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SOUNDS: From Jackie and Roxie – 02.17.2021

February 16, 2021 Leave a Comment

While waiting for the coffee to brew, I stood at my kitchen window gazing at the pond and thought how ponds come and go in that back corner. Recently the pond has been there reflecting the ... Continue Reading→

Filed Under: General

You are invited to a ‘weekly gathering’ with the Upper Room Discipline and Sound District – Jan. 11, 2021

January 11, 2021 Leave a Comment

Knowing and Being Known In 2021 every clergy serving, along with a number of key district leaders, received in December a copy of Upper Room Disciplines for 2021. Our hope is to get more of us ... Continue Reading→

Filed Under: General, Spiritual Formation, Upper Room Disciplines Reflection Tagged With: 01.11-17.2021, 1 Corinthians 6:12-20, 1 Samuel 3:1-20, John 1:43-51, Katie Russell Hainline, Psalm 139:1-6 and 13-18, Upper Room Discipline 2021

Methodist Home for Children

January 6, 2021 Leave a Comment

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 ... Continue Reading→

Filed Under: Events, General Tagged With: Dream Big, Events, Events, Methodist Home for Children

Insulate and Encourage – A Message from Lay Leader Kim R. Smith

January 5, 2021 Leave a Comment

     I spent my first White Christmas since 1989, with my husband in a fairly isolated mountain cabin. There is something really special about everything being covered with snow. ... Continue Reading→

Filed Under: from District Lay Leader, General Tagged With: 2020, better days, clergy and laity, CoVID, encourage others outside-the-box, insulated, Snow

Message from Your Dismantling Racism Team

December 9, 2020 Leave a Comment

Do you remember the story of the first Gentile converts to Christianity?  It's found in Acts 10 when two things happened: (1) Peter received a vision of unclean foods and a voice said, "Kill and ... Continue Reading→

Filed Under: dismantling racism, General Tagged With: Acts 10, dismantling racism, join the team

How Sweet the Sound: November 25

November 19, 2020 Leave a Comment

“Let us never forget that the hinge of all history still swings from a stable door in Bethlehem.”  Ralph W. Sockman Jan Richardson notes, “The season of Advent means there is something on the ... Continue Reading→

Filed Under: from the DS, General Tagged With: @NCCUMCSoundDistrict, Advent, Galatians 4:4 (The Message), Ralph W. Sockman, The Spirit Is Breathing by Dom Helder Camara

A Tale of Two Churches – A Message from Lay Leader Kim R. Smith

November 18, 2020 Leave a Comment

      The time changed, but my internal clock did not. So I got up early and decided to go to church with my dad in Havelock. His church was offering both 8:30 am and 11:00 am services ... Continue Reading→

Filed Under: from District Lay Leader, General Tagged With: COVID has not stopped the work of God.

Boxes – A Message from Lay Leader Kim R. Smith

November 10, 2020 Leave a Comment

As Christians we often put each other into boxes. A young mother joins the church and the Children’s Ministry Team gets excited and starts courting the newest member.     The construction ... Continue Reading→

Filed Under: from District Lay Leader, General Tagged With: assumption, Boxes, called to serve, church leadership, Corinthians 12:7 CEV

No Flu Clinic in 2020

August 28, 2020 Leave a Comment

From our Treasurer’s office: Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Conference Insurance Committee is unable to provide our usual flu shot clinic at the United Methodist Building this year.  In ... Continue Reading→

Filed Under: General Tagged With: Flu Shot

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