Join us to celebrate and kick off Mental Health Month with the Rev. Dr. Garry Crites, Executive Director of National Alliance on Mental Illness NC (NAMI NC)! Our faith traditions provide some of the greatest tools available for helping those who deal with mental health conditions and their loved ones. Unfortunately, they also serve as […]

"In today’s culture, the word “preaching” often carries a negative connotation – and that negativity continues to grow stronger. And yet, preaching remains an important - if not crucial - aspect of proclaiming the message of the Gospel to a hurting world. Due to the cultural shifts and global changes, now is the time to […]

During Communications Learning Week, church leaders and communicators will gain access to a vast library of on-demand resources including recorded videos, tutorials, podcast episodes, and self-guided work curated by the UMCom training team. Opportunities for peer discussion and networking will round out the week's activities.  The event will feature subject matter experts and communication professionals […]

We are all finding ourselves living within new boundaries and guidelines because life as we knew it has been changed. In fact, many of us are having to create a “new normal.” How do we work through everything we are being faced with? How do we maneuver the “Grief Journey” that is involved with many […]

Does your congregation have “enough” of everything? “Enough” of anything? As the Covid-19 pandemic recedes, that seems like a crazy question – none of us do! Having taught classes through BeADisciple for years, Rev. Beth Galbreath has heard a lot of folks’ worries about churches struggling to stay alive. And now, with churches having closed […]

Grace is God’s un-merited, unconditional love and acceptance freely given to all.  Yet as Christians, saved by grace, often we are unable or unwilling to extend that grace to others. “Opening Ourselves to Grace: Basic Christian Practices” is a course designed to help us learn about grace while exploring the practices that help us nurture […]

Father Gregory Boyle, the beloved Jesuit priest and author of the inspirational bestsellers, Tattoos on the Heart and Barking to the Choir, will share a call to witness the transformative power of tenderness, rooted in his lifetime of experience counseling gang members in Los Angeles. In a community struggling to overcome systemic poverty and violence, […]

Storytelling. It’s an art. It’s your passion. It’s also the very thing that will heal a hurting world. This year’s conference theme, Bridging Cultural Divides: Better Ways to Tell Our Stories, will inspire communicators in crafting stories that bring truth-telling to a new level. A variety of plenaries and workshops will explore how to weave diversity and […]

This Retirement Webinar covers information specifically for participants who are planning to retire in 2022, including: Annuity choices for the Ministerial Pension Plan (MPP) and Clergy Retirement Security Program Defined Benefit plan (CRSP DB)Distribution options for the CRSP Defined Contribution plan and the United Methodist Personal Investment Plan (UMPIP)Options for deferring your benefitsNavigating Benefit Access […]