Your Deacon Endowment Team is pleased to invite you to apply for a NCC Deacon Endowment grant to be awarded in 2022. The endowment began in September 2017, and thanks to the generosity of so many it quickly grew. enabling grants to be awarded up to $450 since 2019. As the endowment has continued to… Continue Reading→
Clergy Loan Program Brings New Beginnings for Clergy
It is easy to get distracted by the demands of ministry and congregational missions. For many pastors, this constant focus on spiritual work can place financial health at the bottom of the list and creates long-term financial issues. Let’s be honest, money is stressful. In the bible money is mentioned more than 800 times and… Continue Reading→
Matching Gift Opportunity for the Deacon Endowment Fund
The NC Conference Deacon Endowment Team has exciting news. Thanks to a very generous gift from the family of the late Rev. Judy Stephens, The Judy Stephens Continuing Education Fund is being established. Judy’s untimely death in 2020 was a shock to us all, but Judy’s legacy will live on in many ways including through this fund…. Continue Reading→
NCC Deacon Endowment Announces Awards
The NCC Deacon Endowment team of the North Carolina Annual Conference has enthusiastically issued its annual awards for 2021. It is our pleasure to grant this year’s NCC Deacon Endowment award to Joe Cox and Allison Morgan. Joe serves Covenant UMC and Allision is a senior at Duke Divinity School. In his application, Joe wrote,… Continue Reading→
Applications & Donations for the Deacon Endowment
The Deacon Endowment is now accepting applications for all eligible clergy serving under deacon’s orders, or certified candidates pursuing ordination on the deacon track. Applicants must actively serve or intend to serve the NC Conference. The three categories of benefit include 1) Higher Education Scholarships, 2) Continuing Education Scholarships, and 3) Good Samaritan needs. Applications… Continue Reading→
Ryan Dunn Joins Staff at UM Communications
Ryan Dunn, a provisional deacon in the North Carolina Conference, has joined the staff of United Methodist Communications (UMComm) as Minister of Online Engagement for Rethink Church. Dunn is a graduate of Duke Divinity School and most recently served as the youth pastor at St. James UMC in Greenville, NC. “I have previous experience in… Continue Reading→
Multiple Pockets of Generosity
Staff of the United Methodist Foundation, Inc., presented a workshop focused on different ways generosity is demonstrated in giving through annual income, accumulated assets and estate gifts. Participants learned how an endowment ministry can actually increase annual giving, what motivates people to give and how to recognize those who are likely to make a planned gift. … Continue Reading→