Regional News (Page 2)

Regional News (Page 2)

2022 DWM and CMF Combined Retreat

Cover Letter | Meet the Keynoters | Retreat Itinerary | Flyer for Retreat Basket Party Flyer | Quilt Raffle Flyer Disciples Women’s Ministries and Christian Men’s Fellowship Retreat  August 12 – 14, 2022 At Christmount  Dear Disciples Women and Men,  Are your hearts yearning for fellowship? The time to gather is approaching. We are the Church.  The season is here to renew old friendships, and opportunities await to make new friends. Can you imagine how wonderful it will be? The rocking chairs at Christmount await our return. Experience.  Reignite. Refresh. Relax.  Our keynoters for the combined women’s and men’s retreat are making their plans, and it is time for you to make your plans as well. In our June newsletter, you read about our keynoters for the weekend:  Pastor Frank T. Robinson, Jr. (Messiah Community Christian Church) and Pastor Jessica Braxton  (Mill Creek Christian Church). Prepare ye the way. Yes, preparations have been going on for months now.   There are some changes this year. Registration will all be online. Please have a friend or someone at your church or church office assist you, if needed, with online registration. It is an easy process.  Follow this link to register for the retreat for 2022: https://brushfire.com/christmount/deposits-payments/534835  Individual meals are not available this year. It is a package price. Cafeteria meal plans for the entire weekend are $51.00. Friday evening is a deli buffet in the cafeteria. Saturday meals will be in the cafeteria. Saturday morning is the sunrise breakfast. Saturday lunch is a variety of salads. Saturday dinner is a pasta buffet. Sunday morning will be a light breakfast served in the conference room. If you do not partake of the cafeteria meal plans, you will need to make other arrangements. The cutoff date for registering to include the meal package is Friday, July 29th.  Feel the mountain breeze on your face. Bring someone with you to enjoy the retreat. We are excited!  A special thanks to the NC DWM Cabinet for their dedication and work in planning this event. See you at Christmount. Register now!  June 30th ends my tenure as NC DWM President. It has been a pleasure to represent you and to bring good times your way. Join us as we live out our 2022 theme, “Reimagining The Way.”  Blessings Always,  Mary Evans  NC DWM President…

Virtual SERF Gathering

Greetings Sisters! I pray that you and your families are doing well and staying safe. Covid-19 has caused us not to have our SERF fellowship together in almost 6 years now. In an effort to help encourage, uplift, and commune with each other; I am pleased to cordially invite you to a Virtual SERF Gathering. This event will be held on March 11, 2022, from 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm. The registration form is attached, and I pray that you are able to attend. The Executive Director of Disciple’s Women, Rev. Angele Johnson, will be our speaker. Please have bread/crackers and juice/wine for communion. I am excited for what God has in store for us at this virtual gathering. Feel free to call, text, or email me with any questions or concerns. Thank you! Claudette President, MDIV. SC Region Disciple’s Women Staff Person and Host Email: gwepresident27@gmail.com Cell: (843)781-9419 Register by mail | Register online | Download Flyer …

2022 Boundaries Training

Download the Registration Form Register for the March 21, 2022 Boundaries Training Register for the August 11, 2022 Boundaries Training Link …

2021 Christmas Offering

During this season of the year, your gifts to the Region help stir and ignite imagination for how this fellowship of Covenant Churches can continue to fulfill the mission and witness of God’s love. Checks should be made payable to the Christian Church in NC with a memo: Christmas Offering and mailed to P.O. Box 1568, Wilson, NC 27894 or you may make a donation online at ncdisciples.org by clicking the donate button on the menu bar and selecting Christmas Offering. To view this letter or download it, please visit this Google Drive link. …

Mindful Monday

Registration Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/…/tZMkf… Giving Link: https://engage.suran.com/ncdisciples/s/give/new-gift Mark DeyMaz an Mozaix: https://mosaix.info …

2021 Fall Racial Equity Training

Register By Mail | Register Online | Download the Flyer North Carolina Region,  Since August 2017, the Anti-Racism/Pro-Reconciliation (ARPR) Commission of the  Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) in North Carolina has offered Racial Equity Training for Clergy and Church Leaders in fulfilling the requirement for racial equity training set forth in Resolution I passed at the 2016 Regional Assembly held in Greenville, NC.  Over the course of four years, our Racial Equity Training has been faithful and effective in garnering the attention of other states and regions across the nation including South Carolina and Texas. Our training model is a sixteen-hour in-person process over the course of two days. Due to the Covid-19 Pandemic, the ARPR Commission was forced to cancel the  Spring 2020 training as well as limit the platform capacity of our Fall 2020 training.  In a pre-pandemic world, we strived to offer a high-quality, interactive journey filled with biblical and historical content that offers clarity, sensitivity, and self-discovery as it relates to race. This model has been effective and impactful. Attendees have emerged armed with a common language, historical accuracy, better listening techniques, and the importance of sharing our stories! In June 2021, the ARPR Commission and the Regional Minister were able to offer an online Racial Equity Training through the support and hard work of our Training Team. This online model consisted of a series of (1) self-paced lessons through an e-learning platform, (2) online discussion forums, and (3) scheduled zoom sessions. This training was effective and successful. Additionally, we discovered ways to improve and streamline the online experience. While the process and content of the training are the same as our in-person, two-day workshop, the format, delivery, and length are different. Participants begin with an orientation session via Zoom, then complete self-paced lessons over the course of 3 weeks and conclude the course with several scheduled Zoom sessions. Our goal is to refrain from two concurrent days of eight-hour long zoom meetings while including as much interaction as possible through the best practices of online continuing education.  We have set the next online workshop dates as follows: Oct 18 (Mon) – Opening Zoom Session (6-8:30pm) Oct 19 (Tues) – Online Lessons Open for Participants to complete Nov 1 (Mon) – Zoom Day 1 (9am-12noon & 2pm-5pm) Nov 6 (Sat) – Zoom Day 2 (10am-12noon & 2pm-5pm) Nov 9 (Tues) – Online Course Closes We encourage all clergy who have not yet completed the required Racial Equity Training to register for the online training as soon as possible as participation is limited to forty (40)  participants. Grace & Peace to you,  Bishop Valerie Melvin, Regional Minister, NC  Rev. Dr. Jackie McHenry, Chair, ARPR Commission  Rev. Jason Williams, Vice-Chair, ARPR Commission…