News & Stories
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Sound District C4C Coordinator
The NCCUMC Congregations for Children Committee is delighted to welcome our newest member, Valerie Nasser, who will represent the Sound District. Ms. Nasser is a member of Trinity UMC – New Bern and is a veteran public school educator with a passion for our public schools and the missions and ministries of the United Methodist… Continue Reading→
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Get tickets NOW!!!
Dr. Tim Tyson is the son of a United Methodist preacher who witnessed the aftermath of a lynching in Oxford, NC in the mid-1960’s. This is the story of how the town, and his dad responded to the murder. Mike Wiley is a brilliant actor who portrays everyone in the story. It is sometimes funny,… Continue Reading→
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UMVIM Team Leader Training
North Carolina Conference United Methodist Volunteers in Mission (NCC UMVIM) invites you to participate in a Team Leader Training Course on Saturday, February 4th from 10:00 AM – 1:30 PM in an online format. This course will prepare (or refresh) you in the best practices for leading UMVIM teams locally, nationally, and internationally. Continue Reading→
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Last Year (2022) in the NC Conference
In 2022, we began a monthly series to keep everyone up-to-date about the happenings all across the NC Conference offices and committees. Here’s an overview from 2022: Read our 2022 monthly recaps to catch up on news and events across the Conference. Continue Reading→
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NC Conference Students Awarded GBHEM Scholarships
One of the most significant challenges facing students is how to pay for their education. Thankfully, there are organizations that can help. Recently, one of those organizations, the General Board of Higher Education Ministries (GBHEM), announced scholarship awards for 19 students in our North Carolina Conference. The awards were part of a larger award of… Continue Reading→
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An Encouragement for January
I’ve spent the past few years diving deep into the institution of the Church through the way of the local church as I support passionate (and skeptical) brothers and sisters as they embark (or consider a journey) on a path towards racial justice; truth; liberation; transformation; reconciliation. One of the most common questions I receive… Continue Reading→
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Week of Prayer for Christian Unity
My first day of Licensing School for Local Pastors, I walked into the classroom at Duke Divinity School, where I was greeted by the irrepressible Dr. Belton Joyner. With a bit of a smirk, hesaid, “Welcome to the Untied Methodist Church.” Twenty-four years later, his words seem more prophecy than comedy. As we find ourselves… Continue Reading→
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Crossroads 2023: Prophetic Living in a Broken World – Practicing Resurrection
When: March 23-25, 2023 Where: Franklinton Center, 281 Southbend Lane, Whitakers, NC Cost: $75 (includes meals & lodging); $50 (for commuters – includes meals only) Registration Deadline: March 8th As Christians and leaders, we stand daily at the crossroads of the world as it is and the world as God intends it to be. As… Continue Reading→
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One Foot in Front of the Other: Tuna Run 2022
“Being in the church, you spend a lot of days in your heart and in your head, and we say all the time, ‘We got to get out and move the body.’ For me, it is a spiritual practice.” Rev. Laura Thompson What possesses a group of United Methodist and Presbyterian pastors to embark on… Continue Reading→