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199th Annual Convention
The 199th Annual Convention of the Episcopal Diocese of North Carolina adjourned mid-afternoon on Saturday, November 22, 2014, after a fruitful two days at the Benton Convention Center in Winston-Salem. This year's Convention focused on ways to co...Read More ›
202nd Annual Convention
The 202nd Annual Convention of the Episcopal Diocese of North Carolina convened on Friday, November 17, 2017, at the Benton Convention Center in Winston-Salem. With a theme of “Becoming Beloved Community,” this year’s gathering was all about...Read More ›
203rd Annual Convention
The 203rd Annual Convention officially convened on Friday, November 17, 2018 at the Benton Convention Center in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Continuing the theme of “Becoming Beloved Community” set forth at the 202nd Annual Convention in 201...Read More ›
204th Annual Convention
The 204th Annual Convention of the Diocese of North Carolina was held at the M.C. Benton, Jr. Convention and Civic Center, 301 West 5th Street, Winston-Salem, North Carolina on Friday, November 22 and Saturday, November 23, 2019. WORSHIP BULLET...Read More ›
205th Annual Convention
The 205th Annual Convention of the Episcopal Diocese of North Carolina was rescheduled for March 6, 2021, as a safety precaution during the COVID-19 pandemic. We gathered beginning at 11 am in the parking lot of the Friday Center at Chapel Hill. A...Read More ›
206th Annual Convention
The 206th Annual Convention has adjourned. Download the official acts RE-WATCH CONVENTION If you missed the livestream, please enjoy the archived video on Facebook or YouTube, or watch come highlights of the day below. You can also read...Read More ›
207th Annual Convention
The 207th Annual Convention took place November 18-19, 2022, at the Benton Convention Center in Winston-Salem. Download the Acts of the 207th Annual Convention RESOURCES Committee Appointments Convention Letter from the Secretary Dele...Read More ›
208th Annual Convention
The 208th Annual Convention took place November 17-18, 2023, at the Benton Convention Center in Winston-Salem. A recording of the livestream is available in English and Spanish on the diocesan YouTube channel. Resources from the gathering are avai...Read More ›
78th General Convention
The 78th General Convention of The Episcopal Church met June 25 through July 3 in Salt Lake City, Utah. It was nine-plus days of work, wonder, excitement, inspiration and hospitality. Among the multitude of gatherings, events and sessions, the Chu...Read More ›
79th General Convention
Members of the deputation have created the following fact sheets highlighting some of the important work accomplished by the convention: 2019-2021 Budget (presentation from General Convention) Compensation for President of the House of De...Read More ›
80th General Convention
The 80th General Convention of The Episcopal Church took place in July 8-11, 2022 in Baltimore, Maryland. Here you'll find all the coverage the Diocese of North Carolina had to offer. General Convention coverage starts at 58:52. FOLLOW GENERAL C...Read More ›
About Us
We are 49,000 people gathered into 111 congregations and 10 campus ministries throughout 38 counties in the central part of North Carolina, from Iredell County to Edgecombe County, and from Caswell County to Scotland County. On an average Sunday, ...Read More ›
Act for the Diocese of Botswana
This page, Act, is a work in progress, and it will always be a work in progress. Companion relationships between dioceses around the world focus upon relationship, so how we “relate” varies immensely and creatively, and no doubt will evolve ov...Read More ›
Additional Best Practices for Safe Church During COVID-19
The Episcopal Diocese of North Carolina has best practices in place to prevent and address issues of sexual misconduct. The Best Practices for Safe Church Policy, Procedures & Resources manual does include a section (Appendix B) for social media a...Read More ›
Additional Discernment Resources
There are several resources available to help you in your discernment process: PEER NETWORKS Clergy of Color Caucus: The Clergy of Color Caucus of the Episcopal Diocese of North Carolina exists to provide fellowship and mutual support for cle...Read More ›
Administration & Finance Resources
For financial resources and advice specific to economic recovery related to COVID-19, visit the financial guidance and support page. Background Checks Background Checks Benefits, Insurance and Salary Benefits Contacts Clergy Comp...Read More ›
Adult Formation
Formation doesn't stop once a Christian ages out of Sunday school, vacation Bible school or youth group. A wealth of resources are available for adults looking to deepen their biblical knowledge, learn a new spiritual discipline, or find some comf...Read More ›
Advocacy
In addition to work related to the five priorities of the diocesan mission strategy, the Diocese of North Carolina is involved in other areas of advocacy through a number of ministries: COUNCIL OF ADVICE ON PUBLIC POLICY (CAPP): The Council of ...Read More ›
Advocacy Day 2025: The Postcard Campaign
Churches and individuals across the Diocese of North Carolina were invited to “give up their silence” and take part in a postcard campaign as part of Advocacy Day 2024. The goal was to give every person who wanted to add their voice to those a...Read More ›
Disciple: New, Notable & Newsworthy
posted on Dec 6, 2023Diocese Announces New Location of Diocesan House The Diocese of North Carolina announces today the new location of Diocesan House. If all goes well with moving plans, as of January 1, 2024, the diocesan headquarters will be located at 4800 Six...
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Disciple: Advocacy as Evangelism
posted on Dec 6, 2023Transforming charity into justice By Aleta McClenney and the Rev. Sally Johnston [Image: During the March 15 Advocacy Day at the North Carolina General Assembly, members of the clergy rallied for affordable housing. Photo courtesy of the Rev....
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Disciple: It’s About Time
posted on Dec 6, 2023Your invitation to join a diocesan quest By the Rev. Canon Lindsey Ardrey Editor’s note: The following piece is adapted from the Rev. Canon Lindsey Ardrey’s address to the 208th Annual Convention. “Now there was a woman who had been s...
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Disciple: Seeing Jesus Through an Indigenous Lens
posted on Dec 6, 2023Jesus’ teachings and Indigenous world views have much in common By the Rev. Bradley Hauff Over the last few years, the wider world has begun to understand the abuses and injury done to Indigenous children forced to attend boarding schools, ...
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Disciple: The Feast of la Guadalupe
posted on Dec 6, 2023A festival of lived faith By the Rev. Canon Franklin Morales Editor’s note: This reflection is the first-ever article created in Spanish for the Disciple. While the English translation appeared in print, the original Spanish version is ...
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Disciple: The Value of Telling Our Stories
posted on Dec 6, 2023How personal stories enrich our history By the Rev. Canon Kathy Walker Telling stories is a time-honored tradition. Most of us are quite familiar with Jesus and his parables in the New Testament. Parables were stories told by Jesus in under...
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Disciple: Communion in the Laundromat
posted on Dec 6, 2023A simple question creates a sacred space through Laundry Love By the Rev. James Franklin “Can we pay for your laundry tonight?” Favorite. Question. Ever. It elicits a response that is either an excited and often emotional “thank you...
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Disciple: A Good Story
posted on Dec 6, 2023Sharing stories becomes a connection point for young adults By the Rev. Rick Sigler We all love a good story. It’s hard-wired in our psyche. Since the earliest humans walked God’s creation, we have listened to and told the stories that ...
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Disciple: Making a Place for the Community
posted on Dec 6, 2023How All Saints’, Warrenton, is building toward the future By Summerlee Walter Albert and Annie Burges started a day school in their Warrenton home to educate the community’s Black children at the end of the 19th century. The Rev. Willi...
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Disciple: Commitment, Connections and What They Do Best
posted on Dec 6, 2023St. Andrew’s, Rocky Mount, responds to a community in need after devastating tornadoes By Christine McTaggart At midday on July 19, an EF3 tornado touched down in Nash and Edgecombe Counties. With winds of up to 150 miles per hour, in on...
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Disciple: Extending the Eucharistic Table
posted on Dec 6, 2023The Advocate, Chapel Hill, keeps finding new ways to share space with the community By Summerlee Walter The Church of the Advocate, Chapel Hill, has always been about the creative use of space to serve its community. During its first 10...
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Disciple: Be Fierce
posted on Dec 6, 2023An Advent Meditation By Bishop Jennifer Brooke-Davidson Alleluia; he is coming; Alleluia; he is here! What will you make of Advent this year? Christmas comes, ready or not, on December 25. The world offers up many options for getting ...
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Disciple: The Second Advent
posted on Dec 1, 2023A Meditation on the First Sunday of Advent Almighty God, give us grace to cast away the works of darkness, and put on the armor of light, now in the time of this mortal life in which your Son Jesus Christ came to visit us in great humility; t...
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The Rev. Susan Rebecca 'Becky' Michelfelder Called as Vicar of St. Cyprian's, Oxford
posted on Nov 30, 2023The Rev. Becky Michelfelder has been called as the new vicar of St. Cyprian's, Oxford. Michelfelder most recently served as the interim rector of Good Shepherd, Rocky Mount. She has served churches across the country in an interim capacity for mor...
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The Diocese Welcomes the Rev. Erika Takacs
posted on Nov 29, 2023The diocese welcomes the Rev. Erika Takacs as the interim rector of Good Shepherd, Asheboro. Takacs most recently served as the rector of the Church of the Atonement, Chicago, in the Diocese of Chicago. She earned her undergraduate degree from Wes...
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The Diocese Gives Thanks for the Ministry of the Rev. Sarah Blaies
posted on Nov 21, 2023The diocese gives thanks for the ministry of the Rev. Sarah Blaies, departing vicar of Christ Church, Cleveland. Blaies has served at Christ Church since 2011. We give thanks for her ministry and wish her Godspeed as she enters this new chapter of...
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The Diocese Welcomes the Rev. Fred McKelder Brown
posted on Nov 8, 2023The Diocese welcomes the Rev. Fred McKelder Brown, new rector of St. Bartholomew's, Pittsboro. Brown most recently served as the rector of St. James, Taos, New Mexico, in the Diocese of the Rio Grande. He earned his undergraduate degree from The U...
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The Diocese Gives Thanks for the Ministry of the Rev. Susan Keedy
posted on Nov 8, 2023The Diocese gives thanks for the ministry of the Rev. Susan Keedy, departing interim rector of St. Bartholomew's, Pittsboro. Gracious God, we thank you for the work and witness of your servant Susan, who has enriched this community and brought g...
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Bishops of the Diocese of North Carolina Share Presiding Bishop Michael Curry's Call to End Violence in Gaza
posted on Nov 7, 2023We join with Presiding Bishop Curry in raising our voices in love and grief to demand that the merciless killing of civilians in Gaza stop immediately, and that humanitarian relief be allowed to flow unimpaired, now. As a community of faith, we mu...
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Diocese of North Carolina Announces New Location of Diocesan House
posted on Nov 1, 2023The Diocese of North Carolina announces today the new location of Diocesan House. If all goes well with moving plans, as of January 1, 2024, the diocesan headquarters will be located at 4800 Six Forks Road, Suite 300, Raleigh. The move follows the...
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RoR - Season 4, Episode 2: Judaism
posted on Mar 15, 2024Season 4: Race and Religion Episode 2: Judaism Sometimes a gift is even greater than can be known at the time it was given. Such is the case with this episode of “Roundtables on Race.” Recorded several weeks before her death on March 9, 202...
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RoR - Season 4, Episode 1: Hinduism
posted on Mar 8, 2024Season 4: Race and Religion Episode 1: Hinduism Season 4 of "Roundtables on Race" is taking a bit of a departure from its usual format. As we take a season-long look at "Race and Religion," each episode will feature a different faith tradition, e...
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RoR - Season 4, Bonus Episode: A Multicultural Christmas
posted on Dec 20, 2023Season 4: Race and Religion Bonus Episode: A Multicultural Christmas "Roundtables on Race" is back with a "Very Special Christmas" episode, when host the Rev. Kathy Walker is joined by friends and family to talk about the Christmas holidays and h...
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RoR - Season 3, Episode 10: Season Wrap-up
posted on Dec 20, 2023Season 3: Race and Education Episode 10: Season Wrap-up The Rev. Kathy Walker brings the season on race and education to a close with a look back at what we discussed, and a look ahead to what's coming next on "Roundtables on Race."
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RoR - Season 3, Episode 9: The Politics of Race and Education
posted on Sep 8, 2023Season 3: Race and Education Episode 9: The Politics of Race and Education It seems almost impossible to believe that education could be a political hot-button, but it has become just that. Or has it always been? Either way, the question that m...
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RoR - Season 3, Episode 8: Race and Faith-Based Schools
posted on Aug 25, 2023Season 3: Race and Education Episode 8: Race and Faith-Based Schools Given that this podcast is produced by the Episcopal Diocese of North Carolina, it didn’t seem right to have a season-long conversation around race and education without dis...
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RoR - Season 3, Episode 7: Curriculum and Texts (and a whole lot more)
posted on Aug 18, 2023Season 3: Race and Education Episode 7: Curriculum and Texts (and a whole lot more) One of the hotly debated topics of conversation around education these days is what is actually taught in schools. There is a lot of misinformation and error ar...
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RoR - Season 3, Episode 6: The Funding of Education
posted on Aug 4, 2023Season 3: Race and Education Episode 6: The Funding of Education When it comes to looking at race and education, especially its inequities and challenges, the conversation often becomes about the question of resources. And of course, when it co...
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RoR - Season 3, Episode 5: Race and Higher Education
posted on Jul 28, 2023Season 3: Race and Education Episode 5: Race and Higher Education In the year 2023, no season focusing on race and education would be complete without a conversation about the Supreme Court decision that dismantled affirmative action in college a...
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RoR - Season 3, Episode 4: The History of Black Education
posted on Jul 21, 2023Season 3: Race and Education Episode 4: The History of Black Education With all of the conversation around the teaching of racial history, little time is spent learning about the history of Black education. It is a rich and inspiring one, with ...
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RoR - Season 3, Episode 3: Teaching Racial History
posted on Jul 14, 2023Season 3: Race and Education Episode 3: Teaching Racial History Among the many arguments around race and education is the teaching of racial history – what is taught and not taught, how the subject of racial history is imparted to students, an...
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RoR - Season 3, Episode 2: Racism, Not Race
posted on Jul 7, 2023Season 3: Race and Education Episode 2: Racism, Not Race One of the ongoing arguments around race and education is about the teaching of race and racism. They’re often used as interchangeable terms in the course of conversation, so in this ep...
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RoR - Season 3, Episode 1: Critical Race Theory
posted on Jun 30, 2023Season 3: Race and Education Episode 1: Critical Race Theory "Roundtables on Race" is back for its third season! This time around we will look at the intersection of race and education, and in this first episode, we explore the one topic that has...
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Lent, Part 4: Disruption
posted on Apr 5, 2023Intro In the fourth and final episode of our Lenten series, Rabbi Raachel and Bishop Sam discuss reconciliation, the final step in the cycle of sacrifice, repentance, and forgiveness. They consider examples from both Jewish and Christian scripture...
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Lent, Part 3: An Invitation to Grace
posted on Mar 22, 2023In episode three of our Lenten series, Bishop Sam and Rabbi Raachel discuss the nature of forgiveness, both God’s infinite, all-encompassing forgiveness and the much more fraught nature of forgiveness within human relationships. They consider th...
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Lent, Part 2: Repairing Relationships
posted on Mar 8, 2023This episode is part two of our four-part Lenten series, and today we discuss a familiar concept for anyone who engages in the liturgical season of Lent: repentance. Rabbi Raachel and Bishop Sam both understand repentance not as a requirement to r...
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Lent, Part 1: Sacrifice or Offering?
posted on Feb 22, 2023Today we begin our four-part Lenten series with an exploration of sacrifice, or, as Rabbi Raachel teaches us, offerings, as the Hebrew of the Torah is more correctly translated. She and Bishop Sam dive deep into an exploration of sacrifice in the ...
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Episode 5: Speaking of the Psalms: Psalm 51
posted on Feb 15, 2023In this episode, Bishop Sam and Rabbi Raachel discuss one of the psalms that speaks most powerfully to Bishop Sam: Psalm 51. It is a plea for forgiveness attributed to King David after he is rebuked by the prophet Nathan for his role in another ma...
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Episode 6: Speaking of the Psalms: Psalm 145
posted on Feb 15, 2023In this episode, Rabbi Raachel and Bishop Sam return to the psalms and discuss Rabbi Raachel’s choice: Psalm 145. Starting from the question of does God need to be praised, and, if so, why, they explore the ideas of humility, awe, abundance, pra...
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Episode 4: Dialogues of Devotion
posted on Feb 8, 2023In this episode, Rabbi Raachel and Bishop Sam share their formative experiences of interreligious dialogue, from elementary school through college to their current thinking about conversations among followers of different faiths. Instead of seekin...
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