BoCV – Information & Updates

Board of Church Visitors Meeting

Monday, March 24 & Tuesday, March 25

Maryville College “Of and For the Region” – Our Shared Call to Hospitality

Please Join us for Board of Church Visitors 25^thAnniversary Meeting!

Meeting Information

Monday, March 24

10:00  New Member Orientation | Center for Campus Ministry MC Campus
11:45   All Gather | Downtown Center 118 E. Church Avenue 37804        
Noon:  Opening Lunch & Program | Maryville College Downtown Center
            Keynote – What Does the Table Mean to You? – Kendall Vanderslice
1:15     Break
1:30     MC Hospitality and Fermentation Science Programs – Dr. Angela Sebby
2:00     Activity/Break
2:15     The Science, Art and Theology of Hospitality Panel | Rev. Matthew Benz-Whittington, Moderator
3:15     Break
3:30     Bake and Pray Workshop | Kendall Vanderslice Baker/Theologian
4:30     Hops-pitality Hour – Downtown Center Kitchen/Lab
5:30     Dinner at Downtown Restaurants
7:00     Cummings Conversations – Worship at the Table – Kendall Vanderslice at the Downtown Center

Tuesday, March 25, 2025

8:30    Gather and Coffee and Meeting | Board Room – Fayerweather Hall (third floor)
           Hospitality in This Place
           Center for Campus Ministry 2.0
           Celebrating 50 years of Maryville’s ASL/Deaf Studies Program
           Connecting in 2025-26
11:30   BCV 25th Anniversary Lunch and Celebration | Clayton Center for the Arts – Foyer
1:15     Kendall Vanderslice – Cummings Conversation | Center for Campus Ministry
2:00     Adjourn

Additional information:

Many thanks to this year’s planning team:  Pastor Rick Ohsiek (Chair), Rev. Jean Davidson, Rev. Jessica Lewis, Rev. Jonathan Jonas, Ms. Suzanne Rushworth, Rev. Sandra Shepherd (co-chair), Mr. Mason Warren, and Rev. Matthew Benz-Whittington

And welcome to new and returning members in the Class of 2027!

• Jaclyn Beeler (Presbytery of East TN), Rev. Keli Shipley Cooper (Tuckahoe Presbyterian Church, Richmond), Ms. Mary Carol Anderson Osbourne (First Baptist, Greenville, SC), Rev. Billy Price (Beaver Creek Cumberland Presbyterian. Knoxville), Mr. Josh Sumter (FUMC, Oak Ridge) Rev. Dr. Debbie Kirk (PCUSA – retired, Raleigh)

• April Martin (Shandon Presbyterian, Columbia, SC) Dr. Jack and Ms. Linda Spencer ( First Presbyterian. Gainesville, GA) Rev. Matthew Benz-Whittington (Highland Presbyterian, Maryville) and Rev. Louden Young (New Providence Presbyterian, Maryville)

 

We will divide into groups for “dinner downtown” on Monday evening before Cummings Conversations.  Each person will pay for their own dinner, but we want to be sure everyone is part of a group. Check them out online to have an idea of which one appeals to you. We will have sign up sheets at the meeting.

• Pickled Pig Kitchen at  Two Doors Down  118 E. Broadway Ave.
• Bella 121 W. Broadway Ave.
• Bluetick Tavern 128 W. Broadway Ave.

 

The following hotels have MC rates and can get to campus without crossing Alcoa Highway.

• RT Lodge – on campus
  865.981.9800
  Ask for MC rate – $219/night
  RT Lodge
  
  
• Hilton Knoxville Airport
  865.970-4300
  Ask for MC rate -140/night
  Hilton Knoxville Airport
  
  
• Home2Suites by Hilton Alcoa/Knoxville
  865.238.5959
  $179
  Home2Suites by Hilton Alcoa/Knoxville
  
  
• Mainstay Suites Knoxville Airport
  865.324.0699
  $114
  Mainstay Suites Knoxville Airport

 

Questions?  Please email Kathleen.farnham@maryvillecollege.edu or call 865-604-0429