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  • On August 14, 2025, the North Carolina Conference’s Worship Committee, in collaboration with the Center for Leadership Excellence, hosted 4 in 1: Creating Transformative Worship Experiences at St. Mark’s UMC in Raleigh, North Carolina. Attendees were comprised of both clergy and laity, converging for a day devoted to deepening their worship practices through four back-to-back…

  • There is something about the carefully placed human in women-identifying people that grants us the ability to nearly carry it all. And in the carrying capacity of a self-identified woman, we cannot forget our own human dignity, worthiness, and the reminders of value that we so naturally give to those we carry.

  • A House Divided: Practicing the Politics of Compassion in an Age of Outrage

    How do we do politics as people of faith? What core commitments might inform how we grapple with the most contentious issues of our day—like climate change, immigration, racism, gun violence, health care? How do we transcend the politics of outrage that dominates our society and turns neighbors, even family members, into enemies? Despite our…

  • The Practical Wesleyan Quadrilateral

    In this webinar with Ashley and Chris, we’ll examine a new Wesleyan Quadrilateral, the “practical quad.” We’ll review how Wesley implemented these four steps (or “method”) to grow the movement across England and how it led to extreme growth in the United States. This will include practical applications for growing churches today!

  • Wesleyan Vile-Tality

    Wesleyan Vile-Tality

    In this online session with Ashley, we’ll learn about how early Methodists embraced a ‘submission to be more vile’ in order to spread the love of God in places most unexpected. During this time, you’ll hear about the origin of the name ‘Methodist’ and what our founder, John Wesley, intended for us as the people…

  • We Aren’t Broke

    We Aren’t Broke

    In a season of major change in the church when the familiar ways of funding and doing ministry are declining – we aren’t broke. There are many resources in the church that we can put to work in new ways to serve and engage our neighborhoods and generate new forms of revenue for ministry. Rev.…