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The General Board of Global Ministries is extending an invitation to United Methodist churches and annual conferences to participate in United Methodist Volunteers in Mission (UMVIM) Awareness Sunday. This new celebration Sunday offers an opportunity to recognize volunteers who offer their time, talents and abilities to serve others. The 2016 General Conference approved UMVIM Awareness… Continue Reading→
Calling all Youth & Young Adults, aged 12 to 24 for an exciting summer mission camp June 28 – July 2, 2015 at Lake Junaluska, NC. Share in local mission projects, worship together, fellowship and grow with family groups as you study the Bible and learn how to apply what you learn. Be challenged by… Continue Reading→
Long standing relationships between NC churches and the Evangelical Methodist Church in El Salvador continue to bear fruit. The 8 NCC mission teams to El Salvador in 2014 included many returnees. The Fairway and Heritage Districts have adopted the Salvadoran Mission as their district-wide mission project. The love between the NCC missioners and the people… Continue Reading→
Harry, Barbara, Carolyn, and David, from FUMC Washington, NC, received Disaster Early Response Training during April. They had no idea that their training and presence would become a blessing for tornado survivors so immediately! Here is part of their story as they respond to the disaster in their community. We need many volunteers. As… Continue Reading→
During the final days of April, multiple tornadoes touched down across areas of north-eastern North Carolina and damaged or destroyed more than 400 homes. Several hundred United Methodist volunteers from across the North Carolina Conference, the Western North Carolina Conference, Virginia Conference, and other conferences, began the initial work of serving the many people who were… Continue Reading→
Dear United Methodist friends,Grace and peace in the strong name of Jesus Christ.Strong winds swept into eastern North Carolina Friday evening,impacting many of our neighbors. Scores of homes were destroyed ordamaged. A child was killed in Edenton. Many are in need of comfort,assistance and hope today.We are grateful to our Disaster Response leaders who are working tirelessly… Continue Reading→
A tornado touched down Monday afternoon in Beaufort and Hyde Counties east of Washington NC and stayed on the ground for 5 to 8 minutes. At least 13 people were taken to the hospital and 3 remained hospitalized on Tuesday. The tornado downed trees, caused at least 4 car accidents, destroyed several homes and damaged… Continue Reading→
What began as an invitation for Rev. Edie Gleaves to preach at the Sierra Leone Annual Conference has become the NC Conference’s newest outreach – Rotifunk Hospital: Mission of Hope (#S-00281). Edie and a team from Wrightsville UMC visited Sierra Leone in March 2013 and discovered an impoverished West African country, still devastated from… Continue Reading→
NCC and Peruvian Methodists met in November 2013 and reaffirmed their mutual commitment to be in mission together. NCC members are excited to attend the General Assembly of the Iglesia Metodista del Peru (Methodist Church of Peru) in March 2014, when a new bishop will be elected. This summer, NCC will be hosting Dr. Dora… Continue Reading→
2013 was a great year for the Methodist Church in El Salvador and its partnership with Global Ministries of the United Methodist Church. Key roles were played by Brian and Ellyn Dubberly, both from the NC Conference. Ellyn Dubberly (Advance # 3021818) was appointed as a Global Ministries Missionary in 2013 and joined her husband Brian… Continue Reading→