Western North Carolina Conference of the United Methodist Church

Means of Grace

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Means of Grace, a podcast from the Western North Carolina Conference of the United Methodist Church, equips church leaders through expertise and examples. Twice a month, we feature local experts on a variety of topics from leadership to innovation and share examples of churches in our conference reaching their communities in news ways through mission engagement, Fresh Expressions and much more. John Wesley, the founder of the Methodist movement, defined Means of Grace as the outward signs, words or actions that are the ordinary channels conveying God's grace to the souls of people. So when we'...

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Seasonal Outreach 26.11.2019 24:23

In this episode of Means of Grace, Melissa and Luke explore seasonal ways churches can engage their communities. Melissa visits Free Haircut Day in Ramseur with Rev. Samuel Moore of McCrary Chapel UMC and Rev. Joshua Kurtz with Jordan Memorial UMC. Luke Edwards visits the Pumpkin Church aka Myers Memorial UMC in Gastonia and speaks with Rev. Sally Queen and Rev. Sarah Watkins Davis. How is your ch...

Smoky Mountain Fresh Expressions 05.11.2019 33:21

Luke Edwards meets up with three outdoor fresh expressions of church in the Smoky Mountain district – the Smoky Mountain Hiking Community , River of Life and the Appalachian Trail Ministry of Robbinsville UMC . The leaders of these fresh expressions share how their churches are connecting with hikers and paddlers in their communities. If you're interested in starting a Fresh Expression, c...

Adaptive Leadership 15.10.2019 59:41

Jesse and Kim, from the Leadership Development Team, have a conversation with Rev. Lory Beth Huffman, Rev. Mark Key and Rev. Chris Westmoreland on adaptive leadership. Each of these leaders has guided congregations of various sizes and contexts. They share their experiences and learnings so that other leaders might connect and grow. They are also talk about a program they will facilitate early i...

Border Pilgrimage 01.10.2019 34:47

On our first episode, we accompany a team from Myers Park United Methodist Church in Charlotte on a pilgrimage to the US-Mexico border to walk alongside legal asylum seekers. Rev. Nathan Arledge and lay trip leader Maddie Myers share about the trip and on the theology behind it and hear first-hand stories from several people seeking asylum, who we met at Catholic Charities Humanitarian Respite Cen...