This course builds on Constructing the Bridge, Pt. 1: Loss and the Mourning After. You must complete that course before participating in this one. When a member of your immediate family dies, you experience a painful transition from your familiar world. You are plunged into a new life that you don’t like. This death can also […]
Many denominations suggest leadership and committee structures for its churches but not all congregations thrive in the same type of organization. Rural congregations may need frameworks that take into consideration rural perspectives and ways of life. This three-week course offers laity and clergy the opportunity to explore their unique positions in rural leadership, how to […]
Mystical Sobriety is a 12-week online course that integrates the spiritual and psychological on a path of healing, growth, and transformation. Learn to experience how God’s healing grace can sustain us even within cycles of grief and suffering. The suffering associated with any attachment is real. Mystical Sobriety invites us to deepen our sense of oneness and […]
What’s next for us? What does it look like for a Methodist leader (or congregation) to respond to God’s call now? What biblical texts, stories from our past, and core Wesleyan convictions can guide us from this point? And are we at Good Friday or at Easter? In Will Willimon’s new book, Don’t Look Back: Methodist […]
Join us as we explore the transforming work of United Methodist missionaries serving around the world. You will have the opportunity to meet in a small group to hear a presentation from a single missionary during the call. Find out more about these missionaries below, or at www.umcmission.org Benjamin Thomas Rose is serving as an […]
The Advent season will be here before we know it. Preparing to preach during Advent is one of the most important tasks that preachers undertake each year. During this session, Olu Brown, pastor of Impact Church, one of the fastest growing churches in the country, will share his advice on preparing to preach during Advent. […]
Faith Talks are monthly conversations with United Women in Faith hosted by Jennifer R. Farmer, Spotlight PR.Each conversation explores themes and resources that empower us to put faith, hope and love into action.
We will begin classes at 8:00 am, take a lunch break, and conclude between 4:30 pm – 5:00 pm. Click the registration link below before the October 30th deadline.Zoom registration fee is $15.00 per person.You will get a confirmation with your book information. Please order your copy of Soul Reset as soon as you are […]
Discovering Your Spiritual Gifts (required for Certified Lay Speakers)Led by Pastor Jim Jones andBeacon Co-Director for LSM Suzanne Nelson Gathering on line will begin at 8:30 with class from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm. There will be a break for lunch. The registration fee for this option is $15 per person. This course guides participants in discerning […]
Lay Servant Ministries, Basic CourseLed by CLM and Beacon Lay Leader Tom Santa Gathering on line will begin at 8:30 with class from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm. There will be a break for lunch. The registration fee for this option is $15 per person. This is an overview course that provides helpful background for all […]
Go deeper in your prayer life in this 5-week course. Based on a book by the same title, this course is taught by the author Sandra Chambers. In her book, Sandra shares her own struggles and victories as she has sought to overcome boredom in prayer and answer the question: “If prayer is so important, why […]
“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 […]
This session is for everyone, no matter the size of your church or whether you’ve attended previous communications webinars by Kevin Slimp. If you’ve attended Kevin’s earlier webinar, then this webinar is for you! It’s even for folks who haven’t attended the original session. And no one is left out. This webinar includes great information […]
The November COSROW Book Club selection is Freeing Jesus by Diana Butler Bass Join in a discussion of the book on November 14th at 1pm https://nccumc.zoom.us/j/98737502045 Contact Lindsay Collins if you have questions -- lcollins@nccumc.org
Don’t Lose Out! Don’t forget to designate a housing allowance in December so your clergy members can receive the full benefit of the housing allowance starting January 1st. GCFA will be holding a Q & A webinar on Clergy Housing Allowance where you can get all your questions answered.Please see this previous webinar: https://www.gcfa.org/services/legal-services/gcfa-tax-packet/ for […]
Learn how your church can plan worship in ways that celebrate and advance God’s mission for your church. We invite you to join Rev. Dr. Lovett H. Weems Jr. for Let Mission Shape Your Worship. This webinar helps church leaders continue to strengthen their worship in ways that engage evermore people with God’s love through Jesus […]
There was no warning, we never saw it coming. There was no time to debate or study or form a committee. COVID-19 came, and church leaders had to virtually (pun intended) live out the adage, “adapt or die.” Many of us are still in awe of how well congregations found ways to still be the […]
Attendees receive a CEU certificate representing 60-minutes of CEU credit. Registrants who can’t attend the live session will receive a recording of the session later on the same date. Maybe you’ve heard it said that for lavish worship, congregations must have a “Worship Design Team.” With a group of experts gathered to design, script, rehearse […]
QPR stands for Question, Persuade, and Refer – the 3 simple steps anyone can learn to help save a life from suicide. This popular, evidence-based, nationally recognized training is modified for faith communities using supplementary material from the QPR Institute and can be provided in approximately 90 minutes.
Be Still as a Spiritual Practice: Online Event for Pastors Serving Cross-Racial, Cross-Cultural, and Multicultural Contexts After a brief hiatus during the pandemic, “Facing the Future” is returning. Facing the Future is the premier conference for anyone engaged with or discerning cross-racial/cross-cultural ministry. You will learn skills to support the CRCC ministry context, personal self-care, […]
Rich Villodas is the author of The Deeply Formed Life, winner of the Christianity Today Book Award, and the lead pastor of New Life Fellowship, a large, multiracial church with more than seventy-five countries represented in Elmhurst, Queens. Prior to becoming planting pastor Peter Scazzero’s successor in 2013, Rich led New Life’s small group ministry and also served as preaching pastor. […]
Faith Talks are monthly conversations with United Women in Faith hosted by Jennifer R. Farmer, Spotlight PR.Each conversation explores themes and resources that empower us to put faith, hope and love into action.
Oh no! It’s almost Advent and I need to get inspired quickly. Wil Cantrell, popular speaker, author and United Methodist pastor, will join us on November 17 to discuss ideas to help as you make preparations to preach during Advent 2022. Wil’s books include: From Heaven to Earth: Christmas for New Believers, Old Believers, and […]
The lead pastor of one of United Methodist’s fastest growing churches, Rev. Matt Miofsky, St. Louis, Missouri, will keynote, along with three of the church’s best-known bishops, an Inclusive VI Zoom Webinar focused on “A New Beginning: An Inclusive United Methodism.” Scheduled for Saturday morning, Nov. 19 by the United Methodist Association of Retired Clergy […]
Millbrook's Racial Healing Team invites you to Zoom in to view the documentary, "Racist Roots: Origins of North Carolina's Death Penalty." Sunday, November 20 at 6:30pm with a discussion following. This 25-minute video was produced this year by the Center for Death Penalty Litigation. CDPL is a non-profit law firm that represents people on death row, coordinates […]
“Taking Back Advent” is the perfect way to keep the miracle of Christmas in our days. The course and companion book will help incorporate your own family traditions into suggested activities, and let you savor an intentionally short and easy-to-understand devotional. You will find it convenient to fit into even the busiest of schedules, yet it […]
To embody an idea is to give a concept tangible human form—Something we can touch; Something we can feel. This Advent, author Whitney Simpson invites us to embody the season and embrace the concepts and ideas of the Advent season fully, with our whole selves. Her new resource, Fully Human, Fully Divine, challenges us to live in the […]
Prepare the Way for the Lord is an Advent study by Adam Hamilton that will prepare us to receive Christ. The book is described by its publisher: “For two thousand years, Christians have turned to the story and message of John the Baptist in the weeks leading up to Christmas. In Prepare the Way for the Lord: […]
Photography is a visual avenue for your devotions during the seasons of Advent & Christmas. The camera offers a new way to see/experience these seasons of hope, peace and light. The images themselves can shed new light on our journey to Bethlehem and beyond. Val Isenhower, experienced teacher and author on photography as a spiritual […]
In this course, learners will look at five biblical women through the lens of H.O.P.E. (Honesty, Opportunity, Persistence, and Efficacy), explore active waiting, and find ways to engage more hopefully in the world today. They’ll see how……Tamar controls her waiting, deceives, and forces honesty from the dishonest!…Hannah opportunistically pleads for the end of her waiting, […]
We're back with Peer Network Groups! Come join conversations on these topics. Feel free to invite others and to join us as you are! Join a conversation with IEI Interim Director Sarah Langer Hall to learn more about our 2023 forum!
We're back with Peer Network Groups! Come join conversations on these topics. Feel free to invite others and to join us as you are!
We're back with Peer Network Groups! Come join conversations on these topics. Feel free to invite others and to join us as you are!
Travis Jeffords is a North Carolina Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor Associate, and National Certified Counselor. Travis works on staff as a licensed counselor at Sanctuary Counseling Group, and has led contemporary worship for the United Methodist church for the last 15 years. Travis completed his Masters in Science with a focus on Clinical Mental […]
The Northern Illinois Conference Anti-Racism Task Force and their partners, are pleased to announce our 2022 Speaker Series. During this 4-part series that extends into December and includes a 6-week book study in the fall, we will journey together to prayerfully learn, engage, and tackle our personal and corporate role in addressing racism. Dr. Hart […]
Holiness at its core is about love. God himself (who is love) said that we are to be holy because he is. From that one proclamation, we learn that holiness isn’t something we do. It is something we are. Holiness is the very character of a loving, creative, joyful, joy-giving God who has told us we […]
The Office of Deaconess and Home Missioner invites those who are discerning a call to ministry to attend a virtual discernment event taking place on Saturday, December 3, 2022. Register here: http://tinyurl.com/dhmdecember2022 This event is for laity in the United Methodist Church who feel called to full-time vocational ministries in diverse contexts. Qualifications for the Office […]
If we care about biblical justice, or even if we merely empathize with the unjust suffering of marginalized people, it is easy to feel discouraged—even despairing. If we care about the unity of the church and healthy democracy, the enormous divides in our society also can lead to depression and anxiety. Even if we only […]
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