This course has been canceled – Please return in the future to see when this course will be offered again.
This course will be offered in person
on August 19, 2023, at St. Pauls UMC.
The gathering will begin at 8:30 am, and the
session will start at 9:00 am and end at 4:30 pm.
Registration is open until Sunday, August 13, 2023, @ 11:00 pm. Registration is $25 and includes lunch.
Rev. Shawn Blackwelder will lead this course.
This session minimum is five attendees and a
maximum of 20 attendees.
Life Together in the United Methodist Connections (United Methodist Polity)
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.
NOTE: Participants will also need a Book of Discipline.
Participants will be able to:
- State and describe the uniqueness, purpose, and overall structure of The United Methodist Church, its connectional system, and its order of missionary preachers;
- Describe the uniqueness and purpose of the episcopacy, the itinerant ministry and appointment processes, the ordering of ministry, and the annual conference;
- Explain the many ways our connection works together to fulfill its mission from the local church to the global general agencies;
- 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;
- Use new tools for discernment in making decisions in the local church.
Please call or email the District Office with
any questions about registration:
districts@nccumc.org or 919.779.9435
If you have any questions about the course,
you are invited to contact
District Director of Lay Servant Ministries
Sandra Core at score@nccumc.org