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The Latest COVID-19 Update From The Bishop and Cabinet
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Covid Update – 7.26.2022
We have begun to get updates from local churches reporting Covid outbreaks after an event or worship service. Even though the current variant, Omicron BA.5, generally causes less severe disease than infection with prior variants, it does spread more easily. Currently, 50 of the 100 counties in North Carolina are at high risk for Covid infections and the resulting strains on the health care system. Current transmission rates are high across the state. Hospital admissions for patients over 70 years of age have risen in the past 90 days. In a spirit of “doing no harm,” we recommend a return to wearing masks in large indoor gatherings.
This post from epidemiologist Dr. Katelyn Jetelina is a helpful summary of where we are and what to do.
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#BeUMC Video Series: Mattie Queen
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To continue our #BeUMC series, Mattie Queen, a Youth at Myers Memorial UMC, shares her story.
Watch the video below or click HERE.
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Hatchathon 2022 is Almost Here!
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Are you nursing an entrepreneurial idea for ministry, but don’t know how to get it started (much less fund it)? Is your church ready to move a social enterprise idea down the field that funds other aspects of ministry? Could you use the wisdom of others to test-drive an idea for missional entrepreneurship?
Hatchathon 2022 takes place on September 22-24 in Huntersville.
LEARN MORE ABOUT HATCHATHON
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Church and Society Announces 2022 Grant Funding Cycle
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Grants support local UMC churches, annual conferences, caucuses, and community partners to further ministries of justice and peace. Funding is being provided for the following programs: Ethnic Local Church Grants, Human Relations Day Grants, and Peace and Justice Grants. Applications will be accepted from August 1, 2022 to September 16, 2022.
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Check Out This #BeUMC Discussion Guide!
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Provide this resource to small groups who wish to learn more about the campaign’s four key messaging themes and how they celebrate our identity as United Methodists.
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Featured Stories Relating to Our AC2022 Theme
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Below are the featured stories related to our Annual Conference 2022 Theme: Connect. Imagine. Engage.
We encourage you to connect with one another in ministry, imagine what your future is and could be in the United Methodist Church, and engage in missions and ministries that can better our world.
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This six-month course is for lay people to reflect upon the art and practice of preaching. Participants will explore how to use the Bible for preaching, how to craft a sermon, and have the opportunity to preach and evaluate a sermon.
LEARN MORE & REGISTER HERE
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WNCC Creation Care Ideas Exchange
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Join the leaders of the Conference Creation Care Ministry Team on August 16th at 7pm on Zoom to share ideas about "How do we reach younger generations through Creation Care and Creation Justice ministries?"
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Don't Just Stand There. Do Something!
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Read this article from UM News by Rev. Dr. Sean Turner, member of the WNCC, currently serving the British Methodist Church.
Key Points:
- Too often, we hold prayer vigils and pray for peace and healing. And then we go home until the next shooting.
- When it comes to justice, fighting the good fight doesn’t always work out so well. But not fighting is so much worse.
- As Methodists, we once embraced the concepts of personal holiness and social gospel. In our DNA is this idea that we care for souls – both our own and those around us.
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Interfaith Coalition for Gun Safety
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Clergy and Lay-Members from WNCC Churches have come together with other local religious leaders to form an Interfaith Coalition for Gun Safety. The have gathered their concerns regarding gun violence into a join statement with the hope to reach local, state, and federal political leaders through an online petition.
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Deep South Pilgrimage with Myers Park UMC
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Together with Sanctuary Charlotte Church, Myers Park UMC in Charlotte is taking a Deep South Pilgrimage. James E. Ford, an award-winning educator and consultant on issues of equity in education, will guide us as we travel by bus to Montgomery, Selma, Birmingham, and Atlanta to learn from and with one another. We hope to return transformed, inspired to bring about a piece of Dr. King’s dream here in Charlotte, and stronger together than we have been apart.
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One year away - Youth 2023 promises to be an engaging, exciting event for young people all over the country. Sponsored by the Discipleship Ministries and Young People’s Ministries of The United Methodist Church. Check out more information at the Youth 2023 link.
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Ask The UMC: Valuing Life
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United Methodists worldwide seek to bring abundant life to people at every stage through the hands-on ministries we support and the advocacy we do.
This seven-part series explores the ways United Methodists value life and help others experience the abundance of life Jesus promises.
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UNITED METHODIST FOUNDATION
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Equipping the Local Church for Sound Financial Management
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Join us in congratulating our newest class of graduates in the Certificate Program in Church Treasury. This group of financial stewards will be stronger and better equipped because of their commitment.
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Western North Carolina Conference
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Huntersville, NC 28070
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