Forty Days of Graceful Hospitality
On this Lenten journey of Graceful Hospitality, let’s be intentional about creating new places for new people who have not seen God’s love demonstrated by our words and actions. Graceful Hospitality – it’s who we are.
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Daily Reflections
Pastors and laity from across the NC Conference who are current and former church planters offer reflections on Graceful Hospitality as we celebrate the 70th anniversary of the first call of the Ten Dollar Club. Learn more about the Ten Dollar Club.
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Day 20 – Christina Parrish
Wakefield United Methodist Church is a vibrant and growing church in the northern Raleigh and Wake Forest areas. Founded in 2007 as a daughter congregation to Edenton Street United Methodist […] Continue Reading→
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Day 19 – Meg McBride
Since 2016, United Methodists in Wilmington, NC, have been hosting emergency, overnight “pop-up” warming shelters for persons living in poverty on the coldest nights. In 2022, the temporary shelter was […] Continue Reading→
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Day 18 – Adam Charville
At Four Oaks UMC, our theme for this year is guided by Philippians 1:7, where Paul commends us to, “share in God’s grace.” We are celebrating how God has been […] Continue Reading→
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Day 17 – Mitzi Johnson
“Christ our Lord invites to His table all who love Him …” In 1951, Bishop Paul N. Garber was assigned as the episcopal leader for eastern North Carolina. During Bishop […] Continue Reading→
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Day 16 – José Luis Villaseñor
In 2008, on the cusp of one of our country’s most challenging economic times, Apex United Methodist Church took a step of faith by hiring Pastor José Luis Villaseñor. It […] Continue Reading→
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Day 15 – Tom Greener
People were bringing even infants to him that he might touch them, and when the disciples saw it, they sternly ordered them not to do it. But Jesus called for […] Continue Reading→
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Day 14 – Minoka Yonts
Kindred began to form in 2019 by a faithful group of people who were hopeful. They believed in what the Church could be and lamented what it wasn’t. They wanted […] Continue Reading→
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Day 13 – Tim Catlett
A little over two years ago, Bishop Hope Morgan Ward invited me to consider serving as the Executive Director of the Office of New Faith Communities for our Conference. One […] Continue Reading→
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Day 12 – Francis Daniel
We stood outside the Garden Tomb in Jerusalem, taking in the beauty of the place and the power of the moment. Observing the open tomb before us, we heard our […] Continue Reading→