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Restructuring – what’s next?

Work has begun on a new district-level structure for Connectional Ministries designed to better equip local churches and increase connectionalism conference-wide.Approved at Annual Conference, the new structure will create a District Council of Connectional Ministries in each of the 12 districts. Overseen by the district superintendent and that district’s congregational specialist, each DCCM will comprise four separate areas of ministry (discipleship, advocacy, outreach and lay leadership). Those four ministry areas will each comprise six to 10 members appointed by the district superintendent, congregational specialist and district lay leader, for a total of 36-40 DCCM members.The idea is that each DCCM will be more connected to the local church and more able to equip local... Read more...

The Sky’s the Limit

When Meagan Rogers was 14 years old, she lost her mother to ovarian cancer. In that moment, her world was forever changed. The solid foundation that...

Spirit, Spark Draw Laity

LAKE JUNALUSKA, N.C. – With a theme of “It Only Takes a Spark,” workshop and worship were chock-full of ideas for lay leaders to br...

The Wow Factor

Every once in a while, the only word that can begin to describe it is “wow.” It is the spontaneous expression reserved for those times wh...

What’s on your UM T-shirt?

At Laity Convocation last month, Columbia District Superintendent the Rev. Tim McClendon talked about something I just can’t get off my mind. ...

Conference worship calls up ‘the least’

FLORENCE – “Are We Yet Alive,” the traditional hymn to open Annual Conference, reassured more than 1,800 clergy, lay delegates, alt...