News & Stories
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NC United Methodists Meet Virtually to Ratify Disaffiliations
GARNER, NC – Lay and clergy members from local United Methodist churches in eastern North Carolina met virtually on Saturday, October 7, for a Special Called Session of Annual Conference to ratify disaffiliation agreements of 18 churches. Bishop Connie Mitchell Shelton, the episcopal leader, presided over the conference. Dr. David Peele, North Carolina Conference Board… Continue Reading→
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The Good News of Shipwreck
Research on congregations after Covid is mixed: attendance, giving, volunteers are on the rise–while American church life overall continues to shrink in influence and size. Many congregations still feel shipwrecked – an experience that we will reframe using the story of Paul’s shipwreck on Malta. Continue Reading→
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Change for a Change
Are you ready for an October challenge to support babies and their mothers in Sierra Leone, West Africa? Mission of Hope: Rotifunk Hospital, an organization that was started in 2015 by the NC Conference of The United Methodist Church and the Sierra Leone Annual Conference along with members of Wrightsville United Methodist Church, hopes to… Continue Reading→
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Last Month in the NC Conference: September 2023
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 September. NC Conference Laity Ministries Media Center Office… Continue Reading→
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Conference Council on Youth Ministry’s September Meeting Recap
More than three dozen youth in representative leadership of the NC Conference, along with adult leaders, gathered for worship, communion, and business on September 16. The youth worked on several things: Other business to share: At the end of the meeting, the youth had the opportunity to meet with the CCYM from the Western NC… Continue Reading→
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After-School Program Grant Awards
Congregations for Children (C4C) is pleased to announce the recipients of its 2023-24 After-School Program Grants. These grants were awarded to NCCUMC churches that planned after-school literacy and tutorial programs for low-income children to remediate and reinforce literacy and other academic skills that “address the educational needs of low-income children who are struggling to avoid… Continue Reading→
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Yam Jam Time Again!
It’s Yam Jam time again! The Society of St. Andrew (SoSA) is organizing 2023 Yam Jam to both reduce food waste and feed food insecure people by gleaning the North Carolina sweetpotato harvest! We expect to glean and distribute more than a million servings of sweetpotatoes this fall and share them with local hunger relief… Continue Reading→
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Clergy Fun Day
Bishop Shelton invites clergy to a day of fun at Rockfish Camp & Retreat Center on October 12 at 10 am. Registration for Clergy Fun Day is extended to October 10. Register Now→ Continue Reading→
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Project Agape – Urgent Need
Because of a recent military action in Nagorno-Karabakh, thousands of ethnic Armenians are having to leave their homes. Many of these persons were clients who were helped by Project Agape over the years when there was a headquarters in Berdzor. Because of the connections that Nara Melknoyan (the Project Agape coordinator in Armenia) has made,… Continue Reading→