Living our Mission

The MERCI Mission Center in Goldsboro, NC is an outreach program of the North Carolina Conference of The United Methodist Church (NCC).

Following the devastation of Hurricane Floyd in 1999, NCC made a commitment to help people in need living in Eastern North Carolina.

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MERCI is solely supported by donations and grants. We are not a part of the NC Conference’s apportioned budget and never have been.

MERCI needs your help to continue supporting those who are affected by disasters, poverty, and adversity.

Please consider a donation or a pledge. (Conference Advance Special #S00136). Every dollar you give goes to making a difference in North Carolina and throughout the world.

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Three Areas of Focus

MERCI serves the people of Eastern North Carolina and the world through three focus areas: Disaster Ministries, Mission Support, and Rural Affordable Housing.

Disaster Ministries

Through our disaster ministries, we offer training/preparedness workshops, early response coordination, and long-term recovery coordination.

We work closely with the NC Conference Disaster Response Committee to coordinate efforts.

Local churches are encouraged to develop a disaster response plan.

Mission Support

At our warehouses in Goldsboro, we receive, sort, and distribute supplies for local, national, and international mission projects.

Review listings of disaster ministries kit contents and our troop morale kits.

Rural Affordable Housing

MERCI provides new home construction for qualifying low-income families in eastern North Carolina.

Learn more about our Neighbor-to-Neighbor program.

Events and Information

Annual Conference Offering

MERCI would like to thank each church and member of the NC Annual Conference for their generous contribution at conference as well as throughout the year. We also would like to express great gratitude for the countless volunteer hours and prayers offered to support the many ministries that are a product of the MERCI Center. Through MERCI, you extend radical hospitality to our invisible neighbors at home and abroad. You the people ARE MERCI.

Annual Golf Tournament Sponsor's

$1000 Hole Sponsor:

Anonymous Donnor

$600 Hole Sponsor's:

DuBose National Energy Services, Clinton, NC
Genesis UMC, Cary, NC (2)
Highlands UMC, Raleigh, NC
Horne Memorial UMC, Clayton, NC

$250 Hole Sponsor's:

Raleigh District of the UMC
Greenville District of the UMC
Wilmington District of the UMC
Goldsboro District of the UMC
Burlington District of the UMC
Fayetteville District of the UMC
New Bern District of the UMC
Rocky Mount District of the UMC
Elizabeth City district of the UMC

$200 Hole Sponsor's:

NCCUMC Disaster Response Committee
Saint Andrews UMC, Garner, NC
Eureka UMC, Eureka, NC
Kenly UMC, Kenly, NC

$100 Hole Sponsor's:

Cypress Creek UMC, Trenton, NC
Rev. Cheryl & keith lawrence, Chapel Hill, NC
First UMC Cary Inc. UMM, Cary, NC
Kitty Hawk UMC, Kitty Hawk, NC
Hollands UMC UMM, Raleigh, NC
Bethel UMC Mens Small Group, Snow Camp, NC
Centenary UMC, Smithfield, NC
Union UMC, Harrellsville, NC
Murfreesboro UMC UMM, Murfreesboro, NC
Whitley Memorial Mens Club, Smithfield, NC
James & Billie Denny, Southern Shores, NC
Duck UMC Inc., Duck Station, NC

Urgent Needs at MERCI

MERCI Representatives Available to Speak

If you would like to have a representative of MERCI visit your church, Sunday School class, youth group or other event to speak about our mission, volunteer opportunities or how you can help support this work, contact us at 1-888-440-9167.

Volunteer Teams Needed

Volunteer teams are needed at the MERCI Warehouse in Goldsboro. Teams will collect, sort and pack response kits, organize inventory to prepare for immediate response, become trained to better respond to emergency situations (see the Training page) and make a commitment to join a team to serve in the most awesome ministry of caring! To schedule a team of one or more, contact Ann Huffman at 1-888-440-9167 or .