Latest Updates
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Gratitude Studies and Thanksgiving Programs
With so much loss throughout the pandemic, it could be helpful to prepare for the Thanksgiving holiday by focusing on gratitude. The Media Center recommends these studies for small groups. We also have several resources to help your church plan a program or activities around the Thanksgiving holiday for adults, youth, and children. Does your… Continue Reading→
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Preaching Across the Red/Blue Divide: A Preaching WELL Event
The Center for Leadership Excellence invites all who proclaim from the pulpit to join us this Thursday, 10-11:30am ET, for our second of three virtual workshops. Our Preaching WELL theme this year is Wade in the Water: Engaging Challenging Topics from the Pulpit, and this week we welcome Justin Coleman and Jabe Largen to share with us… Continue Reading→
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Advisory for Mission Teams to Haiti
News outlets are reporting that seventeen missionaries (sixteen American and one Canadian), including three children, have been kidnapped in Haiti by one of the gangs operating in the area around Port-au-Prince. The missionaries have been identified as being a part of Christian Aid Ministries out of Ohio and is associated with Mennonite and Amish groups.… Continue Reading→
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Congregations for Children Community Connectivity Mini-Grants Awarded
The NCCUMC Congregations for Children Committee is pleased to announce that five churches in our conference have been awarded C4C Community Connectivity Mini-Grants. The funds were made possible by a $5000 grant to C4C from the NCCUMC Board of Church and Society to encourage and support churches’ advocacy efforts for local public schools. The purpose… Continue Reading→
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An Encouragement for October
On her final day as our Resident Bishop, Bishop Hope Morgan Ward shared with Bishop LaTrelle Easterling in a conversation about their work together regarding race reconciliation and the Cabinet of Bishop’s Anti-Racism Task Force. Two groups of clergywomen hosted this conversation, Clergywomen of Color and White Women Doing the Work (WWDTW) of Antiracism. The… Continue Reading→
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Deep Experience with Dr. Margaret Brunson
In this episode, Dr. Margaret Brunson shares with us her experiences growing up to understand race at a young age, and navigating being Black in church, school, and the workplace. Dr. Margaret Brunson is a transformative leader, luminary, entrepreneur, thought partner, and media personality. She considers brunch a verb, well-being a priority, dance floors sacred,… Continue Reading→