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Watch the video above. Read the transcript below. “I wish for each of you a strong and joyful new year. As the new year dawns, let us give thanks for one another and for the light which shines in darkness guiding us forward. The beautiful story of Christmas is a story of light shining in… Continue Reading→
Watch Bishop Ward’s final video on Advent. Read the transcript below. “May Christ come to you with fullness of hope, joy, peace and love this Christmas. We light the Christ candle as a sign of welcome to the one who comes to fill our hearts and lives with these magnificent gifts of God. Christ is… Continue Reading→
Watch Bishop Ward’s video on the fourth week of Advent above. Read the transcript below. “Christmas is very near. The candles burn with a bright invitation. Come, Lord Jesus, bring peace, bring hope, bring joy, bring love. This is the celebration of God’s love coming down to us at Christmas. God has come to dwell… Continue Reading→
Watch Bishop Ward’s video on the third week of Advent. The transcript is listed below. “Advent joy to you as we continue the holy journey toward Christmas. The third candle of Advent is lit for joy. This stable was created as a Christmas gift by my husband, Mike, and our son, Jason. He was a… Continue Reading→
Grace and peace to you in this holy season of Advent. The second week of Advent, we focus on the gift which Christ comes to give. The second candle is lit for peace and we pray for peace, peace in our hearts, peace in our homes, peace in our churches, peace in our communities, and… Continue Reading→
Watch Bishop Ward’s message about the first week of Advent above and read the transcript below. “Come Lord Jesus. This is the ancient prayer for this beautiful radiant season of Advent, the season in which we light candles week by week. This first week, the candle is lit for hope; the second, the candle for… Continue Reading→
Watch Bishop Ward’s latest video above. Read the transcript below. “We United Methodist people live in profound connection with one another and across the state of North Carolina, Bishop Goodpaster in the Western North Carolina Conference and I have convened under the leadership of Gil Rendle, a wonderful United Methodist consultant, a series of meetings… Continue Reading→
Watch Bishop Ward’s latest video above. Read the transcript below. “It is my great joy and privilege to serve this quadrennium as president of The General Board of Global Ministries of The United Methodist Church and the very best thing about this responsibility and privilege is the joy of commissioning missionaries, who have been called… Continue Reading→
Watch Bishop Ward’s latest video above. Read the transcript below. “We give thanks for God’s bountiful harvest. This is the season of ingathering, the season of reaping. How grateful we are to be invited by God to be a part of the glorious harvest. God promises that enough seed will fall into fertile ground that… Continue Reading→