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Several area churches are doing things to give back this holiday season. A Christmas Community Day will take place at First Farragut United Methodist Church from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 8, said Amy Probst, lead pastor with First Farragut United Methodist Church. The event is invite-only, Probst said, and not open to the public. Laura Derr, co-chair of Christmas Community Day, said, “The folks who are coming are those who have attended our mobile pantry food giveaways during the year.” The day includes a sit-down meal, Probst said, as well as gifts for every child and more. There is no cost involved. An FFUM Breakfast with Santa event is open to the public, Probst said. It will take place from 9 to 11:30 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 14. “Five dollars per family charge, but it is a full pancake breakfast, photo with Santa, an elf shop for the children — that’s where the children can select a holiday gift for the parent — a reindeer food mixing station, photo frame craft and an ornament station,” she said. Teresa Pratt, media coordinator with Christ Covenant Church, said that Christ Covenant Church members are buying clothing to donate to children. “We work with Mission of Hope for Black Mountain Elementary in Harlan County, Ky.,” Pratt said. “So we’re doing a new clothing drive. We have an angel tree or gift tree where our folks pick the cloth-
Two Rivers Church donated boxes at First Baptist Concord to Operation Christmas Child Sunday, Nov. 24. From left are Mike and Angie Liske and Suzanne and Nick Moskal from Two Rivers Church, along with Sandy McRae from First Baptist Concord. McRae is one of three area coordinators for the Operation Christmas Child West Knoxville Relay Center. Robby O’Daniel
ing for a child, and they go and purchase that. ... We drive it up there to Kentucky in December for the children at Black Mountain Elementary School.” Each year, the church also puts together gift packs for truck drivers who stop at the Watt Road TA, she said. “Also our women’s ministry will be assembling gift baskets for some of our homebound folks in the community as well as [people in] nursing homes,” Pratt said. “And they’re also making [assembling] gift [baskets] for The Forgotten Initiative.” People from different shelters also will come to the church Friday, Dec. 13, the same night as a performance of “Sanders Family Christmas” at the church, she said. There is no cost involved. “They’re going to come, and we’re going to cook them dinner before the show and then treat them to a nice evening, dinner and a show,” she said. Mary Jo Turner, of Union Cumberland See GIVING BACK on Page 6 TIS THE SEASON • NOVEMBER 28, 2013 • 3
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As i105 WFIV Knoxville’s Independent Radio moves into its fourth year of producing Homegrown for the Holidays Volume 4 CD, the radio station brings listeners a brand new lineup of local artists to celebrate the holiday season. “We have a brand new bunch we’ve never offered before,” said Joe Stutler, the radio station’s program director and manager. “I can’t thank the artists
enough for recording Christmas songs with us. “It’s cool to see how they get their particular version of the songs,” he said. “We are using a lot of great new artists we haven’t used before, but the truth is, whether we raise $1,000 or $10,000, the real winner here is Knox Area Rescue Ministries,” said Tony Cox, chief manager of Horne Radio, LLC, the parent company of i105 WFIV. See HOMEGROWN on Page 5
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Homegrown for the Holidays Volume 4 CD features a brand new line up of local artists to celebrate the holiday season. The album will be available on Black Friday, Nov. 29, to purchase.
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“This has been a partnership for a few years, and we are extremely grateful to have been chosen again by i105 as the beneficiary of this CD,” said Sue Renfro, marketing and communications manager for KARM. This year’s album features Kit Shickers, Chris Doody and Lisa Speck, Brandon Harmon, Red Shoes and Rosin, Laura Ashton Jones, Rob Kronen, Just Say Maybe, Jon Whitlock, Joey English, David Clifton, The Theorizt, Billy Lawson and Candace Berne. The CD will be available on the street on Black Friday, Nov. 29, Stutler said. People can get the CD several different ways: They can pre-order a copy from the station’s website, myi105.com, and it will be available after Thanksgiving; they can purchase it from Disc Exchange along Chapman Highway; and there will be copies available at all KARM Thrift store locations around town and at Preservation Pub
on Market Square, Knoxville. The album also is available at farragutpress at 11863 Kingston Pike in Farragut. Also, Stutler said the station will promote the CD all over town in December. “People can swing by and pick up a copy or two,” he said. The price of the CD is $10, and all money goes to Knoxville Area Rescue Ministries, Stutler said. He said KARM was chosen because it is a very reputable local organization that does a lot of good things. He noted the $10 donation can feed five people. “The proceeds will go to provide many meals and shelter for many, many people throughout the winter,” Renfro said. KARM’s shelter on 418 N. Broadway, Knoxville, provides meals for nearly 1,000 people a day and shelter for nearly 400 each night, she said. Not only does that include the homeless, it also includes others in crisis. KARM began in 1960 by a group of ministers in the area, she said.
Renfro said in addition to providing food and shelter, KARM provides jobtraining classes, drug addiction recovery programs and Serenity Shelter, a women’s domestic violence shelter, Renfro said. As such, the donations from the Home for the Holidays album are not just allocated to feeding the hungry. Stutler said the donations can help KARM reach out to the community in other ways, from helping people with drug addiction to just helping people get back on their feet. “When we started this with Knox Area Rescue Ministries, we didn’t dictate what the money can be used for,” Cox said. “We want it to be used the way it best benefits the charity.” People can learn more about KARM by checking out its website, karm.org, which lists its history, services and ways they can support the ministry, such as with donations and volunteer opportunities. Stutler said some artists had their songs recorded themselves while others
had them recorded at Rock Snob Recording. “This is the fourth year for Homegrown for the Holidays,” Cox said. “It’s not something new. We have a history we can look at.” Making a charity CD was just an idea that popped into Stutler’s head one day. He asked people at the station, “Do you think we could do it in that period of time?” “Four years later, we found out we could make it work, so it was kind of cool,” Stutler said. “We started getting in touch with local musicians, and they were put under the gun [to record the CD],” he said. “Now, it’s down to a nice little machine. We figured out how do to it and how it works.” The station finished with the recording by Halloween. It is now in the duplication process and we are already starting to plan next year’s CD, he said. “I’m already lining up artists,” he said.
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Presbyterian Church, said the church is giving clothes and toys to students who are less fortunate at one Knoxville innercity school, as well as other children in the families of those students. “We are providing baskets of items for people in area nursing homes who have no one to visit them or provide,” she said. Concord United Methodist Church is conducting a Christmas toy drive, said Norma Smith, chair of the drive. “The toys are collected, and they’re taken to the Morgan Scott [Project] cooperative ministry in Deer Lodge, Tenn.,” Smith said. The toys then go to children in Morgan and Scott counties, Smith said. She said the church is looking for “any toy for children from infancy through 17, under $25.” The toys must be new, she said. The deadline to bring in toys for the drive is Dec. 1, and anyone can donate. Cash and batteries also would help. First Baptist Concord was the site of col-
lections for Operation Christmas Child. There are three area coordinators for the Operation Christmas Child West Knoxville Relay Center, said Sandy McRae, who serves as one of the three coordinators. “We are one of several relay centers in this area,” McRae said. “There are relay centers all over the United States, and we’re fortunate enough to be asked to have one in this area of the country. So we gather boxes from businesses, churches, individuals in this area, Loudon, Rockwood, this area.” McRae described what all goes into a box. “We ask for school supplies, like paper, pencils, pencil sharpener, crayons, calculators, hygiene products such as toothbrush, toothpaste, bar of soap, wash cloth, toys, small toys, and especially if we can, a stuffed animal because a lot of times, that’s the first thing they grab in their excitement and just start hugging it because it’s something tangible they can hold,” she said. “And then always some hard candy because some of them never tasted candy before.”
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Christ Covenant Church Mercy Ministry prepares gift packs last year for truck drivers who stop at the Watt Road TA.
A Bible story booklet, which is in the child’s own language, is given when the children receive their boxes, she said. These boxes go to children who are less fortunate all over the world. “The boxes go to children who are in war-torn areas, have experienced natural disasters,” she said.
Though Nov. 25 was the last day of collections of boxes at all Operation Christmas Child relay centers, people can still navigate to www.samaritanspurse.org to donate money to the cause or pick out a box and what goes into the box online, she said.
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4:30 - 7 p.m., Farragut Town Hall This holiday event features photos with Santa (4:30 to 6 p.m.), cookie decorating, crafts, Farragut Folklife Museum tours and entertainment. www.townoffarragut.org
• Dec. 6
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12:30 p.m., Historic Ramsey House Hot mulled cider and treats will be served from 12:30 to 1 p.m. Cost is $35 for the workshop. 865-546-0745.
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WIVK Christmas Parade 7 p.m., Gay Street in Downtown Knoxville Floats and decorated vehicles, marching bands and dancers and a special appearance by Santa Claus! www.cityofknoxville.org/christmas/
• Dec. 7
St. Nicholas Christmas Market 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, 12:30 to 5 p.m. Sun. Philoptochos Society of St. George Greek Orthodox Church will host inaugural St. Nicholas Christmas Market. 865-5225043.
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Noon to 3 p.m., The University of Tennessee Gardens Parents are asked to remind children to bring their holiday wish list, as someone from the North Pole will be making an appearance. Cost is $5 per child 12 and under. Advance registration required. An adult must accompany children. For more information, call 865-974-7151.
“The Nutcracker” 8 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 7, and 2 p.m., Sunday, Dec. 8, Knoxville Civic Auditorium Presented by Appalachian Ballet Company. Advance tickets are $40, $35 and $25. Students and seniors will receive a $5 discount. For more information, call Natash Blum, 865-982-8463.
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“It’s a Wonderful Life” 1 and 5 p.m., Tennessee Theatre Presented by Home Federal Bank. The event is free and seating is limited. Doors open one hour before. www.homefederalbanktn.com/
• Dec. 9 - Jan. 3 (closed Dec. 24 and 25)
An Old Fashioned Christmas Exhibit Monday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., The Farragut Folklife Museum at Farragut Town Hall This special holiday exhibit will feature items from the Museum’s collection of artifacts, including antique toys and
• December 13
Comcast Christmas at Chilhowee Park 6 p.m., Chilhowee Park A forest of lighted trees floating on the lake, performances by Knox County School choirs, train rides for children of all ages. FREE activities including pictures with Santa Claus, marshmallow roasting, hot cocoa by the Salvation Army, face painting, balloon animals and much more! Nightly self-guided driving tours through the park from Dec. 13, to Jan.1. www.cityofknoxville.org/christmas/
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“Sanders Family Christmas” Times to be determined, Christ Covenant Church For more information, call Gabe Loving, 865-671-1885.
• Dec. 14
“The Nutcracker” 2 and 8 p.m., Clayton Center for the Arts Presented by Appalachian Ballet Company. Advance tickets are $40, $35 and $25. Students and seniors will receive a $5 discount. For more information, call Natash Blum, 865-982-8463.
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45th Nativity Pageant of Knoxville 3 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, 7 p.m. Monday, Knoxville Civic Coliseum Admission is free. For more information, call 865-258-9985.
• Dec. 20-22
27th Annual Clayton Holiday Concert 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, 3 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, Knoxville Civic Auditorium Presented by Knoxville Symphony Orchestra. Cost range from $14 to $45 per ticket. For more information, call 865-291-3310.
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