Latest Updates
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Notice: Upcoming Wespath Letter
Dear Pastors,We pray that you are blessed in this Advent and Christmas season. Your Benefits Team is preparing to communicate your 2022 personal pension elections to Wespath Benefits and Investments and we want you to be aware of an upcoming communication you may receive from them as a result. Their system is set to automatically send a… Continue Reading→
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Early Response Team Training
Early Response Teams (ERT) help make homes safe and sanitary after a natural disaster. Register for an upcoming course below to learn how to muck out homes, tarp roofs, and safely remove debris. Basic ERT Class: Cost $30 January 15, 2022 from 8:30 AM – 4:30 PM at Oceanview UMC8400 E. Oak Island Dr, Oak Island,… Continue Reading→
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Plenty of Options for Your Post-Advent Study
What will your small group study after Advent? You could continue with the Christmas story and study the life of Jesus leading you into Easter. You could embrace the new year and engage a biblical perspective on self-improvement. You could choose a study that will last the whole year long. Or you could choose a… Continue Reading→
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2022 Clergy Benefits Seminar Interest Survey
Each spring the Conference Board of Pension hosts the Clergy Benefits Seminar. The purpose of the seminar is to provide information regarding retirement benefits and to prepare clergy for the retirement transition in their ministry. This event has typically been a two-day, in-person, group event at the Hotel Ballast in Wilmington. In 2021, the event… Continue Reading→
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Wrightsville UMC Raises 92K to Fund Two Tiny Homes for Homeless Individuals in Eden Village
Eden Village of Wilmington is “a 32-unit tiny home community specially designed to provide permanent homes for chronically homeless individuals including patients of the local hospital.” Christina Norvell, Director of Children and Youth Ministries at Wrightsville UMC, heard about the organization and “felt God whispering in [her] ear on many occasions that [the] church could… Continue Reading→
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Conference-Wide Leadership Training
The North Carolina Conference of the United Methodist Church is hosting virtual trainings on January 9, 2022, for all who serve in their local congregation in any of the following roles: Trustees Finance Committee Lay Leader Staff/Pastor Parish Relations Committee Help us spread the word. It is helpful when all committee members attend the trainings, but we do… Continue Reading→