In response to the pandemic, Ann Street United Methodist Church started an Alternate School Care (ASC) program in 2020 for elementary school students. A grant from the conference COVID-19 Response Fund made it possible for us to hire staff and keep the program affordable for working parents. When elementary students returned to week-long in-person classroom… Continue Reading→
Conference Chancellor Named
Dear United Methodist friends, Grace and peace to you in the name of Jesus Christ. I would like to share with you that Eric Stevens has accepted my invitation to serve as Chancellor of the North Carolina Conference for the next six months, through June 2021. We continue to mourn the sudden death of Wilson… Continue Reading→
Project AGAPE in Need of Financial Assistance
Nara Melkonyan, Executive Director of Project AGAPE, shared this video message to update us on the current state of Project AGAPE in the immediate aftermath of the war between Armenia and Azerbaijan. As you can see from the story and the pictures, many of the buildings used by Project AGAPE have been severely damaged and… Continue Reading→
EarthKeepers Cohort to Be Commissioned on Dec. 8
Global Ministries EarthKeepers is a program to train and support United Methodist laity and clergy to address local environmental concerns and the systemic structures that give rise to those concerns. It is a response to the call to practice social and environmental holiness in the Council of Bishops’ 2009 document, “God’s Renewed Creation: A Call… Continue Reading→
Davis Street UMC Receives Discipleship Award
The One Matters Award from Discipleship Ministries recognizes churches in each annual conference who have in recent years moved from zero baptisms and zero professions of faith, into positive numbers as they redirected their focus on intentional discipleship. This year’s North Carolina Conference recipient is Davis Street UMC in Burlington, pastored by Rev. Edgar De… Continue Reading→
Denman Award Presented to Marty Cauley
Recently, the Rev. Tim Reaves and the Rev. Thurman Horney traveled to Lakeland, Florida to present the Harry Denman Award for Evangelism to the Rev. Dr. Marty Cauley on behalf of the North Carolina Conference. The Harry Denman Evangelism Award program honors United Methodists in each annual conference whose exceptional ministry of evangelism – expressed… Continue Reading→
connections: Pilgrimage 2020
Bishop Ward uses the Pilgrimage 2020 theme of “Claimed” to remind us of God’s promise in Isaiah – “I have called you by name and you are mine.”
Honoring the Legacy of St. James UMC: Pembroke
As we draw closer to All Saints Sunday 2020, we celebrate and give thanks for all the saints who have gone before and readied the path we are now traveling. This week particularly, we lift up the mission, ministry, and legacy of St. James UMC in Pembroke, NC. St. James will officially close its doors… Continue Reading→
Please Pray for Armenia & Project AGAPE
Early Sunday morning, Sept. 27, the Azerbaijani military launched a missile and serial cross-border attack on Artsakh. The attacks were launched along the entire length of the line of contact. The civilian settlements are being shelled in a plethora of cities and villages, including in the capital of Stepanakert. Peaceful people are under bombardment, including children… Continue Reading→
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