#BeUMC

#BeUMC honors the core values that connect the people of The United Methodist Church. No matter the challenges we face, God is with us, and we continue to have opportunities to make disciples of Jesus Christ for the transformation of the world!

The campaign calls us to embrace our Wesleyan heritage and envision a promising future. Every day offers a chance to live into our mission and to strive to #BeUMC — to be the church our communities so desperately need.

This grassroots effort, built upon powerful stories of congregations and people living their faith, celebrates what draws us to The United Methodist Church and what we aspire to be.

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Bishop Carter introduces The Great 50 Days campaign

4/10/2023

To the people of the United Methodist Church in Western North Carolina, We are in the season now of Easter.  We have transitioned from a 40 day season of fasting (Lent) to a 50 day season of feasting (Easter).  We celebrated the resurrection on Sunday, and now we remember that Jesus was with us on earth for 40 days prior to his ascension (Acts 1).  There was then a period of ten days before the Day of Pentecost (Acts 2).  In these days Jesus appeared to them as the Risen Lord and spoke about the...

National Day of Prayer service to be held at Lake Junaluska on May 4

4/10/2023

A National Day of Prayer service will be held at the outdoor amphitheater below the Cross at Lake Junaluska on Thursday, May 4, at 10 a.m. The service will be an opportunity to come together to pray for the nation, and representatives from the community will lead all gathered in prayers for family, church, workplace, education, military, government, and arts and media. Linda Carlson and Melba Hanson, co-coordinators of the 2023 National Day of Prayer event at Lake Junaluska, said the event is ...

Means of Grace: A Holy Week Meditation from Bishop Carter

4/4/2023

As we prepare our hearts to journey with Jesus to the cross, the grave, and into resurrection, Bishop Carter offers these words of prayer and reflection.

Celebrating Women's History Month in the WNCC: Lucy Henderson Owen Robertson

3/29/2023

Did you know that Lucy Robertson was the first president of the Woman’s Foreign Missionary Society of the WNC Conference? In this short bio, Conference Archivist and Historian Jim Pyatt tells a story of Robertson's influence in The United Methodist Church.

Means of Grace BONUS EPISODE: Our Life in Community: A Mid-Lenten Reflection with Bishop Carter

3/27/2023

In this short bonus episode, Bishop Carter dives a bit deeper into the life and teaching of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, particularly related to Bonhoeffer's book Life Together, which we have been studying together as a Conference throughout the season of Lent.

Celebrating Women's History Month in the WNCC: Juanita "Nita" Tillman Henderson

3/23/2023

Did you know that Nita Tillman Henderson was the first woman to Chair the WNC Conference Council on Ministries, a position which she held from 1980 to 1988? In this short bio, Conference Archivist and Historian Jim Pyatt tells a story of Henderson's influence in The United Methodist Church.

Means of Grace: Church is Changing, Part 1

3/21/2023

In this week's episode, Rob Hutchinson, WNCC Director of Church Development, speaks with Guilford College UMC's Student Associate Minister, Andres Perez Gonzalez. Together, they discuss the ways church is changing in 2023 and how we can grow our "holy intuition" so that we may become better attuned to the ways God is already at work in our communities and join in the mission!

Out of the Ashes: A Service of Lament in a Season of Disaffiliation

3/20/2023

UMC Discipleship Ministries is hosting an online worship experience on Thursday, April 20 at 12pm.

Celebrating Women's History Month in the WNCC: Rev. Dr. Nancy Burgin Rankin

3/16/2023

Did you know that Rev. Dr. Nancy Burgin Rankin was the first woman in our conference to serve as Senior Pastor of a church with more than 1000 members (other than as an interim) when she was appointed as pastor at University City UMC in 2001? In this short bio, Conference Archivist and Historian Jim Pyatt tells a story of Rev. Dr. Rankin's influence in The United Methodist Church.

Celebrating Women's History Month in the WNCC: Roberta Blackwell

3/8/2023

Did you know that Roberta Blackwell served in the Charlotte District were as District Director of Church and Society 1979-84, member of the District Committee on the District Superintendent 1980-93, and as a member of the Charlotte District Trustees 2010-12? In this short bio, Conference Archivist and Historian Jim Pyatt tells a story of Blackwell's influence in The United Methodist Church.

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