In response to the pandemic, Ann Street United Methodist Church started an Alternate School Care (ASC) program in 2020 for elementary school students. A grant from the conference COVID-19 Response Fund made it possible for us to hire staff and keep the program affordable for working parents. When elementary students returned to week-long in-person classroom… Continue Reading→
Share One Another’s Burdens In Love
As United Methodists, one of the primary ways we live into our shared life and ministry is connectional giving through apportionments. Giving to support the connection allows the generosity of many churches to be compounded for the work of the kin-dom of God. In Acts 2, we read these words about the early church: In… Continue Reading→
Continuing to Guard the Health of Our Neighbors
Dear friends in Christ, Grace and peace to you all in the name of Jesus Christ. As we approach Thanksgiving, Advent, and Christmas, we yearn for gathering in the ways we have been accustomed. This pandemic year has called us into new ways of connecting, celebrating, and comforting one another. The number of people directly… Continue Reading→
Pandemic Reimbursement
From one of our ministry partners! 2020 NC Pandemic Reimbursement Funding We are excited to announce reimbursement funding for COVID-related food relief. Livingstone College will disburse these funds, which are made available through the NC Pandemic Recovery Office, and in partnership with the NC Department of Health and Human Services Office of Minority Health and The… Continue Reading→
Virtual Vacation Bible School
Families, churches, and communities have developed creative ideas and new ways of staying connected with one another during this time. Events that would usually take place in person are now being adapted into virtual events. This summer, North Raleigh UMC adapted Vacation Bible School into a virtual program with a drive through storytelling event. Cassidy… Continue Reading→
“What to Consider Before Regathering Face-to-Face” with Dr. Wes Wallace
We recently joined Dr. Wes Wallace, a member of University UMC in Chapel Hill, NC, to discuss some considerations for churches discussing returning to in-person worship gatherings. Dr. Wallace is an emergency physician and adjunct faculty at the UNC School of Medicine. The NC Conference leadership has consulted with Dr. Wallace throughout these last few… Continue Reading→
Supporting Mental Health in the Pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic has brought illness, grief, stress, and it is taxing our mental health. Although it is a trendy word in our culture, self-care is important and biblical. We also need to be sure that our congregations offer structured caring ministries so that we can care for one another. Many of us are grieving… Continue Reading→
Solve Your Church’s Pandemic Problems
We are facing problems this year that we never expected. Use these resources to thrive in ministry: When you can’t worship inside the church building, When most ministry work happens online, When church members are feeling disconnected, When giving has decreased, When you don’t know what the future holds, and How to make sense of… Continue Reading→
To be Methodist is to be disciplined by love
In this season of Covid-19, we have found ourselves caught between competing loves: love of tradition and love of innovation (how do we maintain an embodied worshipful life and use the gifts of technology), love of sacramental gatherings and love of doing no harm (how do we maintain the centrality of communion while also caring… Continue Reading→
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