Healthy Congregations and Effective Leaders in Every Place Making Disciples of Jesus Christ for the Transformation of the World
Cokesbury will be holding a VBS Preview event Saturday, Feb. 4, from 10 a.m.- noon at the United Methodist Building in Garner. A Christian educator will give a ten-minute overview of each of the VBS programs and then there will be time for questions to the presenters. All our VBS materials will be on sale… Continue Reading→
Lake Junaluska presents Caring for Creation 2012 on March 15-18, featuring Dr. Bill McKibben of Middlebury College, author of a dozen books on the environment, founder of 350.org., lecturer, and United Methodist Sunday School. Along with over 30 other environmental leaders, McKibben will explore ways individuals and churches can become more environmentally conscious and active…. Continue Reading→
From the Conference Transition Team: The Conference Transition Team has been working since Annual Conference to finalize their proposal for the new district lines and names. This process involved making an initial proposal for lines and church placement within new districts, receiving requests for reconsideration, reviewing those requests and communicating the results and, finally, proposing… Continue Reading→
In order to receive credit for 2011, apportionment and advance specials payments must be received in the Conference Treasurer’s Office by 8:30 a.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 18. Sunday Special Offerings must be received by Dec. 30, in order to be applied to 2011. Payments for the special offerings received after Dec. 30 will be applied… Continue Reading→
For 60 years, Global Ministries has been sending young people into service through the US-2 and mission intern programs. The US-2 and mission intern programs develop church leaders, as young people work in communities that face issues such as poverty, racism, or environmental justice. US-2s serve two years living out faith through social justice in… Continue Reading→
The Conference Secretary’s Office announces that the 2011 Conference Journal is now available online. The 2011 Journal contains links to the Conference Appointments, Pictorial Directory, and other useful information. Please feel free to contact the office of the Conference Secretary with any questions regarding the publication. For access go to: http://journal.nccumc.org/.
The Transition Team for forming eight new districts in the North Carolina Conference has named four sub-committees to assist in the work with various aspects of the move from 12 districts. Recommendations from the sub-committees will be considered by the Transition Team before final decisions are made. “Whatever you have heard about final decisions that… Continue Reading→
Project AGAPE Armenia, a joint ministry of churches in the NC and WNC Conferences, continues to serve in ministry with some of the most vulnerable people in the world – refugees and displaced persons in eastern Armenia. Though the ministry remains critical, funding and congregational support for the ministry grows smaller. Continued ministry beyond June… Continue Reading→
November 10, 2011 Dear United Methodist Sisters and Brothers in Christ: Grace and peace to you from Jesus Christ who calls us to faithfulness during a time of great and unsettling change around the world that God loves so deeply and also within the Body of Christ where Jesus is both head and redeemer. We… Continue Reading→
