Cancer Companions brings hope to anyone coping with cancer. There are one-on-one or group volunteer companions, prayer partners, bible studies, devotionals, resources and more. You can easily start a Cancer Companions group in your church! Please consider the benefits of serving God’s people through this ministry. Five Ways Cancer Companions Will Impact Your Church Lives… Continue Reading→
Congregational Coaching for Effective Ministry – SHIFT Coaching beginning in September!
We extend an invitation for twelve courageous congregational ministry teams to participate in training toward vital and relevant ministry. Shift coaching was designed by Dr. Phil Maynard, Director of the Path 1 Coaching Network, Discipleship Ministries (formally GBOD) and is the author of “Shift – Helping Congregations Back into the Game of Effective Ministry” and… Continue Reading→
MERCI Center Revival!
YOU ARE INVITED to stop on your way to Annual Conference and join us for the blessing of the MERCI Center! Bishop Ward and Mrs. Linda Edwards Foster will be with us Wednesday, June 15, at 1 p.m. for the celebration. Everyone is welcome as we revive the name of the Marion Edwards Recovery Center Initiative… Continue Reading→
Meet An AGAPE Missionary in Person!
Nara Melkonyan, who is our Conference missioner assigned to work with AGAPE in Nagorno-Karabakh, will be visiting Churches in North Carolina between April 12 and May 9, 2016. For over 20 years, AGAPE has been a joint ministry between the North Carolina and Western North Carolina Conference. During that time, AGAPE has been in ministry in Nagorno-Karabakh—a territory… Continue Reading→
Celebrating Persons in Mission: Shirley Townsend-Jones
This week we give thanks for UMC missionary Shirley Townsend-Jones (Advance # 982995), a Church and Community Worker serving the Bennettsville-Cheraw Area Cooperative Ministry (BCACM) since 1991. BCACM is a specialized ministry of the South Carolina Conference UMC. Prior to joining the BCACM staff, Shirley was Director of the Rockingham (NC) District Black Church Development… Continue Reading→
Celebrating Persons in Mission: Marcharkelti McKenzie
We continue our celebration of Black History month by featuring Marcharkelti McKenzie (Advance # 3022000), a Global Mission Fellow serving at Open Doors United Methodist Mission in Prichard, Alabama. Marcharkelti was commissioned in July 2014, by none other than our own Bishop Hope Morgan Ward. Marcharkelti (affectionately known as “Mo”) comes from Maxton, NC. Prior… Continue Reading→
Rainbow Covenant Forms Due Jan 31st
Oops! Where did the time go? 2015 Rainbow Covenant Reports are due to your District Mission Secretary by January 31, 2016. Contributions must be received by the NCC Treasurer’s Office no later than January 31, 2016 to be accepted as a 2015 offering. Click on 2015 Rainbow Covenant Report to open and print the reporting… Continue Reading→
Calling 20-30 Year Olds to Challenge of a Lifetime
Engage, Connect, and Grow as part of the [Gen]eration Transformation, mission opportunities in the UMC for young adults. Whether you are employed full time, still in college, or graduated and wondering what to do next, consider giving two years of your life to serving others, exploring how faith intersects with the world, and developing leadership… Continue Reading→
Exciting Opportunity for Small Churches to Partner with ZOE
Have you heard of ZOE, but thought your church was too small to make a difference? Now you have an exciting opportunity to pool resources with other NCC churches, utilizing Mission Seed Funds, and make an incredible difference in the lives of 60 to 100 orphan and vulnerable children. The NCC Mission Team set aside… Continue Reading→
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