~ Mary Zigbuo Mantor to Visit NC Conference Area ~ Between August 1 and August 15, our Conference Area will be hosting a General Board of Global Ministries (GBGM) missionary—Mary Zigbuo Mantor. Mary is well known in our Conference, as she was raised in Bolton, NC. Mary met and married Herbert Zigbuo and both of… Continue Reading→
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Key Taylor Award Deadline Extension
Last chance for rural churches to apply for the Key Taylor Award! Deadline extended until Monday, May 28. Submit to Kathy Duncan in a one page, narrative form. https://nccumc.org/outreach/2018/04/2018-key-taylor-award/
New Puerto Rico Opportunity!
July 16 – 21 Western NCC & NCC Mission Partnership The purpose of this mission trip is to work with the Puerto Rico Methodist Church for relationship development through the rebuilding of homes and churches. We will seek to offer ourselves sacrificially under the direction of UMVIM and the local church. With the participants of… Continue Reading→
Helping Ganta Mission Station
The Reverends Jaye White, Ed Rutenkroger and Bill Haddock recently visited with the leadership of the Liberia Annual Conference to see how we might partner with members of that Conference with their Strategic Plan. Part of that plan is to support the hospital and nursing school, located at Ganta United Methodist Mission Station in Nimba… Continue Reading→
Giving Together Hurricane Matthew Relief Fund of Cumberland Community Foundation – Yes, Again!
The Giving Together Hurricane Matthew Relief Fund of Cumberland Community Foundation, Inc., awarded the North Carolina Conference of the United Methodist Church (NC Conference) six more grants of $10,000 each to support Hurricane Matthew recovery work in Cumberland County. These latest six grants are designated for the following: • Debris removal • Electrical repair &… Continue Reading→
2018 Key Taylor Award Nominations
Rural church nominations for consideration of the Key Taylor Award are needed by May 18, 2018. Congregations can nominate themselves. For 2018, $1600 will be awarded. The award, sponsored through the United Methodist Foundation, is to call attention to the mission work of all rural churches by honoring the specific achievements of one rural church. To nominate a church, respond… Continue Reading→
A Word of Encouragement from Vietnam
Many of us remember the visit last year of Quynh-Hoa Nguyen, a General Board of Global Ministries (GBGM) missionary assigned to Vietnam. Quynh visited many churches in the NC Conference in October and November 2017. The Conference Missions Team wanted to support her ministry directly on behalf of our Conference churches, so the Team sent… Continue Reading→
Free EarthKeepers Training
Two New Opportunities! Detroit, MI, Sept 27-30, 2018 (Deadline Sept 6) Wasatch Retreat Center, Salt Lake City, UT Nov 1-4, 2018 (deadline Oct 11) Global Ministries EarthKeepers equips United Methodist laity and clergy to develop or deepen environmental initiatives in their communities. This is a great opportunity for United Methodists who: • Feel a deep sense of God’s call to care… Continue Reading→
Ricardo Ramos to Visit NC Conference Churches in May
The Rev. Dr. Richard (Ricardo) Ramos is a missionary with the General Board of Global Ministries of The United Methodist Church, serving as coordinator of theological education for the Evangelical Methodist Church in Bolivia, based in La Paz. Ramos will be visiting NC Conference churches for two weeks in May. Although he is already booked… Continue Reading→
Upcoming trips to West Africa
The NC Conference has significant ties to West Africa. Specifically, the Beacon District has “adopted” Liberia as its place where a lot of foreign ministry takes place. The Harbor District Churches are working closely with the Sierra Leone Annual Conference—particularly at Rotifunk Hospital. One of the ways in which we form bonds with both the… Continue Reading→
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