Spiritual Formation in Today’s World: A One-Year Online Offering from The Academy for Spiritual Formation will be offered completely online using the Zoom platform. This experience will consist of four, three-day sessions with one faculty person each session. See “Course Descriptions” button below for more details on the topics. Session 1: Meeting God in Our LongingFebruary 24-26, […]

In 2021, it was announced that North Carolina would receive $750 million from the multistate settlement with opioid pharmaceutical distributors Cardinal, McKesson, AmerisourceBergen, and Johnson & Johnson. This money will soon be coming to counties, cities, and the general assembly. Join the North Carolina Conference of the United Methodist Church and Partners in Health and […]

Dr. Magaela Bethune will present findings from the 2020 Salary Study. Conference Leadership and UM Clergy will find the information that Dr. Bethune presents helpful in uplifting and empowering the voices of all women across the church.

You are a powerful voice for North Carolina’s kids. Are you ready to sharpen your advocacy skills? On Friday, February 25, NC Child is launching the Voices for Kids Learning Series with a two-part virtual workshop. Attend one or both sessions. Both are free and entirely online! Sessions will be available in both English and […]

Seven days, seven ways to pray.  This retreat offers an opportunity to discover prayer in new ways by exploring seven different prayer practices. Prayer is a powerful way to cultivate a deeper relationship with God. The retreat is designed so that you may enter the retreat daily at a time convenient for your schedule. The retreat offers […]

Lent is a wonderful time to add spiritual practices in order to deepen your spiritual journeys. Using our cameras (including cell phone cameras) to “See Differently” is a wonderful way to expand our spiritual sight. In a hectic world it is easy to look and not see. Our minds and bodies are so preoccupied that […]

What is your “spiritual style”? Why do other people connect with God so differently? Is your church embroiled in “worship wars?” Or is your connection with God in a rut? Every Advent, Lent or New Year do you make the same spiritual resolutions, and fail? Do you really know your own spiritual style and want […]

Adapting words from Elizabeth Barrett Browning, we might observe that “Hollywood’s crammed with heaven and every common film afire with God and Gospel Truth.” Join us in a Lenten film festival that explores the intersection of Hollywood and Divine. We will address the various ways Christ and Gospel can be perceived as relating to culture […]

Center for Chaplaincy - February 2022 DidacticThe Center For Chaplaincy at Hood Theological Seminary is hosting a 2-part series on Trauma: Part II: Trauma and Relationships Psychic Injuries Impact Relationships With Self and Others “Hurt People Hurt People” Monday, February 28, 2022, 10:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m., EST Facilitator: Dr. H. Mac Wallace Psychotherapist, CPE […]

Join us for a discussion of  Regeneration: Ending the Climate Crisis in One Generation Paperback – September 21, 2021  by Paul Hawken Amazon;  Bookshop.org;  indiebound.org  Check your local library.   You must register in advance for this Zoom (2/28 at 10:30 AM) meeting:https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMrdu2qrjgqHtf6VczlQltOY3hK4nrEFWuL After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

In Mere Christianity, C.S. Lewis argued that Jesus was either a liar, a lunatic, or the Lord. Seekers who listen closely, though, will hear Jesus’ own words revealing which of these is true.  Who did Jesus say He is?   This course will look at seven important ‘I Am’ statements of Jesus that are found in the Gospel […]