Dear NC Synod, I recently talked to my son, Robert, and his dear wife, Maura, about my retirement. They were both super enthusiastic—“Do it, Mom!” My sisters came next. They were enthusiastic but started taking bets on how many days I’d last in retirement with nothing to do, plan, or organize. None of their numbers […]
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Valentine’s Day is all about LOVE. Beginning on Valentine’s Day, you’re invited to share that love with refugee neighbors being settled here in North Carolina. Your gifts to the Share the Love campaign will help provide grocery gift cards to these new neighbors. Watch the synod’s Facebook and Instagram from February 14 to February 28
Our Father, Greensboro, with the generous support of an NC Synod Peeler/Casey grant, was able to install a retractable awning above the double door area of God’s Garage, their food pantry program which serves several thousand visitors from the SW Greensboro area annually. The awning provides protection to volunteers as well as offering shelter for
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The North Carolina Synod has received yet one final grant from Lilly Endowment Inc. that allows the synod to continue its work with the Lifeline Fund. The new grant is in the amount of $250,000 and will cover two more years of Lifeline Grants. The first year of the new grant overlaps with the final
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For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven: a time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up what is planted; a time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to
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One of my favorite memories of our daughters’ experiences with the church is when we worshiped in a very small congregation. They were about seven and two years old then. Because the congregation was so small, everyone pitched in. I went to all-ages Sunday School with them, my seven-year-old was an acolyte, our youngest danced
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Join Bishop Tim and the synod staff via live stream on Wednesday, October 27, at 11 a.m. for the installation of Pastor CeCee Mills as assistant to the bishop! The worship will be live-streamed from the synod office chapel. Pastor CeCee currently serves as associate Director for Evangelical Mission and moves to her new role
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We heard a lot about the new All Races One Church (AROC) Fund of the North Carolina Synod at our 2021 Assembly. This is not your typical budget line item; this is money that makes a difference. This is money that uses our prophetic voice, one of our core values as a synod, to provide
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Throughout the 2021 synod assembly, the North Carolina Synod reaffirmed our commitment to embracing our partners in ministry. God gives us strength through and in our ministry with each other and our ecumenical siblings in Christ from the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, the Moravian Church, and the Episcopal Church. Collaboration with others is a
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As worship began, Madi White, a Moravian intern at The Dwelling provided a description of the origins of the Moravian Love Feast. Early in the 18th century, congregants stuck around after worship to talk about the spiritual blessing they had received during the Eucharist celebration. They were gathered on Count Zinzendorf’s property, and seeing that
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