Latest Updates
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Family – A Message from Lay Leader Kim R. Smith
Churches are a lot like families. There are days congregations are united with joy and others they are joined together in grief. There are the necessary meetings that can go […] Continue Reading→
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From Your Heart to Theirs: Delivering an Effective Sermon – May 15th
From Your Heart to Theirs will be offered virtually on May 15th from 8:30 am to 4:30 pm but ZOOM. The Rev Linda Taylor who is an Associate in Church Transformation Ministries […] Continue Reading→
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What is Your Dismantling Racism Journey?
My name is Jason Leighton. I’m the pastor at Cavalry Memorial UMC in Snow Hill, North Carolina. I joined the Sound District Committee on Dismantling Racism because I believe the […] Continue Reading→
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SOUNDS: From Jackie and Roxie – 01.20.2021
Today is another cold winter day with ice crystals in the full ditches and in the many puddles. The roofs, lawns, and crops are covered in a heavy frost this […] Continue Reading→
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Grace for the Journey: The “Why” Matters
In the last article, I wrote: “Feed the hungry, give drink to the thirsty, welcome the stranger, clothe the naked, visit the sick and imprisoned—and so many more ways we […] Continue Reading→
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Finding Peace in the Chaos – A Message from Lay Leader Kim R. Smith
When the world seems crazy and chaotic, I intentionally look for peace. Some might call that escaping reality, but I would argue it is in fact facing reality. Life is […] Continue Reading→
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How Sweet the Sound – January 19
I was in a meeting a few weeks ago, discussing the kinds of leadership qualities which will be important for church leaders to embody as we transition together in 2021. […] Continue Reading→
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Leading Worship Lay Servant Class – March 27
Leading Worship (*required for certified Lay Speaker) will be offered 8:30 am to 4:30 pm on Saturday, March 27, 2021 by Zoom. Alan Gill will be teaching and leading this […] Continue Reading→
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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, […] Continue Reading→