Last day to register for the early bird price for 2021 Pilgrimage is on September 30th! Starting October 1st until November 5th, the price will be $45 per person for In-person attendance and $25 for Virtual experience. Don’t miss out on the early bird registration! Please go to the Pilgrimage website for more details and to register. https://nccpilgrimage.org/2021/registering/
Events
Choosing Abundance – A Virtual Workshop with Tom Berlin
The Center for Leadership Excellence invites you to a workshop with Tom Berlin.
At times we find ourselves wandering in what feels like barren lands. Our inclination may be to default to a mindset of scarcity and choose to retreat and disengage. Yet as followers of Christ, we should follow in faith and respond in ways that express who we are as Christians. During this extended period of wilderness and uncertainty, how can we develop new patterns that are both life-giving and affirming for our congregations?
Choosing Abundance
Presented by the Center for Leadership Excellence
with Tom Berlin
October 13, 2021, 10am-12pm ET
Zoom Workshop, $20/person
*Groups of 3 or more receive a 20% discount.
In this workshop, Tom Berlin will invite us to pause and reconsider:
- The essential nature of self-care as part of a church leadership strategy.
- Why we should be seeking new ways of ministry in this time of opportunity.
- Finding a model of abundance instead of scarcity by encouraging churches to think of their financial future with openness instead of with limitations.
Let’s listen to Christ’s call and envision a future of possibility, choosing abundance.
Caring for Others: Closing the Healthcare Gap in North Carolina
The Center for Leadership Excellence, in partnership with the NCCUMC Health Ministry Team, invites you to a webinar.
Our Methodist social principles are clear about our responsibilities to support healthcare access for all despite an individual’s ability to pay for services. It is not only Methodist but biblical as well.
Caring for Others will focus on the impact that North Carolina’s health insurance coverage gap has on the physical, emotional, and financial health of the people of our state. Those caught in the gap include frontline and healthcare workers, farmers, fishermen, church pastors, and emergency service personnel. Our presenters will focus on how people of faith can become involved in advocating for a solution here in our home state.
Caring for Others: Closing the Healthcare Gap in North Carolina
Presented by the Center for Leadership Excellence
and the NCCUMC Health Ministry Team
with Michael Griffin, Erica Palmer Smith, and Peg O’Connell
September 22, 2021, 12pm-1:00pm ET
Reminder: Virtual District Gatherings with Bishop Fairley
The district gatherings with Bishop Leonard Fairley begin today with the Gateway District and will be held virtually over Zoom.
- Gateway: Wednesday, September 8
- Sound: Thursday, September 9
- Heritage: Friday, September 10
- Beacon: Tuesday, September 14
- Harbor: Wednesday, September 15
- Fairway: Thursday, September 16
- Corridor: Monday, September 20
- Capital: Thursday, September 23
There will be two gatherings for each district on the dates listed above. The clergy will gather at 3:00 pm, and the laity will gather at 7:00 pm. Clergy who cannot meet at 3:00 pm are encouraged to attend the 7:00 pm meeting.
There will be a time of worship during the gathering which will include a reaffirmation of baptism. Please have a vessel of water close by so that you can fully participate in the worship and liturgy.
You will need to register for the meeting you plan to attend. Once you have registered, you will receive the information for the Zoom meeting. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact your AADS or the District Office.
“Delivered to You” For Active Clergy Coming in November
Due to ongoing COVID-19 developments and in the spirit of Wespath’s commitment to caring for those who serve, we have made the difficult decision to postpone the 2021 in-person revItup! and Clergy Benefits Academy events. Instead, in November we will once again host “Delivered to You,” an online event open to all active UMC clergy members. This news was communicated in the Wespath Update sent out August 11 and 12. More information about dates, times, cost and registration is available at https://www.wespath.org/events. We look forward to the day when we can meet safely in person; for now, we anticipate a lively, informative online event in November with “Delivered to You!”
Virtual District Gatherings with Bishop Fairley
As we previously announced, the district gatherings with Bishop Leonard Fairley will be held virtually over Zoom. The dates and times that were originally published for each district are the same:
- Gateway: Wednesday, September 8
- Sound: Thursday, September 9
- Heritage: Friday, September 10
- Beacon: Tuesday, September 14
- Harbor: Wednesday, September 15
- Fairway: Thursday, September 16
- Corridor: Monday, September 20
- Capital: Thursday, September 23
There will be two gatherings for each district on the dates listed above. The clergy will gather at 3:00 pm, and the laity will gather at 7:00 pm. Clergy who cannot meet at 3:00 pm are encouraged to attend the 7:00 pm meeting.
You will need to register for the meeting you plan to attend. Once you have registered, you will receive the link for the Zoom meeting. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact your AADS or the District Office.