Upcoming Events
Upcoming Events
Small and Mighty Youth Group
Board Game Olympics
Sunday, October 18th 4:00-6:30pm
Farragut Presbyterian Church
Come play board games with other youth from around the presbytery. Dinner will be provided.
Email Paul to let him know how many from your youth group will be attending, paul.earheartbrown@maryvillecollege.edu
Lunch and Learn
with Indigenous Peacemaker, Rev. Tim Ross
Tuesday, October 20, 2026
11:00am
Great Smokey Mountain Heritage Center
The Peacemaking Committee of the Presbytery of East Tennessee is excited to announce plans for hosting Indigenous Peacemaker Tim Ross this fall. Although the national Presbyterian Peacemaking Program has been discontinued, along with its annual International Peacemaker visits each fall, our committee is committed to continuing the program that has sparked so much interest in our presbytery for several decades.
The Rev. Tim Ross is a recently retired Christian Church minister living in Johnson City, a seminary teacher, a former missionary among the Masai people in Kenya, and a member of the Cherokee Nation. His ancestor John Ross was the chief who led the displaced Cherokee on the Trail of Tears in the 1830’s, when President Andrew Jackson ordered their removal from this area. One debarkation point for the Cherokee was Ross’s Landing in Chattanooga. John Ross operated the ferry there. In early October, Tim, his son, and several friends will be walking in the footsteps of their ancestors on a portion of the Trail of Tears in Alabama and Tennessee. Tim is also involved in a Canadian/US theological institute that is developing indigenous Christian theology.
2025 Session Minutes Review and Clerks’ Training
Wednesday, October 28, 1pm-3pm @ Mars Hill, Athens
Attention Clerks of Session! We will be offering a few opportunities at various locations around the presbytery for Clerks to gather for peer-review of 2025 minutes of Session and Congregational meetings. Laura will also be offering some clerk’s training at each gathering. Clerks only need to attend one of the gatherings. Snacks will be provided.
PWPET Fall Gathering
Saturday, October 24, 2026
Coffee and Registration 9:30-10:00am
Celebrating 200 years of Presbyterian Women! Rev. Cathy Meyer, Moderator of the Presbytery of East Tennessee and Pastor of Second Presbyterian Church, Chattanooga will be our presenter. We’ll also enjoy table activities and a video.
MISSION FOCUS
Celebrating 75+ years of Mission Haven with speaker Aleathea Harris-Little, TN State Representative for Mission Haven. Learn about all things Mission Haven and hear an update ontheir purpose and outreach. Mission Haven is supported and operated by Presbyterian Women in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, South Carolina, and Tennessee. Please bring monetary donations to support Mission Haven; you may write a check directly to them, or make an online donation at tinyurl.com/pwpetmissionhaven.
168th Stated Meeting of the Presbytery
Tuesday, November 10, 2026
10:00am
First Presbyterian Church, Knoxville
