Latest Updates
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Fall Lineup of Lay Servant Ministries Classes
Check out our fall lineup of Lay Servant Ministries classes! We have in-person and virtual options, with in-person locations in Havelock, Oak Island, Laurinburg, and Chapel Hill. Whether you are a “frequent flyer” in our LSM courses or you are considering joining us for the first time, we hope you’ll find a course that interests… Continue Reading→
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Health Team Update: August 2023
Conference Insurance Savings On Conference insurance? Want to pay less? There’s an important deadline coming up on August 31st! Don’t forget to complete the Health Check online assessment and the Blueprint for Wellness® health screening by August 31. When you complete the Health Check, you avoid a higher HealthFlex deductible in 2024, and when you… Continue Reading→
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Congregations For Children: The Next Decade
At the 2023 NC Annual Conference, we celebrated the tenth anniversary of Congregations for Children, a laity-led ministry with a mission to support public schools and help children affected by poverty. We honored the past, and now we look to the future. C4C Areas of Focus In his groundbreaking bestseller, Seven Habits of Highly Effective… Continue Reading→
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Is Your Church Accessible?
The Center for Leadership Excellence invites you to join us for the second webinar in our four-part series on Disability Ministries. Is your church building accessible? What about your ministry programs? Join us and learn about a tool created by and for United Methodists to help us ensure our churches are places of welcome and… Continue Reading→
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Project AGAPE Director Coming to the NC Annual Conference
Nara Melkonyan, Director of Project AGAPE in Armenia, will be coming to the North Carolina Conference to visit Churches between October 1 and October 17, 2023. For this year’s visit, we want to reduce her travelling by placing her in particular geographic areas for periods of time. During those times, you may want to have… Continue Reading→
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Travel Advisory to Haiti
On the 27th of July, the US Department of State issued a Level 4: Do Not Travel advisory for the country of Haiti. This update is due to an increase in kidnapping, crime, civil unrest, and poor health care infrastructure, including a confirmed cholera outbreak across the country. As such, North Carolina Conference UMVIM teams are… Continue Reading→