Coronavirus Response

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Effective Communication In Times of Crisis

The Center for Leadership Excellence invites you to a three-week workshop series. You can choose to attend one, two, or all three. When your church has a crisis, how can you be ready? Join us and learn the skills you need to provide an immediate response in crisis, develop successful strategies for pre-empting or managing… Continue Reading→

An Encouragement for May

My sister and I had the gift of being raised by both our maternal grandmother and our parents. Grandma was wise through faith and lived experience as a southern Black woman born in 1911. I cannot remember her ever raising her voice or causing alarm with her demeanor. She, however, was a quiet power who did not mince words or shy away from truth-speaking.

Disaster Ministries Training Retreat

On April 1 and 2, thirty-two Disaster Response Committee members and Early Response Team (ERT) leaders joined us in Goldsboro for a training retreat. Throughout the weekend, attendees learned about Disaster Ministries operations and received training to help prepare teams to respond to a disaster.  The event commenced with an introduction from Disaster Ministries Director… Continue Reading→

Conference Connectional Table:  Meeting Updates from 3-29-2022

The Conference Connectional Table (CCT) met March 29th by Zoom for the second of its quarterly meetings in 2022.  A meeting summary follows.   DEVOTION Bishop Fairley reminded us that God always desires to communicate with us individually.  We must be willing to give God space to speak to us because God asks us every day… Continue Reading→

An Encouragement for April

My sister and I had the gift of being raised by both our maternal grandmother and our parents. Grandma was wise through faith and lived experience as a southern Black woman born in 1911. I cannot remember her ever raising her voice or causing alarm with her demeanor. She, however, was a quiet power who did not mince words or shy away from truth-speaking.

Episode 7: The Great Thanksgiving (Paragraph 4)

Rev. Jaye White, of the North Carolina Annual Conference, and Rev. Jim Savage, of the Kentucky Annual Conference, join Bishop Leonard Fairley in our seventh installment of the Grace for the Future podcast and video blog. White is an ordained deacon who serves as Conference Director of Outreach Ministries. Savage, an elder in the Kentucky Conference, serves as Director of Missions and Outreach… Continue Reading→