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 the rest of this entry »]

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 the rest of this entry »]

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 the rest of this entry »]

“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 the rest of this entry »]

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 the rest of this entry »]

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 the rest of this entry »]

Academy of Christian Witness for Laity will be held October 15-17, 2009 at Camp Rockfish.  Participants may check-in after 1:00 pm on Thursday and the last session will dismiss on Saturday around noon.
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Thank you to all who attended, worked and prepared to make Annual Conference successful! We have updated the new 2009 Annual Conference page with the latest documents, audio and video. There you will be able to find the 2009-2010 Appointments, information about Resolutions, video and MP3s of Adam Hamilton, as [Read the rest of this entry »]

African-American Clergy Leadership Development at Lake Junaluska
“Claiming Our Humanity for Ministry: Our Gifts to God’s Glory,” a seminar for African-American clergy will be April 20-22 at Lake Junaluska. The Rev. Clarence Brown, former district superintendent and the  current senior pastor at Annandale UMC in Annandale, VA will be the lead [Read the rest of this entry »]

NC Conference Youth Rally Day will be Sunday, April 26 at NC Wesleyan College in Rocky Mount. Youth groups are invited to join in a time of recreation beginning at 3:00 p.m. and the worship service to complete the Rally Day from 4:45 p.m. – 6 p.m.