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Last Year (2022) in the NC Conference
In 2022, we began a monthly series to keep everyone up-to-date about the happenings all across the NC Conference offices and committees. Here’s an overview from 2022: Read our 2022 monthly recaps to catch up on news and events across the Conference. Continue Reading→
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NC Conference Students Awarded GBHEM Scholarships
One of the most significant challenges facing students is how to pay for their education. Thankfully, there are organizations that can help. Recently, one of those organizations, the General Board of Higher Education Ministries (GBHEM), announced scholarship awards for 19 students in our North Carolina Conference. The awards were part of a larger award of… Continue Reading→
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An Encouragement for January
I’ve spent the past few years diving deep into the institution of the Church through the way of the local church as I support passionate (and skeptical) brothers and sisters as they embark (or consider a journey) on a path towards racial justice; truth; liberation; transformation; reconciliation. One of the most common questions I receive… Continue Reading→
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Week of Prayer for Christian Unity
My first day of Licensing School for Local Pastors, I walked into the classroom at Duke Divinity School, where I was greeted by the irrepressible Dr. Belton Joyner. With a bit of a smirk, hesaid, “Welcome to the Untied Methodist Church.” Twenty-four years later, his words seem more prophecy than comedy. As we find ourselves… Continue Reading→
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Crossroads 2023: Prophetic Living in a Broken World – Practicing Resurrection
When: March 23-25, 2023 Where: Franklinton Center, 281 Southbend Lane, Whitakers, NC Cost: $75 (includes meals & lodging); $50 (for commuters – includes meals only) Registration Deadline: March 8th As Christians and leaders, we stand daily at the crossroads of the world as it is and the world as God intends it to be. As… Continue Reading→
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One Foot in Front of the Other: Tuna Run 2022
“Being in the church, you spend a lot of days in your heart and in your head, and we say all the time, ‘We got to get out and move the body.’ For me, it is a spiritual practice.” Rev. Laura Thompson What possesses a group of United Methodist and Presbyterian pastors to embark on… Continue Reading→