MAY 19-23, 2025 | MYRTLE BEACH
MAY 19-23, 2025
MYRTLE BEACH
ASCENSION: POWER THROUGH THE PREACHED WORD
ASCENSION: POWER THROUGH THE PREACHED WORD
MEET OUR PARTNER BISHOPS
Bishop Leonard Fairley
South Carolina (Host)
Bishop
Leonard
Fairley
South Carolina
(Host)
Bishop Connie Shelton
North Carolina
Bishop
Connie
Shelton
North Carolina
Bishop Ken Carter
Western North Carolina
Bishop
Ken
Carter
Western
North Carolina
MEET OUR PRESENTERS
Dr. J. Kameron Carter
University of California-Irvine
Dr. J. Kameron
Carter
University of
California-
Irvine
Pastor Michael McBride + Friends
The Way Christian Center
Pastor
Michael
McBride
+ Friends
The Way
Christian
Center
Pastor Juanita Rasmus
Spiritual Director-In-Residence
Pastor
Juanita
Rasmus
Spiritual
Director-In-
Residence
DEVOTION GUIDES
DEVOTION
GUIDES
Dr. Emanuel Cleaver III
St. James UMC-Kansas City
Dr. Emanuel
Cleaver III
St. James UMC-
Kansas City
Dr. Jerusha Matsen Neal
Duke Divinity School
Dr. Jerusha
Matsen Neal
Duke Divinity
School
Rev. Jasmine Rose Smothers
Atlanta First UMC
Rev. Jasmine
Rose Smothers
Atlanta
First UMC
WORSHIP MUSICIANS
WORSHIP
MUSICIANS
Kenneth Lowe
Cascade UMC-Atlanta
Kenneth
Lowe
Cascade
UMC-
Atlanta
Jarvis R. Wilson
Cascade UMC-Atlanta
Jarvis R.
Wilson
Cascade
UMC-
Atlanta
AN INVITATION
We are excited to invite you to the 2025 Carolina Black Clergy Leadership Retreat, a sacred time set apart for renewal, relationship-building, and communion with God and God’s people.
This year, we gather under the theme: “Ascension: The Power of the Preached Word” (Acts 1:4-5) to explore the transformative impact of preaching in our ministry contexts.
Held Monday, May 19, through Friday, May 23, at Kingston Plantation in North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, this retreat offers a space for rest, reflection, and reconnection with the call God has placed upon our lives.
Because we want this retreat to be accessible and beneficial to all, especially rural Black pastors, the design team has worked diligently to secure additional funding to support this ministry.
We have also invited incredible presenters and subject-matter experts to guide us in deepening our preaching and pastoral practice. For this, we give glory to God!
We encourage you to make plans to join us for five days and four nights of learning, fellowship, and restoration. Registration is now open – don’t miss this opportunity to be refreshed in the Spirit alongside colleagues in ministry!
All are welcome!
Hosted by the South Carolina Conference of The United Methodist Church.
In partnership with the North Carolina Conference UMC and the Western North Carolina Conference UMC.
We are excited to invite you to the 2025 Carolina Black Clergy Leadership Retreat, a sacred time set apart for renewal, relationship-building, and communion with God and God’s people.
This year, we gather under the theme: “Ascension: The Power of the Preached Word” (Acts 1:4-5) to explore the transformative impact of preaching in our ministry contexts.
Held Monday, May 19, through Friday, May 23, at Kingston Plantation in North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, this retreat offers a space for rest, reflection, and reconnection with the call God has placed upon our lives.
Because we want this retreat to be accessible and beneficial to all, especially rural Black pastors, the design team has worked diligently to secure additional funding to support this ministry.
We have also invited incredible presenters and subject-matter experts to guide us in deepening our preaching and pastoral practice. For this, we give glory to God!
We encourage you to make plans to join us for five days and four nights of learning, fellowship, and restoration. Registration is now open – don’t miss this opportunity to be refreshed in the Spirit alongside colleagues in ministry!
All are welcome!
Hosted by the South Carolina Conference of The United Methodist Church.
In partnership with the North Carolina Conference UMC and the Western North Carolina Conference UMC.
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