{"id":9222,"date":"2024-02-20T15:59:01","date_gmt":"2024-02-20T20:59:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nccumc.org\/leadership\/?post_type=tribe_events&#038;p=9222"},"modified":"2025-03-20T11:29:00","modified_gmt":"2025-03-20T15:29:00","slug":"christian-unity-in-a-world-of-disunity","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/nccumc.org\/leadership\/event\/christian-unity-in-a-world-of-disunity\/","title":{"rendered":"Christian Unity in a World of Disunity"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\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\"><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\"><strong>The Christian Unity and Interreligious Relationships Committee and the Center for Leadership Excellence present a webinar led by Jean Hawxhurst&#8230;<\/strong><\/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\tJune 17, 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\t1:00 pm\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\t2:00 pm\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\"><div  class=\"tribe-block tribe-block__event-price\" >\n\t\t\t<span class=\"tribe-block__event-price__cost\"> Free <\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>About the Webinar:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jesus\u2019 last prayer in the Gospel of John before he was arrested was that his followers might \u201cbe one.\u201d&nbsp; That seems like a remote dream these days, and yet the call to unity is foundational to who we say we are as United Methodist Christians. This webinar will take a look at why and how we are called to Christian unity and to interreligious hospitality, and it will give some practical guidelines and suggestions for how to live that out in the life of a local congregation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-genesis-blocks-gb-columns gb-layout-columns-1 gb-1-col-equal gb-columns-center alignwide\"><div class=\"gb-layout-column-wrap gb-block-layout-column-gap-2 gb-is-responsive-column\" style=\"max-width:1207px\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-genesis-blocks-gb-column gb-block-layout-column\"><div class=\"gb-block-layout-column-inner\">\n<p><strong>About the Speaker:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignleft size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/nccumc.org\/leadership\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2024\/02\/Jean-Professional-Photo-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9252\" style=\"width:235px;height:auto\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Rev. 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