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connections: Beginning the New Year in Prayer

December 27, 2016 Leave a Comment

Bishop Ward encourages us to begin the new year in prayer for the North Carolina Conference and The United Methodist Church.

Filed Under: Connections Tagged With: 2017, Advent 2016, Bishop Hope Morgan Ward, Herod, new year, prayer

Bishop's Crest

From the Bishop: A Prayer for Unity and Mercy

September 22, 2016 Leave a Comment

Dear United Methodist friends in Christ, You are in my prayers today as you lead in your church and community. Together we pray for Bishop Paul Leeland, our friends in Charlotte and the Western North Carolina Conference. I offer this prayer and urge unceasing prayer for our communities, our state, our nation and our world…. Continue Reading→

Filed Under: ePistles Tagged With: Bishop Hope Morgan Ward, Charlotte, prayer, unity

connections: The Season of Transition

April 5, 2016 Leave a Comment

Bishop Ward discusses the appointment-making process and asks for prayers for locations which will be experiencing transition in the upcoming months.

Filed Under: Connections Tagged With: appointments, Bishop Hope Morgan Ward, prayer, transition

connections: Therefore Go

March 30, 2016 Leave a Comment

In this video, Bishop Ward talks with Gary Locklear, Conference Lay Leader & Delegate to General Conference, about the 2016 General Conference.

Filed Under: Connections Tagged With: Bishop Hope Morgan Ward, Gary Locklear, General Conference 2016, prayer

connections: Laying Down the Decorations

February 9, 2016 Leave a Comment

Bishop Ward describes Mardi Gras as a time to give thanks to God for all that has been given to us and then to lay down the decorations and bow before the Lord as we enter Lent.

Filed Under: Connections Tagged With: Bishop Hope Morgan Ward, Lent, Mardi Gras, prayer

connections: Praying for General Conference

February 2, 2016 Leave a Comment

The North Carolina Conference of The United Methodist Church will have a day of prayer for the 2016 General Conference.

Filed Under: Connections Tagged With: Ash Wednesday, Bishop Hope Morgan Ward, Day of Prayer, General Conference 2016, prayer

connections: More Like Christ

January 12, 2016 Leave a Comment

Bishop Ward asks us to pray for the “Let Us Pray” gathering for clergy on Feb. 1 and draws upon the prophet Isaiah’s writing that we “shall be a thing of beauty in the hand of the Lord.”

Filed Under: Connections Tagged With: Bishop Hope Morgan Ward, Clergy Gathering, prayer, Warren Smith

connections: We Belong To God

November 10, 2015 Leave a Comment

In this video, Bishop Ward reminds us that we belong to God and asks for prayers for Pilgrimage 2015.

Filed Under: Connections Tagged With: Bishop Hope Morgan Ward, Connections, God, pilgrimage, prayer, Youth

connections: Praying for the Land Where Jesus Lived

October 21, 2015 2 Comments

Bishop Ward recounts her personal experiences and encourages us to pray the prayer below for all people living there as they deal with conflict daily.

Filed Under: Connections Tagged With: Bishop Hope Morgan Ward, Israel, Lebanon, Palestine, prayer, Syria

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