Throughout Annual Conference 2015, we celebrated Native American Ministries in the NC Conference with our Native American Ministry Moments. Rev. Jim Jones, Jr., a member of the Lumbee tribe and Chair of the Conference Committee on Native American Ministries, shared how important mission is to his community and gave examples of missions they have served… Continue Reading→

Clergy and Laity gathered Friday night to be trained on how to implement a Watch D.O.G.S. program in a local school near their church. Watch D.O.G.S. is a parent involvement program which encourages fathers and father-figures to volunteer at their child’s school at least one day per year. The program is aligned with one of… Continue Reading→

Please be in prayer for all pastors changing appointments and the congregations who will be receiving those pastors as new spiritual leaders.  Pray prayers of blessing for the pastors’ families as they pack, say goodbye and say hello.  New appointments begin July 1, 2015 in the North Carolina Annual Conference. You will find a list of all… Continue Reading→

Because sin entered the world, conflict remains a part of our everyday lives.  Churches deal with conflict on a regular basis.  Our Annual Conference acknowledges that communities of faith need shepherds to navigate them through times of conflict in order to transform difficulty into opportunity.  The Annual Conference has intentionally invested in training for these… Continue Reading→

  On Saturday morning of Annual Conference, Rev. Bill Gattis, Director of the Academy for Leadership Excellence, took the stage to celebrate the blessings of the last year in the Academy highlighting the current class of Academy for Leadership Excellence Fellows whom he introduced to the Conference.  Each year the Academy chooses teams of laity… Continue Reading→

Rev. Dr. Jennifer Copeland, newly appointed director of the North Carolina Council of Churches, took the stage on Saturday morning to bring greetings from the Council of Churches.  Dr. Copeland invoked Genesis, Exodus, and 1 Corinthians as she encouraged churches to be leaders in the care of the environment and wise use of energy, to… Continue Reading→

During Annual Conference 2015, we elected sixteen lay people and clergypersons as delegates to General Conference 2016 in Portland, OR, as well as sixteen lay people and clergypersons as additional delegates to the Southeastern Jurisdictional Conference 2016 in Lake Junaluska, NC. The Annual Conference also elected ten additional clergy and lay members as alternates.  Please… Continue Reading→

Rev. Jerry Bryan, Conference Secretary, took the microphone on Saturday morning to share reflections about the location of Annual Conference 2016.  Rev. Bryan praised the hospitality of Wilmington and the Wilmington Convention Center and acknowledged the hard work and service of the Harbor District churches, pastors, and lay people.  However, because we used more physical… Continue Reading→

“The Work for Unity: The Church and Homosexuality” breakout session met this morning, led by the Rev. Laurie Hays Coffman and the Rev. Paul T. Stallsworth. The session began with a review of the history of the Unity Dialogue and its provisional purposes. The dialogue aims to preserve and advance the unity of the North… Continue Reading→