Latest Updates
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A Message From Your Lay Leader – Cloudy
– Kim R. Smith, Sound District Lay Leader Sometimes I just stop and give thanks for the way God works things out in my life. One of the many Continue Reading→
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Clergy Compensation for 2023
Staff/Pastor Parish Relations Committee, Thank you for the leadership that you offer as chair of the Staff/Parish Relations Committee. In this challenging time of the pandemic, your support of ministry Continue Reading→
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District Lay Servant Ministry Team Offers – Connectional Living and Connectional Giving
Connectional Living and Connectional Giving will be held virtually through ZOOM on September 24, 2022 beginning at 8:30 am. This course helps lay servants understand and share the world transforming Continue Reading→
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Davidson Clergy Center to Host Clergy Program for Resilience and Renewal
The Professional Renewal Initiative has been awarded a grant from The Duke Endowment that will enable approximately 16 North Carolina UMC pastors to attend the Clergy Program at Davidson Clergy Center. Scholarships Continue Reading→
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Retirees Meet For Lunch – Monday, July 25
The Sound District retired clergy and/or surviving spouses are slated to meet again on Monday, July 25 at 11:30am at Golden Corral in Greenville. The last time we were together Continue Reading→
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How Sweet the Sound: Using the Broken Pieces
July is a month we pause to remember the birth of a nation. It’s also a month we associate with coming together, of vacations, and fireworks, slices of watermelon, and Continue Reading→
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SOUNDS with Roxie and Jackie: Rise Up! and Reveal God’s Grace
2022 theme for Laity Sunday based on 2 Timothy 1:8-12 is Rise Up! AND Reveal God’s Grace “The witness of the laity, their Christ-like examples of everyday living as well Continue Reading→
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Grace for the Journey: What’s so Holy about Communion?
Yes, I know I’ve written about Holy Communion before, but it has been a while, and for many of us, we are just recently returning to or are still hoping Continue Reading→
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A Message from Your Lay Leader – Spark!
– Kim R. Smith, Sound District Lay Leader One of my favorite summer camp songs that I learned as a child attending Camp Don Lee was, Pass it On Continue Reading→