Holston Presbytery

Each monthly issue of The Parish Paper provides ideas, insights, research-findings, and practical methods that strengthen the effectiveness of congregations in accomplishing God’s purposes through their various ministries.

Living Waters for the World is pleased to introduce Clean Water for All God’s Children, a mission focused Vacation Bible School curriculum. (more)

“Glory to God: the Presbyterian Hymnal” will be the first new hymnal since 1990 published by the PCUSA. (more)

For Such a Time as This: A Small Church Residency-Growing Leaders, Growing Churches is a timely and innovative program pairing small, underserved congregations with recent seminary graduates in a two-year pastoral residency relationship. (more)

Holston Presbytery provides grants to our constituent congregations for local and international hunger relief and community outreach. The application deadline is July 15. Select the above link for more…

Did you know that microfilm, with a life-expectancy of 500 years, is still the best method for long-term preservation of records? The Presbyterian Historical Society has an annual grant program for congregations. . . (more)

For nearly 200 years, the Presbyterian Church (USA) congregations in upper northeast Tennessee and southwest Virginia, together known as Holston Presbytery, have labored together in mission… (more)

Minutes of previous meetings of Holston Presbytery…

Two new studies for congregations are available from ThePresbyterianLeader.com

The new 2011-13 Book of Order is now available in Adobe Acrobat pdf format here…