Metro District Sights & Sounds

Mental Health and How Churches can Respond

A conversation with Becky Yates and Rev. Paul Craig from Matthews United Methodist Church, on how they are responding to mental health in the church through the ministry of "For Minds and Hearts." Take a listen to how they are equipping communities..…

The Church and Mental Health of Youth

A conversation on Mental Health and the youth of our communities, with three pastors in the Metro District. Listen to their stories as they sound the Clarion Call to listen, hear, learn, from our youth and equip leaders and parents to support.

A Conversation with Farah St. Jean

Host Dr. Stephanie Moore Hand speaks to Farah St. Jean, a Haitian-American who is an executive and community organizer supporting our Haitian neighbors and families who are refuges, living in American communities, and awaiting their Asylum hearings.

Dr. Malkin Eugene

We continue our conversation with leaders in the Metro District who have long standing partnerships with leaders on the ground in Haiti, who are presently mobilizing assistance to potential Haitians seeking Asylum in the United State, along with...

Rev. Dr. Laura Alexander-Elliott

A conversation w/ Rev. Dr. Laura Alexander-Elliott, a United Methodist clergy in Western NC Conference of the United Methodist Church. She is presently under appointment by the Bishop in WNCC in extension ministry as the is the Executive Director...

A Conversation with Wanda Musgraves

Executive Director for  Partners 4 New Hope inc. A life long United Methodist Lay person transforming  a  lives with our neighbors in Haiti.

Dr. Peter Storey

Dr. Peter Storey is former president of the Methodist Church of Southern Africa, past president of the South African Council of Churches, and was Methodist Bishop of the Johannesburg/Soweto area for 13 years. A native South African with a 60+ year...

Rev. Ellis Carson

A conversation with Rev. Ellis Carson, Pastor of Ceila Phelps UMC, a 116 year old congregation of the United Methodist Church, in Western North Carolina. We unpack the now and the rebuilding process, after facing a devastating 3:00 a.m. fire on Augus…

Rev. Dan Pezet, Metro District Superintendent

A conversation with Rev. Dan Pezet, the new Metro District Superintendent in the Western NC Conference of the United Methodist Church. The Metro District is the largest district and general population the most diverse district in North Carolina. We..…

Leading Through Uncharted Territory - The New Normal - “The Global Student Mission”

Miriam Swanson, is a leader with the Fusion Global Student Mission, a movement born out of the United Kingdom. The UK over ten years ago saw that the church was not reaching young adults from the age of eighteen to thirty. So they begin to pray, and.…