North Georgia Annual Conference

Disaster Relief
Elias Torres (left) and Vinicius Maciel clean up flood damage from Hurricane Helene at Cedar Key (Fla.) United Methodist Church. Church members are beginning the long, slow recovery following Helene’s devastating storm surge and flooding in the southeastern U.S. Conferences are busy supporting survivors. Photo by Mike DuBose, UM News.

United Methodists offer relief after Helene

Church members are beginning the long, slow recovery following Helene’s devastating storm surge and flooding in the southeastern U.S. Conferences are busy supporting survivors.
General Conference
The Rev. Jenny Phillips (right) shows a Mobile Solar Power Station to Bishop Robin Dease outside the United Methodist General Conference in Charlotte, N.C. Phillips is the director of environmental sustainability with the United Methodist Board of Global Ministries. Photo by Mike DuBose, UM News.

Solar trailer brings power in disasters — and coffee at conference

The Mobile Solar Power Station, a solar-powered, self-sustaining trailer, launched in October 2023 as a new ministry of the North Georgia Conference.
Local Church
A community dinner church offered by Lawrenceville First United Methodist Church, Cannon United Methodist Church, and the Southeast Gwinnett Cooperative Ministry is proving to be popular. Photo courtesy of the North Georgia Conference.

Dinner church sets table for broader ministry

Early last year, the Southeast Gwinnett Cooperative Ministry and Lawrenceville First and Cannon United Methodist churches joined together to offer a community dinner church. A year later, this Fresh Expression of church is bearing fruit.
Faith Stories
Pastor Tony Lowden, center, speaks at a tribute service for former first lady Rosalynn Carter at Glenn Memorial United Methodist Church at Emory University on Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2023, in Atlanta. At right is the Rev. Mark Westmoreland, pastor of Glenn Memorial United Methodist. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson, Pool)

Church honored to host first lady’s service

Glenn Memorial United Methodist Church on the campus of Emory University had the honor of holding the Nov. 28 service of tribute to Rosalynn Carter, former first lady of the United States. The Carters had a strong relationship with United Methodists over the years. The North Georgia Conference has the story.

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