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  • The Center for Leadership Excellence is inviting you to the NC Conference’s 2026 committee training sessions, designed to equip chairs and committee members for effective leadership and a deeper understanding of committee roles and responsibilities.

  • The pastor of Oriental UMC (OUMC), Anne Sims, has held community “office hours” in a local coffee shop in her last four church appointments. Since 2019, she has spent most Wednesday mornings at The Bean coffee shop in Oriental, ready for conversation with anyone who’s willing. After COVID, she observed that many people were looking…

  • Accessibility as Hospitality

    Join us for a panel discussion with four NC conference clergy and laity who have a passion for improving accessibility. From diverse contexts, the panelists offer perspectives that represent both larger and smaller budgets, as well as urban and rural churches. These leaders are engaging in varied ways to create a sense of hospitality for…

  • The Center for Leadership Excellence presents a webinar to help churches imagine hospitality in fresh and faithful ways. Accessibility as Hospitality will highlight practical steps any congregation can take to ensure that every person can fully belong. Join us as our panelists share creative, real-life examples of how accessibility becomes a tangible expression of Christ-centered welcome.

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    Read a special letter from the Project AGAPE Board sharing both hopeful updates and the urgent needs facing this vital ministry. Reflecting on more than three decades of faithful partnership, the letter highlights the ongoing support of families displaced by the wars in Artsakh and celebrates the opening of the new AGAPE Center and Vocational…

  • Safer Sanctuaries Training

    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. This training will give you the theological…