{"id":22153,"date":"2021-06-10T08:30:00","date_gmt":"2021-06-10T15:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/greaternw.org\/news\/?p=22153"},"modified":"2021-06-10T13:11:05","modified_gmt":"2021-06-10T20:11:05","slug":"micheal-pope-speaks-to-2021-gnw-laity-session","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/greaternw.org\/news\/micheal-pope-speaks-to-2021-gnw-laity-session\/","title":{"rendered":"Micheal Pope speaks to 2021 GNW Laity Session"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The three annual conference lay leaders in the Greater Northwest Area of The United Methodist Church \u2013 Jo Anne Hayden (Alaska), Jan Nelson (OR-ID) and Nancy Davis (PNW) \u2013 help to introduce Micheal Pope, the keynote speaker for the 2021 Laity Session. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pope is the California-Nevada Conference lay leader, CEO of Alzheimer\u2019s Services of the East Bay, a motivational speaker and podcast show host. As a deeply committed United Methodist, Micheal encourages us to live into our theme of \u201cLove Never Ends\u201d and calls us to fully step into our role as laity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The shared Greater Northwest Area Laity Session took place virtually via Zoom on Wednesday, June 9, 2021. The remainder of the session can be viewed online on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=xRhOK0r4NpU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">YouTube<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>California-Nevada Conference lay leader Micheal Pope was the dynamic keynote for the Greater Northwest Area&#8217;s shared Laity Session. 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