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Course: Basic Course (required for Lay Speaker certification) Location: Time: 9:00 am to 5:00 pm, Sarecta UMC in Pink Hill Time: 9:00 am to 5:00 pm Instructors: Pat Litzinger and Eston Brinkley Cost: $25 plus course book Course Book: Lay Servant Ministries Basic Course Participant’s Book by Sandy Jackson To purchase course book online click: HERE To… Continue Reading→
Harbor District will be holding training workshops to equip Laity Leaders who will be serving in the following positions in 2020: S/PPRC Chair S/PPRC Members Church Council Chair Lay Leader This training will cover the basic information that these leaders will need to know as they serve in their roles in 2020. Although this training is primarily designed for those… Continue Reading→
On Feb 22 from 10am to 2pm at Wallace UMC Harbor District will hold a Lay Leader Rally for all laity who will be serving in that position in 2020. The featured speaker will be Conference Director of Lay Servant Ministries, John Hall. John is not only an outstanding speaker, but is doing an incredible… Continue Reading→
Has anyone in your church ever asked the question “Where are all of the young people?” or “Why don’t we have more children and youth?” or “How can we attract younger families to our church?” On Feb 1, Harbor District will be offering a training workshop on Attracting, Engaging & Retaining Millennials from 10am to… Continue Reading→
The date for the packing event of Operation Gratitude care kits for troops has been moved from Jan 11, 2020 to Feb 29, 2020 in order to give churches more time to collect items. For full information about Operation Gratitude click HERE
Clarkton United Methodist Church held its fifth annual God’s Bounty meal on Thanksgiving Day. With God’s Bounty the church provides a free turkey dinner to anyone that is hungry. Meals are served or delivered starting around 1100 and continues until 200 or until the meals run out. This year over 130 meals were served. Churches providing supplies included… Continue Reading→
The UMW of Wrightsville UMC in Wilmington will be holding their Fifth Annual Cookie Walk on Saturday, December 7, 2019 in Wrightsville UMC’s Fellowship Hall, located at 4 Live Oak Drive in Wrightsville Beach (right across the bridge from Wings.) Doors will be open at 9:00 a.m. to noon (or until we sell out.) There will be thousands of delicious cookies displayed in… Continue Reading→
As an act of thanks and kindness, Harbor District’s Military Community Outreach Team, in support of Operation Gratitude, is coordinating the collection and packing of care kits for U.S. military troops deployed overseas. Items will be collected between Nov 11, 2019 (Veterans Day) and Feb 27, 2020. Congregations are encouraged to collect… Continue Reading→
Dr. Richard G. Morrison, Ph.D., a member of Wrightsville UMC in Wilmington, recently wrote a book (a teaching guide actually) for young adults, defined by him as young people aged 15 to 25. Studies show that more than 30% of young people have not been inside a bank, have little understanding of the “value” of… Continue Reading→