You have found the right place for resources and inspiration for your congregation, whether you're clergy or lay, looking to start a new worship service, revive your youth ministry, keep your children's ministry safe sanctuaries compliant, form a mission team -- and so much more!
The Office of Connectional Ministries supports our Conference-wide ministry focus, including age-level ministries (children, youth and young adults), Safe Sanctuaries, campus ministries, disaster response ministries, relationships with our related agencies, higher education, and camping ministries, and more.
In alignment with the Book of Discipline, the director will:
- steward the vision of the conference;
- serve as leader of the continuous process of transformation and renewal necessary for the conference to be faithful to our Christian identity in a changing world;
- ensure alignment of the total resources of the conference to its vision;
- ensure the connections among the local, district, conference, and general Church ministries for the purpose of networking, resourcing, and communicating shared ministry.
We will play a key role in equipping congregations, districts, and the Connection in actionizing the five Areas of Focus, as set forth by the Common Table.
We partner most often with District Strategic Growth Teams, District Regional Developers, Connectional Ministries Team, BEAT, Common Table, the Center for Clergy Excellence, and Community Development and Discipleship.
The Office of Connectional Ministries in it's current form was created in July 2024. You can learn more about that at ngumc.org/structure.
News
Aldersgate / Collinswood Special Offering Sunday October 27
10/15/2024
Sunday, October 27, churches across North Georgia will receive the Aldersgate Homes / Camp Collinswood Special Offering. A related agency of the North Georgia Conference, this offering is a major source of funding for this important ministry. Aldersgate Homes strives to help people with developmental disabilities lead meaningful and productive lives by providing them with residential support and recreational opportunities. The ministry supports people with developmental disabilities to live ...
UMCOR Relief Kits Delivered to Western North Carolina, Florida, and Across Georgia
10/14/2024
Rev. Ernesto Machado and Craig O'Hara at Faith UMC Tampa By Sybil Davidson Thanks to the generosity of Georgia United Methodists, our Disaster Response Warehouse was well-stocked with UMCOR Relief Kits at the start of the 2024 hurricane season. Since September, those kits have been deployed to areas in great need in the South Georgia, Western North Carolina, North Georgia, and Florida Annual Conferences. Craig O’Hara, a North Georgia ERT (Early Response Team member) and member of Community ...
Navigating the Role of Churches and Clergy in Election Season: Understanding Boundaries and Essential Civic Engagement
10/8/2024
Graphic by Laurens Glass, United Methodist Communications. Election season is a good time to review how clergy and churches can live into their role as community leaders and their responsibility as active citizens, while also following the clear guidelines for tax-exempt organizations. As our United Methodist Social Principles state, “The strength of a political system depends upon the full and willing participation of its citizens.” (United Methodist Social Principles, ¶164.B, 2016) ...
North and South Georgia Conferences Receive UMCOR Solidarity Grants
10/1/2024
As the magnitude of Hurricane Helene's devastation for families, churches, communities and whole regions of the U.S. becomes clearer, UMCOR has awarded solidarity grants to the North Georgia Conference of The United Methodist Church and the South Georgia Conference of The United Methodist Church to assist their relief efforts, with multiple grants in process for other annual conferences including the Western North Carolina Annual Conference and the Florida Annual Conference. This funding is ...
Gammon Builds on Legacy as it Looks Forward
9/19/2024
Photo: Rev. Candace M. Lewis. By Mike DuBose, UM News. By Jim Patterson United Methodist News Service https://www.umnews.org/en/news/gammon-builds-on-legacy-as-it-looks-forward “Wherever God gives vision, there’s provision,” said the Rev. Candace M. Lewis, president of Gammon Theological Seminary in Atlanta. “We have more than enough vision to go around, and as we share vision, I feel like that really does invoke generosity.” Lewis and her staff are reinventing the only historically Black ...
Common Table Gathers for 2024 Planning Retreat
9/17/2024
By Sybil Davidson Members of the Common Table of the North Georgia Conference gathered on Saturday, September 14, to discuss the values, focus, and purpose of the North Georgia Conference of The United Methodist Church for the next two years. The Common Table is made up of the chairs of conference boards and committees, members of the cabinet, lay leadership, at large members, and the bishop. Facilitated by Rev. John Wimbley, the group began the work of outlining a vision that orients the ...
Baseball STAR: A United Methodist Connection Sparks Hope for Baseball Ministry in Stone Mountain
9/5/2024
By Sybil Davidson During General Conference 2024 in Charolotte, N.C., Rev. Dawn Wright, pastor of STAR Community UMC in Stone Mountain bumped into Rev. Dr. William Chaney, pastor of Chesterbrook UMC in the Virginia Annual Conference. Having met years before, they caught up on some of the exciting things happening in their churches. Rev. Wright shared about her church's dream to start a baseball ministry for children in proximity to the church. The church's goal is for there to be no barrier ...
Next Gen Ministries Align: Sligh to Bring Together Youth, Children, and Conference Retreat Roles
8/28/2024
Beginning September 1, Dr. Allison Sligh will bring together three Conference consultant roles into one cohesive position with the North Georgia Conference—the Next Generation Ministries Specialist. The work will span youth ministry, children's ministry, and conference retreats. Sligh's focus will be on maximizing and strengthening ministry to children and youth across the North Georgia Conference of The United Methodist Church. Collaborating with church leaders, district leaders, conference ...
FX UM National Gathering to be Held in Atlanta
8/15/2024
The 2025 Fresh Expressions UM National Gathering is set for February 27 - March 1 in Atlanta with the theme “Love Alike.” Peachtree Road UMC will host the event, which is offered by United Methodist Discipleship Ministries. Registration is now open! The gathering will bring together practitioners, theologians, and denominational leaders who are passionate about cultivating new Christian communities to reach people not currently connected to any church. Keynote speakers include Candace Lewis,...
Solar Trailer's First Deployment is to Zebulon UMC
7/25/2024
The first true deployment of the Disaster Response Solar Trailer was here in the North Georgia Conference on Sunday. Volunteer Tom Staigle of Peachtree City UMC delivered the trailer to Zebulon UMC to power the worship service held in the parking lot after the building was lost to fire last week. The trailer provided the power needed for worship and was a visual reminder that the congregation isn't alone. That Sunday numerous people mentioned the benefit of using solar power rather than the ...
Camp Glisson Turns 100 in 2025
6/24/2024
In 2025, Glisson will mark 100 years of ministry! That’s a lot of campouts and creek hikes! There are also countless stories of belonging, transformation, and calling for hundreds of thousands of children, youth, and adults across a century of camp and retreat ministry. That is a lot to celebrate! By the time it’s all said and celebrated, we hope to have properly recognized the contributions of generations of Glisson supporters and staff that have provided life-changing experiences of ...
Bishop Names Next Executive Assistant to the Bishop and Next Director of Connectional Ministries
4/14/2024
Bishop Robin Dease has announced two new cabinet-level appointments effective July 1, 2024. Rev. Dr. Rodrigo Cruz will serve as the next Executive Assistant to the Bishop and Rev. Laurie Moeller will serve as the next Director of Connectional Ministries. "I am very excited to be working with these two leaders who both have a love for the local church that will continue even as they serve in new roles," said Bishop Dease. Rev. Dr. Rodrigo Cruz Rodrigo was born and raised in Monterrey, Mexico ...
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