{"id":8728,"date":"2024-11-12T07:43:59","date_gmt":"2024-11-12T12:43:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nccumc.org\/laity\/?post_type=tribe_events&#038;p=8728"},"modified":"2025-01-29T11:53:09","modified_gmt":"2025-01-29T16:53:09","slug":"embracing-personal-prayer","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/nccumc.org\/laity\/event\/embracing-personal-prayer\/","title":{"rendered":"Embracing Personal Prayer"},"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 Gateway district Lay Servant Ministries team presents the advanced course <em>Embracing Personal Prayer<\/em> with Effie McGill&#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\tMarch 22, 2025\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__event-price\" >\n\t\t\t<span class=\"tribe-block__event-price__cost\"> $15 <\/span>\n\t\t<\/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\n<p><strong>About the Course:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Prayer is a relationship with God that grows and matures over time. Burger\u2019s study combines scriptural teaching and personal testimony that will help you overcome obstacles to intimacy with God. Appropriate for individuals and small groups, this resource features practical suggestions and honest testimony from a pilgrim who desires to walk with God.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Learners will:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Examine their own prayer lives;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Explore lessons from the prayer life of Jesus;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Learn deeper approaches to personal prayer;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Embrace the promise of intimacy with God.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-theme-secondary-color has-theme-light-gray-background-color has-text-color has-background\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/store.upperroom.org\/product\/the-method-of-our-mission\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Order Your Book!<\/a><\/strong> <br><br><em>&nbsp;All participants are expected to read&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/store.upperroom.org\/product\/lord-teach-us-to-pray\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Lord, Teach Us to Pray: A Study of Personal Prayer<\/a>, by Margie Burger, prior to the course.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For questions about the course, please contact <strong>Josey Snyder<\/strong> at <a href=\"mailto:josey.snyder@nccumc.org\">josey.snyder@nccumc.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-genesis-blocks-gb-column gb-block-layout-column\"><div class=\"gb-block-layout-column-inner has-theme-white-background-color\" style=\"padding:20px\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nccumc.org\/laity\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2024\/11\/Embracing-Personal-Prayer.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/nccumc.org\/laity\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2024\/11\/Embracing-Personal-Prayer.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8729\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nccumc.org\/laity\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2024\/11\/Embracing-Personal-Prayer.png 1200w, https:\/\/nccumc.org\/laity\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2024\/11\/Embracing-Personal-Prayer-720x405.png 720w, https:\/\/nccumc.org\/laity\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2024\/11\/Embracing-Personal-Prayer-768x432.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>About the Presenter<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Effie McGill<\/strong>&nbsp;is a certified lay speaker, certified lay minister, deaconess, and life-long member of Galilee UMC in Laurinburg, NC. Effie serves as the Gateway district director of Lay Servant Ministries. Her ministry is communications coordinator at Galilee UMC; she also serves as volunteer communications, media, and technology at Partners in Ministry in Laurinburg, NC.&nbsp; Effie and her husband, Larry, have a son, daughter-in-love, daughter, son-in-love, and seven granddaughters.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Gateway district LSM team is pleased to present this course on personal prayer, open to all UMC laity. 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