The Raleigh District of the UMC

On Sunday, December 18 the newly renovated facilities of St Mark’s UMC in Raleigh were on display for a full house of members and guests. This project was the culmination of a two and one-half year dream as the congregation envisioned facilities that would truly welcome everyone, rather than exclude. Thus, the church has a new . . . → Read More: St Mark’s Celebrates Grand Reveal

Raleigh District Clergy will gather on February 13 from 9am to 2pm @ Millbrook UMC. The clergy of the district will share in worshipful work and focus our time together around the implications and opportunities which will unfold in our annual conference as districts are re-aligned and superintendents live into new expressions of . . . → Read More: Raleigh District To Gather With Bishop Gwinn February 13 @ Millbrook UMC

Clergy Conversations are slated for (January 9, 10, 11, 24, 25, 28)– I am currently scheduling ten (10) identical gatherings, during the month of January, one of which you will be asked to participate in. Again, you will only need to attend one of these gatherings. Attached with this correspondence you will see an article . . . → Read More: Clergy Conversations With Superintendent Slated For January

SPRC/Pastor Parish Relations Committee Training – This year we will offer four (4) identical training sessions for members of PPR/SPRC Committees as the new year begins and committees are planning their work . My hope is that each committee member will have an opportunity to participate in one of these gatherings. The committee does not have . . . → Read More: Watching Over One Another In Love – PPR/SPRC Training Coming In January

– Once again this year the churches of the Raleigh District are asked to take a special, second-mile mission offering during Christmas, which will benefit the following significant ministries: (1) New Faith Community Development (benefitting Echo Church – Morrisville and a Yet-To-Be Named New Campus of Apex UMC on the Hwy 55 North . . . → Read More: Raleigh District To Receive Special Second-Mile Christmas Offering

Dear Friends,

I am bringing several opportunities to you, hoping that you will be able to help. Two are around home repairs in Raleigh; the other is feeding an entire community on Thanksgiving Day.

First to the Thanksgiving Day meal. I received a request on Tuesday to serve a meal to the entire community of . . . → Read More: When God Touches Our Hearts Our Hands Become God’s Tools

The Call NC

“The kind of work God usually calls you to is the kind of work that you need most to do and that the world most needs to have done….The place God calls you to is the place where your deep gladness and the world’s deep hunger meet.”
-Frederick Buechner

We live in a world with a . . . → Read More: Ever Ponder God’s Call???

Dr. Eric W. Ewert, a graduate of Campbell University Divinity School, member of The American Association of Christian Counselors, and active lay minister @ St Andrews UMC in Garner is available to assist congregations in planning and offering effective marriage enrichment events, helping individuals/groups understand the significance of their personality type, the history of marriage and . . . → Read More: HeartBuilders: Oscar Winning Relationships

Dear Friends:

At 9:00 am on Tuesday, November 15 you will have a chance to meet someone who is being the hands and feet of Jesus in the Middle East. His name is Curt Rhodes and just this past week he received a special award from the World Economic Forum in recognition for the difference . . . → Read More: Curt Rhodes of Questscope @ Asbury UMC Nov. 15

Stories Of HOPE

Orphan Empowerment Program

It is an all too common sight across Africa, children caring for children because their parents have died of HIV/AIDS, disease, war, famine, and other causes. They face lives of loneliness, hardship and hunger. Many of the children end up begging for food, living on the streets, or worse. . . . → Read More: ZOE Animals Change Lives