Blessings!

I pray that this message finds you well and at peace! I greet you in love, and in the name of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, peace be with you! All of us either dream of our day of retirement or perhaps may have already retired from ministry. This is the day we look forward to receiving our flowers while we can smell them for a job well done for our ministry to God’s people.

The time has come for all of us in the Southern Conference, specifically the Eastern NC Association, to sound our trumpet as we celebrate and honor The Reverend Eddie Weathers, Associate Conference Minister for the Eastern North Carolina Association of the Southern Conference United Church of Christ and the Southern Conference Disaster Relief Coordinator, for twelve years of faithful service.

While this has been announced previously, this serves as your official invitation to Rev. Weathers' retirement service, sponsored by the Southern Conference. It will be held on November 10, 2024 at 3:00 pm. Union Chapel United Church of Christ, his home church, will be the host church. It is located at 5087 Union Ridge Rd, Burlington, NC 27217.

Brothers and Sisters, hopefully this day will come for all of us, if it has not already. I am asking and requesting that we come out as clergy in our robes, our stoles and process in large numbers to tell the gathered that “this is the Lord’s doing and it is marvelous in our eyes.” Please invite your congregation as Rev. Weathers ministry has had an impact on both clergy and lay.

I thank God, and you, for your participation and presence at this sacred event where you will personally get to tell Rev. Weathers, well done good and faithful servant, well done!

Yours in Christ,

Rev. Edward Davis (D.Min.)                                     

Southern Conference Minister 

cc: Shelton Miles, President Eastern NC Association

     Eleanor Griffin, President Southern Conference Board of Directors