{"id":16341,"date":"2017-10-19T10:57:23","date_gmt":"2017-10-19T17:57:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pnwumc.org\/news\/?p=16341"},"modified":"2017-11-16T11:04:23","modified_gmt":"2017-11-16T19:04:23","slug":"brian-mclaren-headlines-bishops-symposium-in-seattle-on-november-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pnwumc.org\/news\/brian-mclaren-headlines-bishops-symposium-in-seattle-on-november-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Brian McLaren headlines Bishop\u2019s Symposium in Seattle on November 4"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Bishop\u2019s Symposium this year is <strong><em>NO JOKE LIVE! <\/em><\/strong>November 4, 10am \u2013 4:30pm at Seattle First United Methodist Church. \u00a0Brian McLaren will introduce a Rabbi, an Imam and an Evangelical Pastor (No Joke!) who have become friends. When people like each other, the rules change.<\/p>\n<p>Our communities need leaders who can build relationships among people who don&#8217;t know, or distrust one another. United Methodists are called to this work. Many of us do it already. Bishop Elaine is calling lay and clergy leaders of the Pacific Northwest to enjoy an unlikely friendship among three leaders from very different traditions, and to learn how to build relationships among religious communities in America.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJesus showed us the power of relationships,\u201d Stanovsky said. \u201cI hope we\u2019ll go home from this event with a vision for how something as simple as friendship can heal the deep divides in our world.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This Bishop\u2019s Symposium is different from the past. It\u2019s not a retreat setting. United Methodists will be part of a larger, public event, and it\u2019s on a Saturday, making it easier for lay persons to attend with their pastors.<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pnwumc.org\/event\/no-joke-live\/\">Click here<\/a><\/strong><\/span> for more information and a link to purchase tickets.<\/h3>\n<p>For other ways to engage in NO JOKE, <a href=\"http:\/\/greaternw.org\/this-years-bishops-symposium-is-no-joke-a-rabbi-an-imam-a-pastor-and-brian-mclaren-walk-into\/\">click here<\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Bishop\u2019s Symposium this year is NO JOKE LIVE! November 4, 10am \u2013 4:30pm at Seattle First United Methodist Church. \u00a0Brian McLaren will introduce a Rabbi, an Imam and an Evangelical Pastor (No Joke!) who have become friends. When people like each other, the rules change. 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