lbthornton, Author at NC Conference

connections: Discerning the Call to Ministry

July 15, 2015

Bishop Ward and Laura Fine Ledford discuss programs offered by the conference to help persons discern a call to ministry.

We Can Do More! Imagine No Malaria

July 7, 2015 Leave a Comment

Dear North Carolina Conference friends in mission, Grace and peace to you in the name of Jesus Christ. We celebrate over $75,000 in a record-breaking annual conference offering! A total of $725,000 has been raised toward our goal of $1,000,000! We have $275,000 more to go to reach our pledge/goal. Gray Southern, who with Apex… Continue Reading→

Camp Rockfish Welcomes New Director

July 2, 2015 1 Comment

Rev. Jim Martin joined the Rockfish Camp & Retreat Center’s team on July 1 as its new Camp Director. Jim has been involved in camp and retreat ministry for over 30 years as a director, leader, visioner, planner, supporter, and participant. He’s a preacher, teacher, writer, disciple-maker, and backpacker with decades of conference-level events, as… Continue Reading→

connections: Welcome to AC 2015

June 9, 2015

Bishop Ward welcomes persons to the 2015 Annual Conference in Wilmington by sharing some of the many inspiring highlights.

connections: Annual Conference 2015

June 2, 2015

Bishop Ward welcomes people to be engaged in this year’s annual conference.

connections: Giving Praise to the Creator

May 26, 2015

Bishop Ward reminds us to give thanks and praise for the many blessings God has created on the earth, as we move towards summer.

connections: Pentecost

May 19, 2015

Bishop Ward describes the scenes at Pentecost – wind, fire, different ethnic groups and languages. The United Methodist Church today is a global church of many races, languages, ages, and ethnic groups.

connections: Celebrating the Contributions of Native Americans

May 5, 2015

Bishop Ward and Gateway District Superintendent, Sam Wynn, have a conversation about the Native American Ministries special offering and the historic contributions of Native American people in the life of The United Methodist Church, particularly in the North Carolina Conference.

connections: The Vine and the Branches

April 27, 2015

Bishop Ward uses the image of the vine and the branches from John 15:5 (this week’s Lectionary Gospel reading) to share some thoughts on the Methodist appointive system.