Please join us for a discipleship workshop for pastors and members of congregations of the North Carolina Conference. “Deepening Your Effectiveness in Discipleship” is presented by Dan Glover and Claudia Lavy. Glover and Lavy co-authored the book, Deepening Your Effectiveness: Restructuring the Local Church for Life Transformation, (Discipleship Resources, 2006). Read more »

Please note the change of date of the Sexual Ethics Training make-up day from Thursday, Nov. 4 to Saturday, Oct. 30 (10 a.m. to 4 p.m.) at the new Methodist Building (700 Waterfield Ridge Place, Garner, NC). This change comes from a conversation with a part-time local pastor who expressed concern Read more »

In partnership with the Duke Endowment, Disciple Bible Outreach Ministries will bring DISCIPLE Bible Study and Rings of Fellowship training to the NC Conference this fall by offering training in Cary and in Fayetteville. These events are free of charge to all clergy and lay persons in the North Carolina Read more »

All laity and clergy are invited and urged to attend the next meeting of The Unity Dialogue, on the Church and homosexuality, which will take place Monday, Sept. 13, beginning at 6 p.m. and concluding at 8 p.m., at the new offices of the North Carolina Conference (700 Waterfield Ridge Read more »

Generous support of the UM Student Day offering provides United Methodist scholarships and the U.M. Student Loans administered by the General Board of Higher Education and Ministry (GBHEM). Annual conferences participating in the Rebate Program may award one or more merit scholarships to United Methodist students. Participating conferences may award Read more »

The annual United Methodist Men Duke Day will be Oct. 3 as the Duke Blue Devils take on the Virginia Tech Hokies. Special speaker for the day will be Anthony Dilweg, former Duke and Green Bay Packers quarterback. Other plans include worship in the Goodson Chapel, a tailgate lunch, and Read more »

The Convocation on the Black Church will take place September 18-19, 2009, at Hay Street United Methodist Church in Fayetteville, NC. The theme of the convocation is: “Can These Bones Live? The State of the Black Church”. This event is sponsored by the NC Conference Committee on Strengthening the Black Church Read more »

“Feasting with God: A Peace with Justice Retreat” will be held at Chestnut Ridge Camp and Retreat Center in Efland, Sept. 26- 27. Participants will explore what it might mean to eat in a manner pleasing to Read more »

SEJANAM, the Southeastern Jurisdictional Agency for Native American Ministries, and Lake Junaluska will be hosting the first Native Women’s Gathering and Conference Oct. 16-18.  The theme of the event is Read more »

The African-American Methodist Heritage Center, an initiative of Black Methodists for Church Renewal, is sponsoring a workshop Oct. 2-4 at Gammon Theological Seminary. “The Journey: History as a Bridge to the Future” is designed to increase awareness about African-American contributions to the church and to encourage effective discipleship, evangelism and Read more »