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Means of Grace
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…
Episodes
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Spiritual Renewal: Part I
In this two-part episode, we talk with clergy and laity in Western North Carolina about the importance of taking time to "stay in love with God." Each one…
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A Conversation on Clergy Health
Kim has a conversation with Rae Jean Proeschold-Bell, PhD and Rev. Dr. Jason Byassee on the efforts of the Clergy Health Initiative to improve clergy health…
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Launching a New Worship Service
In today's episode, Luke Edwards reflects back on his experience being a part of a new worship service launching at Boone United Methodist Church and has a…
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Grief at Christmas
In this episode of Means of Grace, Melissa sits down with Rev. Toni Ruth Smith to talk about experiencing grief in this time of great joy and how churches can…
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Seasonal Outreach
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…
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Smoky Mountain Fresh Expressions
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…
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Adaptive Leadership
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…
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Border Pilgrimage
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…