{"id":2813,"date":"2022-04-14T16:12:33","date_gmt":"2022-04-14T20:12:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nccumc.org\/connectionalministries\/?p=2813"},"modified":"2022-11-04T11:46:00","modified_gmt":"2022-11-04T15:46:00","slug":"conference-connectional-table-meeting-updates-from-3-29-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nccumc.org\/connectional-ministries\/2022\/04\/conference-connectional-table-meeting-updates-from-3-29-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"Conference Connectional Table:\u00a0 Meeting Updates from 3-29-2022"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Conference Connectional Table (CCT) met March 29<sup>th<\/sup> by Zoom for the second of its quarterly meetings in 2022.&nbsp; A meeting summary follows.&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>DEVOTION<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bishop Fairley reminded us that God always desires to communicate with us individually.&nbsp; We must be willing to give God space to speak to us because God asks us every day <em>could I have a word 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