Being an effective communicator especially when giving a sermon or giving a speech is important. You want to be heard and understood you want to be listened too. You will be able to take time to reflect on the ways you and others communicate. What makes good and not so good communicators and communications as […]

“Being there” for young people means more to them than you know! Youth and young adults people need the examples and experiences of faithful adults to become mature Christians themselves. But it takes more than just casually interacting with a young person to grow their faith. Having a trusted Christian adult mentor to talk with […]

Join us online! THIS EVENT IS OPEN TO CLERGYWOMEN IN ALL DISTRICTS! Kickoff for the 2021-2022 Book List! August's selection is Caste by Isabel Wilkerson https://www.amazon.com/Caste-Origins.../dp/B084FLWDQG I will send out a Zoom link closer to the date. Hope that you will be able to read along. This is one of the most thought provoking books […]

In his book, Jesus and the Disinherited, Howard Thurman asks, “Why is it that Christianity seems impotent to deal radically – and therefore effectively– with the issues of discrimination and injustice on the basis of race, religion and national origin?” Indeed, colonialism and white supremacy are threaded through the history and fabric of American society and […]

Your congregation really cares about food- but how do you talk about hunger, those who need food, and those who give food? Join Justine Post (Resourceful Communities) and Michelle Osbourne (RAFI) as they talk about what having honest conversations about rural food ministries and partnerships has looked like for congregations they work with. Register for […]

Your congregation really cares about food- but how do you talk about hunger, those who need food, and those who give food? Join Justine Post (Resourceful Communities) and Michelle Osbourne (RAFI) as they talk about what having honest conversations about rural food ministries and partnerships has looked like for congregations they work with. Register for […]

The Theology, Medicine, and Culture Initiative at Duke Divinity School is hosting the first seminar in its annual seminar series on “Pursuing Shalom in an Age of COVID 19: Some Theological Considerations” with Patrick T. Smith, Ph.D., associate research professor of theological ethics and bioethics, senior fellow at the Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University, and associate […]

As we continue to move in our Anti-Racism, Diversity, and Inclusion Strategy, we would like for you to participate in a couple of workshop events.  More info. Register for this workshop

We have some fantastic personal and church “Awakening” resources for you this Fall! Join us for a free, 60-minute Zoom webinar where we'll give you the highlights and to enable you to ask any questions you have about a resource. Register for this webinar

Join George C. Jones, Jr. (Executive Director of Farmer Foodshare), Phoebe Gooding (Toxic Free NC), Bobby Jones, and Cooper Sykes (NCCUMC) in a discussion about how communities, particularly BIPOC communities, are impacted by environmental degradation, and the work being done to combat these problems. Register for this webinar

How to Fight Racism : Courageous Christianity and the Journey Toward Racial Justice by Jemar Tisby is a handbook for pursuing racial justice with hands-on suggestions supported by real-world examples of change. Tisby roots the ultimate solution to racism in the Christian faith as we embrace Jesus’ teachings to His disciples and His followers. Beginning […]

Coming together with our faith communities will be more important than ever this Advent season. In this special online event, three of our most popular and thoughtful authors discuss together their new studies and what inspires them at Christmas. Adam Hamilton remembers the ten years since his Christmas classic, The Journey, was published and how this fascinating […]