News & Stories
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Bishop Shelton Announces New Conference Staff Appointments Beginning July 2024
As the NC Conference continues to “right-size” for a future with strength, Bishop Connie Mitchell Shelton announces the following staff appointments and changes, effective July 1, 2024. Rev. Ernesto Barriguete, Director of Race Equity and Justice Ministries for seven years, will become quarter-time in his current role and begin serving Edgerton United Methodist Church three… Continue Reading→
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NC Conference to host Transition Seminar on Sunday, May 19
The North Carolina Conference will host a Transition Seminar for all churches and pastors experiencing changes in ministerial appointments. This year’s Transition Seminar will be on Sunday, May 19. Continue Reading→
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Prayer for Appointment-Making Season: Going Forward
As we are in appointment-making season, Bishop Shelton has encouraged all of us to pray for the Cabinet, clergy and their families, and congregations. We will be sharing prayers over the next few weeks and encourage you to share them with your church. Read the final prayer in the series written by Jay Locklear. God, you… Continue Reading→
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Last Month in the NC Conference: March 2024
We’d like to keep everyone up-to-date about the happenings all across the NC Conference offices and committees, so we’ll be posting a roundup of all the major news at the end of every month. Here’s an overview of NC Conference events and updates from the month of March. NC Conference Center for Leadership Excellence Laity… Continue Reading→
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Upcoming Grant, Scholarship & Loan Opportunities
The NC Conference recommends the following grants, scholarships, and loans available to United Methodist churches and ministry leaders in the North Carolina Conference. These programs are funded by the Conference or our partner organizations. The funding opportunities listed here have application deadlines in the near future. Additional opportunities have deadlines coming up later in the… Continue Reading→
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April Monthly Resource Flyer
Each month, we publish this flyer to share timely Conference resources available to clergy and laity in local churches in the North Carolina Conference. It includes upcoming events, grant deadlines, Conference news, and more. The monthly theme for April is Creation Care. The flyer includes related resources that can be borrowed from the NC Conference… Continue Reading→
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Academy for Spiritual Formation to Offer “Taste of Academy” Event
This October, the NC Academy for Spiritual Formation invites you to a “Taste of Academy.” This two-day event on October 4-5 (Friday and Saturday) is designed to introduce participants to the Academy while providing a time of learning, fellowship, and growth together. If you have been curious about the 5-Day Academy for Spiritual Formation annual… Continue Reading→
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Easter Sunday: Christ is Risen!
Watch an Easter message from Bishop Connie Mitchell Shelton. “Do not be alarmed; you are looking for Jesus of Nazareth, who was crucified. He has been raised; he is not here. Look, there is the place they laid him. But go, tell his disciples and Peter that he is going ahead of you to Galilee;… Continue Reading→
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General Conference Resources for the Past, Present, and Future
Photo illustration by Kathleen Barry, UMNS The General Conference of The United Methodist Church will be happening in Charlotte, NC, April 23-May 3, 2024. The NC Conference is sending a delegation of eight clergy and eight laypersons to attend. Anyone else who would like to experience this worldwide event happening in our home state is… Continue Reading→