Eastern North Carolina Association
From central North Carolina to the coast, the Eastern NC Association includes some of North Carolina’s most famous landmarks and towns — including the Hatteras Lighthouse, the country’s first state university and the State Capitol. The Association is also home to over 75 churches that represent a range of communities. We want churches to send in their special programming dates to their Association so that it can be added to the Association and Conference Calendar.
Can we say “Hallelujah!”
by Rev. Dian JacksonDavis, President, ENCA
Our first Winter Music Wonderland celebration was amazing. In our ongoing mission to provide avenues of reconnection for our Association leaders, pastors, clergy, chaplains, and congregations, on the heels of the Conference’s model of equipping, educating, and empowering the body, I offer a great shout of Hallelujah to God, ENCA’s Board of Directors, and the members and friends of the Eastern North Carolina Association for the wonderful Winter Music Wonderland on Saturday, March 9, at Mt. Calvary United Church of Christ. Whether you participated, invited others to do so, ensured the presence of your congregations, family and friends, or simply prayed--our first annual Winter Music Wonderland celebration was a huge success.
Churches who participated included: Burchette’s Chapel, Elams Chapel, Life’s Journey, Mt. Zion, Mt. Calvary, Good Shepherd, and Greater Union Grove, consisting of approximately thirty voices. God truly worked through the voices under the leadership of Ms. Jenny Anderson, Rev. Gregory Milton, and Rev. Raymond Watkins. Friends, we enjoyed every moment, from driving through the wind and rain from one end of the Association to the other, to the wonderful fellowship meals, meeting new friends, and ending in great music! I can truly say, “to God be the glory!” We are excited about doing it all again next year.
Our next major Event is scheduled for Saturday, April 27, 9:00 am - 1:00 pm. This is a Zoom Event, open to all Associations, though primarily ENCA. Various speakers have been contacted and topics of discussion, such as human trafficking, land to the table, are being finalized. This Day promises to be a morning of fun, trivia, education, and empowerment. We ask that you mark your calendars now and plan to join us. The Zoom link will follow in upcoming e-News. Contact me at 336-343-7486.