Raise your hand if you are ready for Spring? I sure am. With a wintry weather forecast for the next 3 out of 4 days – I was elated when Dick and Joanne Steinle told me about an upcoming bulb giveaway. “Knoxville Green” has given out 1.5 million bulbs and plan to give out more tomorrow morning (Feb 13) from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. However, they expect that all the bulbs will be given away by 1 pm. They will be at Winston Square (202 North Seven Oaks Drive). It is in the first center PAST Home Depot on Kingston Pike. This same group is responsible for all the lovely daffodils that carpet the land along Pellissippi Parkway. Maybe I will get to see you out there in the morning. =) If I don’t see you there, then maybe I will see you at the Progressive Dinner Saturday night at 6 p.m. There are 72 of us meeting at Charles Town Landing and then going to our host families for dinner and then all ending up at Westminster for a yummy dessert. I can’t begin to thank the Fellowship Ministry Team for all your behind-the-scene work for this annual event! You are awesome!
Hope you have a very Happy Valentines weekend.
Hugs,
Renee Wiesehuegel
I love teaching 3rd and 4th grade Sunday school. I find it is an age where children are beginning to have the ability to discuss topics and form their own opinions. I love watching children discover what the world looks like through their eyes.
Hello, my name is Debbie Babelay. This year I have the wonderful opportunity of teaching the 2-3 year olds in our Sunday School program. They are all precious to me. We have fun learning about God’s love and how each of us is a special child of God. I look forward to their smiling faces each Sunday morning. This is my 3rd year teaching in the Sunday School program. I have also worked with vacation bible school.
I have known Westminster my entire life! I grew up in the church since birth. My faith is rooted in so many wonderful experiences at Westminster such as going on trips with Choristers, Montreat, and a Mission experience to Mexico. I went to college in Alabama at Birmingham-Southern. After college, I lived in Birmingham where I worked in sales. I met and married my husband Wiley there. Jim Carter (former Westminster minister) married us at Independent Presbyterian in Birmingham. Wiley’s career has taken us to New Mexico and Arkansas, and now back to Knoxville. We have been here since 2011. We have 3 children, Ella (11), Grant (7), and Walker (5). I work as the Assistant Director of the preschool at Central Baptist which allows me to have a similar schedule to my children. My favorite job is being their Mom!
Bio: Junior at the University of Tennessee 
I am a senior at UTK majoring in Global Studies with a focus in Economics. I am currently in the process of apply to graduate school for CSP. I love to be outdoors and travel. I also work as an Resident Assistant at Volunteer Hall on campus and enjoy babysitting and baking.
My name is Malena D’Alessandro and I’m a junior studying marketing at the University of Tennessee. I’m originally from south east Michigan where I attended high school at Oxford High School. I am currently part of Spring Sports Ambassadors, Volunteer Team and Best Buddies at UT.