I’ve been reading articles from the general secular society, “I Don’t Want to Go Back,” “I Have to Go Back,” “I Must Go Back,” etc. about how folks do, do not, and aren’t sure about re-assembling at work places, former haunts and routine stops. As our churches are having their initial re-assembling conversations or actually… Continue Reading→
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Capital Sub District Meetings
Just a friendly reminder that the Capital Sub district meetings scheduled for today and tomorrow were changed to May 10th and May 11th due to the scheduling of a seminar which Gray and I needed to attend. This change was posted in the latest Capital District newsletter. Monday, May 10, 2021 at 8:30am: SW Sub district meetingMonday, May… Continue Reading→
Opportunity to Join Wake County Farm and Faith Partnerships Community-Supported Agriculture (CSA) Project
Rural Advancement Foundation International – USA’s (RAFI-USA) Come to the Table program (CTTT) recently launched a new community partnership, a Wake County CSA connecting churches in Wake County with farmers of color in their community. You can learn more about this project by reading this Indy Week article. Farmers of color in the United States continue to… Continue Reading→
WHY NOT GO TO ANNUAL CONFERENCE? THE LAY EQUALIZATION PLAN
The Capital District is blessed to have many spaces for lay people not elected by their local churches to be members of the NC Annual Conference to still serve as lay members at Annual Conference which will meet this coming June 16-18. Our Discipline requires that an equal number of lay and clergy people be… Continue Reading→
A Statement in Response to White Supremacist Group using Former United Methodist Church Building
As United Methodists, we affirm the free love of God for all people, given us in Jesus Christ. With all Christians, we celebrate Jesus’ call for us to embrace each other and, with the whole Church, work for the reconciliation of the world’s peoples to one another. Any move away from that marvelous grace grieves… Continue Reading→
Your Help is Needed
Congregations For Children (C4C) is a statewide initiative of The United Methodist Church focused on reflecting the love of Christ to our neighbors by helping children in public schools who are living in poverty. C4C’s areas of focus include:* Helping to improve K-3 Literacy rates (volunteer tutors, collecting /donating books, after-school tutoring programs, summer reading camps, etc.)* Helping… Continue Reading→
NCC UMW Scholarship
NC Conference United Methodist Women invite High School Seniors or Undergraduate/ Graduate College Students with a 2.5 GPA and accepted to one of the following colleges: Louisburg College, Methodist University, NC Wesleyan College, Duke University, Duke Course of Study (COS) or Duke Divinity School to apply for the following scholarship opportunity. To be considered for… Continue Reading→
Methodist Home for Children
An Evening to Dream Big | January 30 at 7 pm | DreamBig.fun At Methodist Home for Children, our kids have dreams – but it breaks your heart sometimes to hear them. We know their lives could be bolder, and their dreams could be bigger. On January 30, you can help. Online for one night only,… Continue Reading→
Sabbath Life 2021: Registration is now Open
In this season when our church leaders are carrying especially heavy burdens, the team at Life Around the Table remains dedicated to creating space for clergy and ministry professionals to find renewal and rejuvenation of body, mind, and soul through our Sabbath Life ministry. Sabbath Life is an invitation to clergy and ministry professionals to… Continue Reading→
Racial Healing Team Update
The Capital District Racial Healing Team has met twice so far this quadrennium and we wanted to offer an update. This team was established in 2015 and much of our initial work was spent in building relationships between team members and in participating in training such as the Racial Equity Institute (REI) Phase 1 and… Continue Reading→
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