{"id":8399,"date":"2024-06-27T11:15:36","date_gmt":"2024-06-27T15:15:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nccumc.org\/laity\/?post_type=tribe_events&#038;p=8399"},"modified":"2024-08-19T14:35:24","modified_gmt":"2024-08-19T18:35:24","slug":"living-our-united-methodist-beliefs-um-history","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/nccumc.org\/laity\/event\/living-our-united-methodist-beliefs-um-history\/","title":{"rendered":"Living Our United Methodist Beliefs (UM History)"},"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 NC Conference Lay Servant Ministries team presents <em>Living Our United Methodist Beliefs<\/em> (UM History) on Zoom&#8230;<\/h4>\n\n\n<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 24, 2024\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\t5:00 pm\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\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-light-gray-background-color has-background\">Course scholarships are available to those in need of financial assistance. 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Please contact your district director or&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:cle@nccumc.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">cle@nccumc.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>About the Course:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This course will explore the special gifts of theology, witness, and organization that The United Methodist Church brings to the church universal, how we got where we are today, and how our distinctive emphases are still needed in the 21st-century church.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Participants will:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Gain an understanding of the distinctive traditions and emphases of The United Methodist Church;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Learn about the journey of the people historically known as Methodists and Evangelical United Brethren, who united in 1968 to form The United Methodist Church;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Learn about the contributions of the early leaders of these churches \u2013 Wesley, Otterbein, Boehm, Albright, and many others;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Develop skills in interpreting United Methodist heritage and emphases to the local church and its members.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-theme-secondary-color has-theme-light-gray-background-color has-text-color has-background\"><strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/store.upperroom.org\/product\/living-our-beliefs-3\" target=\"_blank\">Order Your Book!<\/a><\/strong><br> <br>All participants are expected to read <strong><em>Living Our Beliefs: The United Methodist Way<\/em><\/strong>, by Kenneth L. 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