News & Notes: December 17, 2025




Weeks of December 21 • December 28

Fourth Sunday of Advent
Collect & Readings

Diocesan Cycle of Prayer
Chaplains of the Armed Forces

First Sunday after Christmas
Collect & Readings

Diocesan Cycle of Prayer
Give thanks, and pray for the new year ahead!

Upcoming Events
  • Blue Christmas Service at St. James, Wilmington, December 21, 2025. Find details here.
  • Christmas Cantata at St. Joseph’s, Fayetteville, December 21, 2025. Learn more here.
  • A Classical Christmas Fundraiser Concert at St. James, Wilmington, December 23, 2025. Click here for details.
  • Upper Cape Fear Deanery Youth Gathering at Holy Trinity, Fayetteville, January 11, 2026. Find details here.
  • Pamlico Formation Leader Dinner in Greenville, January 12, 2026. Find details here.
  • Winter Retreat 2026 at Trinity Center, January 16-18, 2026. Learn more here.
  • Burns Night Supper at St. Andrew’s, Morehead, January 25, 2026. Click here for details.
  • February Formation Leader Gathering, February 4th & 5th, 2026. Find details here.
  • Trauma Informed Ministry with Children and Youth Workshop at Diocesan House, February 28, 2026. Learn more here.

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Diocesan News



Christmas Greetings from La Sagrada Familia’s Episcopal Farmworker Ministry

The Episcopal Farmworker Ministry sends their Christmas Greetings to everyone! Click here to view the video.

Ministry & Faith Formation Events and Resources



Upper Cape Fear Deanery Youth Gathering | January 11, 2026 at Holy Trinity, Fayetteville

Hosted at Holy Trinity, Fayetteville and led by the ECYC, come and with youth in 6 – 12th grades and their adult leaders from the Upper Cape Fear Deanery for an afternoon of fellowship, service, and celebrating Epiphany! We will be doing a service project for our Military Veterans.

Click here for more information and to register.



Pamlico Deanery Formation Leader Dinner | January 12, 2026 in Greenville

Join with Christian Formation Leaders from the Pamlico Deanery for dinner on Monday, January 12th at 6:30 PM. Location is TBA, but will be in Greenville

Registration will remain open until noon on Monday, January 12th.

Click here for more information.



Happening 84 | March 6-8, 2026 at Trinity Center

Happening is a Christian experience presented by teenagers, for teenagers with the help of clergy and lay adult leadership. The Happening program is meant to be one of the instruments within the Anglican Tradition of renewing the Christian church in the power of the Holy Spirit, so that the church may more readily respond to its call to spread the Kingdom of God throughout the world. It seeks to achieve this purpose by bringing young persons and adults to fuller personal knowledge of and relationship with the Lord Jesus Christ and to a deeper level of commitment and apostleship.

Click here to register and learn more.

Open Positions Around the Diocese




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Published On: December 18, 2025Categories: News, News & Events, News & Notes Archive

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