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An Encouragement for February
The Center for Leadership Excellence, in partnership with COSROW, is pleased to lift up the voices of women in ministry encouraging fellow women in ministry. Please enjoy this month’s Encouragement from the Rev. Beth H. Hood, Assistant to the Bishop for Clergy Life. Anyone can sign up to receive Encouragement emails here.
I’m one of those people who ALWAYS attempt to bring the weekly groceries in the house in one trip. For me, it’s not so much about eliminating multiple trips to and from the car as it is about proving I can do the difficult task. I like a good challenge, an opportunity to show I am strong and I don’t need help. Then I’m reminded that we were not created to live independently from one another. We are called to live in community, as chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation.
“As you come to him, the living Stone – rejected by humans but chosen by God and precious to him – you also, like living stones, are being built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.”
1 Peter 2:4-5
Scattered stones will not make a strong structure. It doesn’t matter how many stones or bricks we pile in the churchyard, as long as they remain scattered they will never amount to anything. A single stone cannot serve as a place of worship. A lonely brick cannot provide shelter for the needy. An individual rock cannot house the homeless. However gathered stones, unified people working together for the purposes of God, can establish mighty ministries. We are living stones. Together we can teach children to love God and grow in grace. Together we can inspire youth to pray and to serve. Together we can help the weary and heavy laden find inner peace. Together we can construct a community where multitudes can be refreshed in body, mind, and spirit. Together we can make disciples of Jesus Christ for the transformation of the world. This
is our mission, our calling, our purpose, our identity.
Reflect: In what aspects of your life are you unnecessarily carrying heavy loads? What are you attempting to do by yourself that God intends for you to do in partnership with others? How are you living in community with others?
Take Action: Challenge yourself to invite someone (or several people) to join you in an initiative, a project, or even a relatively simple task. Afterwards give God thanks for the gift of partnership and community.
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Center for Leadership Excellence and the Commission on the Status and Role of Women
TENx10 Relational Discipleship Kickstart
Are you a youth pastor, passionate volunteer, or someone who is looking for ways to deepen your faith and empower others to do the same? Join the TENx10 Relational Discipleship Kickstart and unleash your potential to cultivate a culture of discipleship! Through this ten-week encounter, you’ll gain practical tools and strategies to equip yourself and others around you in ministry to effectively share your faith, disciple others, and develop a lifelong commitment to following Jesus.
Together, we will create a lasting impact for Christ. The yearly trend for students who have grown up in church shows that, in the United States, each year, 1 million youth will leave the church and never return. Through the TENx10 program, you can join in fostering an effective environment where students will desire to stay, to pray, to serve, to transform, and to fulfill the Great Commission. The second set of cohorts will begin in April. If you are interested, please fill out an interest form by March 15.
2024 Day of Discovery for Certified Lay Ministry
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The North Carolina Conference Lay Servant Ministries team will sponsor an information session on Certified Lay Ministry (CLM) on at the North Carolina Conference building in Garner.
Called a Day of Discovery, this time with CLM facilitators Anggie Thompson and Deborah Horton will provide information on lay ministry, as well as an overview of the training program used in the North Carolina Conference to prepare and equip certified lay ministers to serve in local congregations.
Registration is open until May 27th and lunch is provided, free of charge.
Schedule:
- 9:30am – Doors open
- 10am – Welcome and Introductions
- 10:15am – Morning Worship
- 10:45am – Who’s in the Room?
- 11:20am – Break
- 11:30am – Overview of Certified Lay Ministry
- 12:15pm – Lunch and Community
- 12:45pm – The Life of a CLM: One Person’s Journey
- 1:15pm – Sharing Your Story
- 2:15pm – The CLM Process: Logistics and Discussion
- 3pm – Dismissal and Blessings for the Journey
Want to hear directly from a CLM about her experience? Check out this video with Pastor Laura Thompson and CLM Sandy Quinn as they share about the value of certified lay ministry for local congregations…
To learn more about certified lay ministry, visit any of these pages on the NC Conference website:
For questions, you may contact Josey Snyder at josey.snyder@nccumc.org.
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2024 CLM Day of Discovery
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Partnership with New Faith Communities and Center for Leadership Excellence
The Office of New Faith Communities partnered with Center for Leadership Excellence for a Common Learning Day with Rev. Dr. Kenda Creasy Dean presenting at Hayes Barton UMC. The day and a half event was filled with learning and conversation about holistic mission, Christian social innovation, and nontraditional ways to engage in ministry – both inside and outside of the church.
On day one, the gathered church planters participated in activities and games that invited them to grow in creative imagination as they lead, particularly when it comes to utilizing existing resources and thinking outside of the traditional church model.
Day two included, New Faith Communities planters, Leadership Fellows, and other Center for Leadership Excellence attendees. Around 150 people began the day by examining Paul’s story of shipwreck on Malta (Acts 27). Kenda Creasy Dean challenged us to flip our interpretation of the story and the devastation. Might Paul’s shipwreck, with broken boards of the boat strewn through the seas, actually be what he needed to be saved?
In the same way that Paul’s shipwreck saved him, are challenging times in churches a chance to look at shipwreck and an ‘unfamiliar shore of Malta’ as an opportunity rather than devastation? Creasy Dean urged the group to consider if their churches should ‘throw something overboard’ to stay afloat, acknowledging that when societal change is front and center, churches may need to prune ministries that do not fit. She challenged the clergy and laity to take the lessons learned on Malta to make sense of the unfamiliar territory that many of our churches are in right now.
Throughout the Day of Learning, Creasy Dean’s experiential activities and times for reflection meant that ideas were birthed, some were fine-tuned, and others reached that critical point of inflection where they will move from idea to reality.
Corridor District: Leading in Prayer
The Corridor district Lay Servant Ministries team presents Leading in Prayer with Stephan Margeson.
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Course scholarships are available to those in need of financial assistance. Scholarships reduce the cost of a course to $5. Please contact your district director or cle@nccumc.org.
About this course: 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 for those on whose behalf the prayer is offered.
Course goals:
- Consider what public prayer is and is not;
- Acquire practical guidelines for avoiding common pitfalls;
- Explore prayers as an integral part of worship;
- Discuss the kind of language we need, and don’t need, to address God.
Order Your Book!
All participants are expected to read the participant book, Let the Whole Church Say Amen by Laurence Hull Stookey, before taking this course.
For questions about the course, please contact Corridor district LSM co-director Vicki Ambrose, vambrose@nccumc.org.
About the Facilitator
Stephan Margeson is our Pastor of Disciple. He is the primary pastor for Aldersgate Worship Service, and oversees discipleship programming and opportunities for Front Street UMC in all age groups. Stephan also advises the Missions Team of Front Street UMC in volunteer opportunities and financial giving. He enjoys going on runs with his dog, having adventures with his family, and eating really good food with friends!
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CO: Leading in Prayer (April 27, 2024)
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UM Collective of NCAldersgateAll Saint'sAllensvilleAmityAndrews ChapelAsburyBethanyBethel – DurhamBethel – PelhamBethel – Snow CampCarrboroCedar CliffCedar GroveChestnut RidgeChristClover GardenConcordConnallyDavis StreetDuke MemorialDuke's ChapelDurham Home Church NetworkEflandElizabeth StreetEllis ChapelEmmauelEpworthFairviewFirst – ElonFirst – GrahamFletchers ChapelFront StreetGlendale HeightsHaw RiverHillsboroughKindred CampusLa SemillaLea's ChapelLeasburgLebanonLocust HillLong MemorialLonghurstMassey's ChapelMcMannenMebaneMiltonMt. BethelMt. HermonMt. SylvanMt. TaborMt. TirzahNew BethelNew BrookNew CreationNew HopeNew SharonOrangePalmer's GroveParkwoodPleasant GreenProspectPurleyRiverviewRock CreekRougemontSalemSaxapahawSemoraShady GroveShepherd's HouseSt. PaulStoried ChurchSwepsonvilleThe Church at Spring ForestThe City WellThe Six:Eight ChurchTrinity – DurhamTrinity – OxfordUnionUnion Grove – BahamaUnion Grove – HillsboroughUniversityWalnut Grove
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UM Collective of NCApexAsburyBethlehemBroadwayBrown's ChapelBynumCameronCandorCarthageCedar GroveCenterChathamConcordCool SpringsDoub's ChapelEagle SpringsEbenezerEl CaminoEllerbeEtherEvergreenFair PromiseFiesta CristianaFirst: Fuquay-VarinaFirst: Mt. GileadFirst: Siler CityFuquay-VarinaGenesisHickory GroveHigh FallsHolly SpringsJones ChapelJones SpringsJonesboroKiplingLemon SpringsLillingtonLittle RiverMarcusMcQueen ChapelMelton's GroveMerritt's ChapelMoncureMorris ChapelMt. OliveMt. PleasantNormanPage MemorialPinebluffPinehurstPittsboroPleasant Hill: PittsboroPleasant Hill: RobbinsPoplar SpringsRoselandSardisSouthern PinesSt. FrancisSt. LukeStarSunriseTabernacleThe Local ChurchThe PeakTrinity: SanfordTrinity: TroyUnion GroveVassWest EndWoodsideZion
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UM Collective of NCAsburyAshpole CenterBeaver DamBethedsaBranch StreetCaledoniaCamp GroundCommunityCool SpringsCordovaCrossroadsEast RockinghamFairviewFellowshipFirst: HamletFirst: LaurinburgFirst: PembrokeFletcher's ChapelGalileeGibsonGraceGreen LakeHarry HosierHay StreetHaymountJerusalemJohn WesleyLaurel HillLedbetterMarvinMillers ChapelMt. OliveMt. ZionNew HopeNew ZionOlivetPee DeePerson StreetPhiladelphiaPiney GrovePleasant GroveProspectRaefordReganRhyne MemorialSnead's GroveSolid RockSpring HillSt. AndrewsSt. GeorgeSt. JohnSt. LukeSt. MatthewsSt. PaulsSt. Paul'sSt. Peter: HamletSt. Peter: WagramTrinity: FayettevilleTrinity: Red SpringsVictoryWall's ChapelZion
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UM Collective of NCAntiochBethelBethlehemBoltonBurgawCampCarltonCarver's CreekChadbournClarktonConcordEpworthFaith HarborFirst: Mt. OliveFriendshipGrace: ClintonGrace: WilmingtonHallsboroHampsteadHarborHope Recovery ChurchJordan's ChapelLive OakMcGeeMosaic NFCMt. MoriahOcean ViewPink HillSalemSeasideSmith ChapelSt. PaulsThe AnchorThe Feast GatheringTrinity: SouthportTrinity: WilmingtonWallaceWarsawWesley ChapelWesley MemorialWesleyan ChapelWesley's ChapelWhitevilleWrightsboroWrightsvilleZion
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UM Collective of NCBattleboroBethelBethlehem: ArcolaBethlehem: NashvilleBullock'sBunnCreedmoorEbenezer: FranklintonEnfieldEnglewoodFirst: HendersonFirst: Rocky MountFlat RockFranklintonGibson MemorialHalifaxHargrove ChapelHill KingLebanonLittletonLouisburgMcKendreeMt. CarmelMt. ZionNew HopeNorlinaOak GroveOxfordPinetopsPiney GrovePlank ChapelPleasant HillRed OakRehobothRosemarySalemSouth RosemarySpringSpring ValleySt. JamesSt. PaulSt. PetersThe Mills ChurchTrinityVillage Church RolesvilleWake ForestWakefieldWesley ChapelWesley MemorialWhitakersWhite MemorialZebulonZoar Chapel
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UM Collective of NCAllianceAnn StreetAtlanticAuroraAydenBayboroBell ArthurCalvary MemorialCentenaryCherry PointChocowinityClarksFirstGriftonHarloweHobuckenInstituteJarvis MemorialLaGrangeMonk MemorialNew SongNoble's ChapelNorthwoodsOak Grove: HubertOrientalPine ValleyQueen StreetRainbowRiverdaleRiversideSalemSharonSmyrnaSt. James: GreenvilleSt. James: NewportSt. Peter'sSwansboroThe EdgeTrinity: KinstonTrinity: MarshellbergTrinity: New BernUnidos por CristoVandemereWebb ChapelWesley MemorialWestminsterWharton Trinity
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