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 […]
Announcements
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Creation Care: Where Does One Begin?
Environmental Responsibility, Creation Care, Global Warming: Yikes! Just wrapping one’s head around these concepts and their complexities and consequences is terrifying in a myriad of differing paths. But once one […]
Rough Places Smooth – Book Launch Event
Sunday, November 13th from 3:00 pm to 4:30 pmFirst UMC in Graham @ Stafford Hall303 N. Main Street, Graham, NC
From Your Creation Care Team: Nature’s Best Hope
What difference will it really make if our churches plant native shrubs and trees on the borders of our parking lots? What difference will it really make if we turn […]
Creation Care Team: The Word in the Canyon
— Eric W. Prenshaw, Corridor CCT Member “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with […]
Clergy Compensation for 2023
Staff/Pastor Parish Relations Committee, Thank you for the leadership that you offer as chair of the Staff/Parish Relations Committee. In this challenging time of the pandemic, your support of ministry […]