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Insurance Annual Election Webinar Series
A webinar series is being offered to help prepare participants for the Annual Election period (November 1 – 16). All participants will benefit from these educational opportunities. Participants enrolled in the HSA health plans are especially encouraged to attend so they may learn about the changes to those plans for next year. Register today. Continue Reading→
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NC United Methodists Meet Virtually to Ratify Disaffiliations
GARNER, NC – Lay and clergy members from local United Methodist churches in eastern North Carolina met virtually on Saturday, October 7, for a Special Called Session of Annual Conference to ratify disaffiliation agreements of 18 churches. Bishop Connie Mitchell Shelton, the episcopal leader, presided over the conference. Dr. David Peele, North Carolina Conference Board… Continue Reading→
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The Good News of Shipwreck
Research on congregations after Covid is mixed: attendance, giving, volunteers are on the rise–while American church life overall continues to shrink in influence and size. Many congregations still feel shipwrecked – an experience that we will reframe using the story of Paul’s shipwreck on Malta. Continue Reading→
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Change for a Change
Are you ready for an October challenge to support babies and their mothers in Sierra Leone, West Africa? Mission of Hope: Rotifunk Hospital, an organization that was started in 2015 by the NC Conference of The United Methodist Church and the Sierra Leone Annual Conference along with members of Wrightsville United Methodist Church, hopes to… Continue Reading→
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Last Month in the NC Conference: September 2023
We’d like to keep everyone up-to-date about the happenings all across the NC Conference offices and committees, so we’ll be posting a roundup of all the major news at the end of every month. Here’s an overview of NC Conference events and updates from the month of September. NC Conference Laity Ministries Media Center Office… Continue Reading→
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Conference Council on Youth Ministry’s September Meeting Recap
More than three dozen youth in representative leadership of the NC Conference, along with adult leaders, gathered for worship, communion, and business on September 16. The youth worked on several things: Other business to share: At the end of the meeting, the youth had the opportunity to meet with the CCYM from the Western NC… Continue Reading→