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Sabbath Retreat Days at Dinner Bell Farm
Third Mondays – February through November 2023Pre-register for one month, several months, or the whole year. Continue Reading→
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Moments with Mike: Good Start
It is a tradition in our family that prior to the opening of Christmas gifts, we read Luke’s account of the birth of Jesus. This year, in the lulls of […] Continue Reading→
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Mt. Sylvan UMC Creation Care team has a dream, and it involves buckets of garbage.
In May (https://corridordistrictnc.org/2022/05/creation-care-we-are-connected/) our Corridor District Creation Care team shared a link https://umcreationjustice.org/may-creation-justice-tips/ that included a tip on composting. It was about that time that we initiated a composting project […] Continue Reading→
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Moments with Mike: The Arrival
Ready or not, here it comes. Christmas will be here as this week ends. The same could be said about the various visitors to the manger – ready or not […] Continue Reading→
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Creation Care: Connections
Connections are important: with friends, with family, with coworkers, within the church. Our connection is perhaps the most quintessentially United Methodist characteristic. We do not have to look far to […] Continue Reading→
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Moments with Mike: Manger in the Mess
A few months ago, as my daughters were plying me for birthday gift ideas, I suggested that the best present for me would be a simple family picture. It didn’t […] Continue Reading→
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A Thank You Gift for Bishop Fairley
The NC Conference Cabinet invites you to give a gift to Partners in Ministry in honor of Bishop and Mrs. Leonard Fairley. Bishop Fairley will complete his service to us on December […] Continue Reading→
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Moments with Mike: ‘Tis the Season
The title of this article is somewhat misleading. I’m not referring to the generalized secular greeting of mirth that is shared during December. Rather, I mean the season of the […] Continue Reading→
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The Future of the United Methodist Church
Bishop Will Willimon served as the dean of Duke Chapel and professor of Christian ministry at Duke University for 20 years. He returned to Duke after serving as the bishop […] Continue Reading→