Associations Plan Annual Fall Meetings

October 4: Western North Carolina Association
Congregational UCC, Greensboro, NC
Registration information
WNCA website

October 11: Eastern North Carolina Association
Oak Level UCC, Manson, NC
ENCA website

October 18: Eastern Virginia Association
Bayside UCC, Virginia Beach
EVA website

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As the Summer Ends, the Work Begins, by Stephen W. Camp                               

September, 2008…

As the fall is now upon us, the work of regular weekly activities now continues in earnest again. Meetings resume. Bible study starts again after a time of hiatus. The church gets back to work after the summer break many have taken. The local church gets ready for various ways to welcome many who have had time away. Worship attendance swells. The church resumes the work that will continue to help communities around and in our local setting and in places beyond. The ministry we share is at the heart a locally based work, done with and by people we know. But much of our work has global implications. Every dollar we donate, time we spent as a volunteer or paid staff in the local setting, the blanket drives, car washes, and fund raiser pot lucks, and special projects we do, each is ministry has local but also global implications. Read more

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New Occasions Teach New Duties … Hope for the Future  

The Conference Minister has written a covenant statement as a guide for living together as Southern Conference community. The document is a draft in its current format, having only passed through the filter of feedback from Conference Staff. He welcomes further response from the congregations and persons in the conference at large. An abbreviated format with bullet points appears below. The entire document can be downloaded in pdf format (requiring Adobe Reader). Read entire document (This is an updated version as of 3/23/08.)