This past weekend I had the privilege of attending the Eastern North Carolina Conference at Camp Dixie near Fayetteville. The next few months have historically been a busy time of conference meetings throughout our denomination and thankfully many of our conferences have been able to go back to in-person gatherings. It was good to come together with church leaders from the conference churches and hear reports about ongoing ministries. I’m thankful that they gave Rev. Adrian Dixon, one of our MTI field directors, time during the reporting to share about the opportunities for training of emerging leaders in both the two-year and three-and-a-half-year programs. During my time, I also was able to thank the churches for the support for both 2020 and 2021 in United Ministries and Penny Crusade.

Camp Dixie was able to call their business session into order during the morning session and shared how had God had blessed the camp even during the difficult times of not being able to have retreats or camps. They honored Camp Executive Director Ronnie Lefever as he will be retiring in the end of March and shared that the new Executive Director would be Rev. Joe Brown.

They also introduced new staff members that have been added in the last few months to the Camp Dixie Staff.