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Tag: Effective Leaders

  • Every United Methodist congregation is required to have a Safer Sanctuaries policy — but this is more than paperwork. Safer Sanctuaries is a way of being in ministry. It’s a movement to make our churches safe places for children, youth, vulnerable adults, and the people who minister with them. 

  • Public Prayer

    Public Prayer

    The Heritage district LSM team is pleased to present this course, open to all UMC laity. Anyone who is called upon to lead public prayer may feel anxious and possibly inadequate for such a task. This course offers help for novices as well as veteran leaders of prayer as they create and deliver appropriate prayers…

  • Rev. Dr. Gray Southern

    Welcome to our series that spotlights NC Conference pastors serving in extension ministries. Read about other extension ministers as these stories are published weekly. Rev. Dr. Gray Southern Rev. Dr. Gray Southern serves as our Annual Conference Secretary. He is an ordained elder (retired) in the NC Conference. He has served six local churches and has been…

  • Welcome to our series that spotlights NC Conference pastors serving in extension ministries. Read about other extension ministers as these stories are published weekly. Rev. Donna Fowler-Marchant Rev. Donna Fowler-Marchant serves as Minister in the West Hertfordshire and Borders Circuit of the British Methodist Church. She has been in the North Carolina Conference since 1996 and has…

  • The Center for Leadership Excellence presents, Doing Ministry as a Team, a Leadership and Church Administration workshop with Colin Snider and Carl Frazier.

  • Clergy Appreciation Month: Celebrating Our Clergy

    October is Clergy Appreciation Month! We are grateful not only this month, but every day, for the faithful leadership, compassion, and dedication our clergy bring to their congregations and communities. In celebration of this month, Bishop Shelton and Dr. Rae Jean Proeschold-Bell, Director of the Duke Clergy Health Initiative, share ways in which we can…