night

_____ Quad Room: $39.46/night

Name: __________________________________________________________________________________________________

(Please print clearly)

Address: ____________________________________________________

City _______State ________________ Zip _________________

Cell Phone: __(__________)_______________________________________________________________________________

Email ____________________________________________________________________________________________

My room payment of $___________________ is enclosed and my roommate(s) are:

1.

2.

3.

4.