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→
Episode 6: The Great Thanksgiving (Paragraph 3)
Holy, holy, holy Lord, God of power and might, heaven and earth are full of your glory. Hosanna in the highest. In this month’s episode of the Grace for the Future podcast, Bishop Leonard Fairley’s guests are Rev. Jason Villegas and Eliza Love. Rev Villegas is an ordained Elder in the North Carolina Annual Conference,… Continue Reading→
Episode 5: The Great Thanksgiving (Paragraph 2)
You formed us in your image and breathed into us the breath of life. When we turned away, and our love failed, your love remained steadfast. In episode 5 of the Grace for the Future podcast, Bishop Leonard Fairley and his guests, Rev. Dr. Jean Hawxhurst, an Ecumenical Staff Officer for the United Methodist Council… Continue Reading→
Episode 4: The Great Thanksgiving (Paragraph 1)
It is right, and a good and joyful thing, always and everywhere to give thanks to you… In this month’s episode of the Grace for the Future podcast, Bishop Leonard Fairley and his guests, Pastor Won Namkoong, an elder from the North Carolina Annual Conference, and Rev. Robert Amundsen, an elder in the Central Appalachian Missionary Conference (formerly the… Continue Reading→
Episode 3: Peace and Offering
As forgiven and reconciled people, Let us offer ourselves and our gifts to God. In this month’s episode of the Grace for the Future podcast, Bishop Leonard Fairley and his guests, Pam Moran, former Chairperson of the Kentucky Conference CFA Team, and Melba McCallum, Executive Director of Partners in Ministry and a deaconess in the… Continue Reading→
Pray with the NC Conference in December
“I urge, then, first of all, that petitions, prayers, intercession and thanksgiving be made for all people.” – 1 Timothy 2:1 You are invited to join your hearts together across our North Carolina Conference connection as we share together in daily prayer during the month of December. You will see on the calendar below a prompt… Continue Reading→
Speakers Announced for 2022 5-Day Academy for Spiritual Formation
The 2022 North Carolina Academy for Spiritual Formation will be held September 25-30, 2022 at Trinity Center in Pine Knoll Shores, NC. Jeremy Troxler The Widow’s Way: Pursuing Justice and Peace Through Persistent Prayer and Direct Relationship Rev. Jeremy Troxler is a baptized disciple of Jesus Christ, Margaret’s… Continue Reading→
Episode 2: Confession and Pardon
Let us offer one another signs of reconciliation and love. In this month’s episode of the Grace for the Future podcast, Bishop Leonard Fairley and his guests, Cindy Stamper, Conference Lay Leader for the Red Bird Missionary Conference, and Susan Graebe, the RIOM Coordinator for the North Carolina Conference, delve into the confession and pardon… Continue Reading→
Pray with the NC Conference in November
I urge, then, first of all, that petitions, prayers, intercession and thanksgiving be made for all people.” – 1 Timothy 2:1 You are invited to join your hearts together across our North Carolina Conference connection as we share in daily prayer during November. You will see on the calendar below a prompt for each day –… Continue Reading→