{"id":10633,"date":"2026-04-29T10:59:51","date_gmt":"2026-04-29T14:59:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nccumc.org\/laity\/?post_type=tribe_events&#038;p=10633"},"modified":"2026-04-30T15:15:05","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T19:15:05","slug":"life-together-in-the-united-methodist-connection-um-polity","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/nccumc.org\/laity\/event\/life-together-in-the-united-methodist-connection-um-polity\/","title":{"rendered":"Life Together in the United Methodist Connection (UM Polity)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-genesis-blocks-gb-columns gb-layout-columns-2 gb-2-col-equal has-theme-white-background-color has-theme-secondary-color gb-columns-center alignfull\" style=\"padding-top:5%;padding-bottom:10%\"><div class=\"gb-layout-column-wrap gb-block-layout-column-gap-2 gb-is-responsive-column\" style=\"max-width:1200px\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-genesis-blocks-gb-column gb-block-layout-column\"><div class=\"gb-block-layout-column-inner\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Heritage district Lay Servant Ministries team presents <em>Life Together in the United Methodist Connection<\/em> (UM Polity), with <a href=\"#facilitator\" id=\"#facilitator\">Laura Wittman<\/a>&#8230;<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:100%\"><div  class=\"tribe-events-schedule tribe-clearfix\" >\n\t<p class=\"tribe-events-schedule__datetime\">\n\t\t<span class=\"tribe-events-schedule__date tribe-events-schedule__date--start\">\n\t\t\tAugust 1\t\t<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"tribe-events-schedule__separator tribe-events-schedule__separator--date\">\n\t\t\t\t @ \t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"tribe-events-schedule__time tribe-events-schedule__time--start\">\n\t\t\t\t8:00 am\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"tribe-events-schedule__separator tribe-events-schedule__separator--time\">\n\t\t\t\t\t &#8211; \t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"tribe-events-schedule__time tribe-events-schedule__time--end\">\n\t\t\t\t\t4:30 pm\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div  class=\"tribe-block tribe-block__venue tribe-clearfix\" >\n\t\n\t\n<div class=\"tribe-block__venue__meta\">\n\t<div class=\"tribe-block__venue__name\">\n\t\t<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/nccumc.org\/laity\/venue\/\" title=\"Zoom\">Zoom<\/a><\/h3>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n<div  class=\"tribe-block tribe-block__event-price\" >\n\t\t\t<span class=\"tribe-block__event-price__cost\"> $15 <\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-theme-secondary-color has-border-gray-background-color has-text-color has-background\" style=\"border-top-left-radius:var(--wp--preset--border-radius--lg);border-top-right-radius:var(--wp--preset--border-radius--lg);border-bottom-left-radius:var(--wp--preset--border-radius--lg);border-bottom-right-radius:var(--wp--preset--border-radius--lg)\"><strong>Order Your Book!<\/strong> <br>All participants are expected to read <strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/store.upperroom.org\/product\/the-method-of-our-mission\" id=\"https:\/\/store.upperroom.org\/product\/the-method-of-our-mission\">The Method of Our Mission<\/a><\/em><\/strong> by Laceye C. Warner, prior to class.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>About the Course:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Why does The United Methodist Church do things the way it does? And what does any of this have to do with trying to be a place and a people that embody the Kingdom of God? This course will help participants get their bearings and consider the specific structural challenges The United Methodist Church faces in the 21st century.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Participants will be able to:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>State and describe the uniqueness, purpose, and overall structure of The United Methodist Church, its connectional system and its order of missionary preachers;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Describe the uniqueness and purpose of the episcopacy, the itinerant ministry and appointment processes, the ordering of ministry, and annual conference;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Explain the many ways our connection works together to fulfill its mission from the local church to the global general agencies;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Identify elements of the connection beyond the borders of the annual conference: jurisdictions, General Conference, Judicial Council, and central conferences, as well as other international affiliated churches;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Use new tools for discernment in making decisions in the local church.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>For questions about the course, please contact Heritage district director Bill Kessinger (<a href=\"mailto:heritagelsm@nccumc.org\">heritagelsm@nccumc.org<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-border-light-background-color has-background\" style=\"border-top-left-radius:var(--wp--preset--border-radius--lg);border-top-right-radius:var(--wp--preset--border-radius--lg);border-bottom-left-radius:var(--wp--preset--border-radius--lg);border-bottom-right-radius:var(--wp--preset--border-radius--lg)\"><em>To receive credit for a Zoom course, full attention and presence are required. 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