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Opening Worship & Communion
Opening worship for the 2025 Annual Conference Session of the North Carolina Conference began with members of the Pilgrimage House Band leading the congregation in singing âWho You Say I Amâ, âMoveâ, and âWhat a Beautiful Nameâ. The call to worship then reminded those gathered that love is needed to live and to sing. Bishop…
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Donât Miss These Highlights at Annual Conference 2025
Weâre excited to gather together in Greenville for a time of fellowship and Holy Conferencing! Here are some opportunities to learn, engage, worship, and connect throughout Conference: â€ïž Displays Explore the display tables located in the Gallery of the Convention Center, which highlight incredible United Methodist ministries. From local outreach to worldwide missions, these displays…
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Treasurers Old and New: Rediscovering the Wesleyan Tradition for a Changing World
On Wednesday, June 11, conference participants gathered at the Greenville Convention Center for a Learning Lab led by Rev. Dr. Michael Adam Beck, centered on Treasures Old and New, the book he co-authored with Rev. Dr. Steve Harper. The session examined how renewal in the church can arise from a faithful blending of historic Methodist…
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SEE-DISCERN-COLLABORATE: A Model for Congregational Development
The Learning Lab session âSee, Discern, Collaborateâ opened with Ismael Ruiz-Milan, NC Conference Connectional Ministries director, introducing the afternoonâs speaker, Rev. Dr. Lydia Muñoz. An elder in the Eastern Pennsylvania Annual Conference, Muñoz serves as Executive Director of The Plan for Hispanic/Latino Ministry for The United Methodist Church. Muñoz began by challenging a fundamental assumption…
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From Menu to Map: Designing Pathways for Discipleship & Leadership Development
At the âFrom Menu to Mapâ Learning Lab, the team from Fuquay-Varina UMC (FVUMC) described several key tools that the church uses to help welcome people into the congregation and deepen their discipleship. Rev. Owen Barrow, Lead Pastor, began by sharing his experience with the opposite: what he described as âaccidental discipleshipâ which relies primarily…
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Lessons from The District: How Direct Service Informs Our Advocacy
As the Learning Lab, âLessons From the District,â began, the Rev. Ben Roberts from Foundry UMC in Washington, DC, asked participants to consider how their churches can address broken systems, particularly those systems that have the greatest impact on persons in their communities who are already vulnerable. Roberts, who is an ordained deacon and a…