{"id":432,"date":"2019-09-08T23:03:36","date_gmt":"2019-09-08T23:03:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unitarianchristianalliance.org\/?p=432"},"modified":"2019-09-12T02:30:37","modified_gmt":"2019-09-12T02:30:37","slug":"the-uca-converge-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unitarianchristianalliance.org\/uca-dev\/the-uca-converge-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"The UCA @ CONVERGE 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Last month, the UCA Board of Directors had the pleasure of attending the <a href=\"https:\/\/convergefest.com\/\">CONVERGE<\/a> event in northeastern Ohio, where several hundred unitarian Christians gathered from around the world to celebrate the one God.&nbsp; It was an absolute joy to fellowship with so many like-minded believers.  Good food, great music, and top-notch speakers likewise made this an unforgettable weekend!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.unitarianchristianalliance.org\/uca-dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/UCA-Announcement-at-Converge.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-434\" width=\"307\" height=\"230\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unitarianchristianalliance.org\/uca-dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/UCA-Announcement-at-Converge.jpg 960w, https:\/\/www.unitarianchristianalliance.org\/uca-dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/UCA-Announcement-at-Converge-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.unitarianchristianalliance.org\/uca-dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/UCA-Announcement-at-Converge-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 307px) 100vw, 307px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We were thrilled that the event featured representation from so many different unitarian denominations, organizations, and churches, including the Church of God General Conference, Spirit and Truth Fellowship, Christian Disciples Church, Living Hope International, CenterPointe Church, Living Faith Church, and many more.&nbsp; Some individual attendees we met had never had the opportunity to fellowship and worship with fellow unitarians, and expressed how much the event meant to them and their faith.&nbsp; And that sort of testimony is precisely why we are so excited about the work of the Unitarian Christian Alliance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.unitarianchristianalliance.org\/uca-dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/ECB8F9C7-4FA6-49F2-A751-CF9720AED80F.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-441\" width=\"303\" height=\"201\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unitarianchristianalliance.org\/uca-dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/ECB8F9C7-4FA6-49F2-A751-CF9720AED80F.jpeg 960w, https:\/\/www.unitarianchristianalliance.org\/uca-dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/ECB8F9C7-4FA6-49F2-A751-CF9720AED80F-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.unitarianchristianalliance.org\/uca-dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/ECB8F9C7-4FA6-49F2-A751-CF9720AED80F-768x512.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 303px) 100vw, 303px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In light of the Converge event\u2019s mission to bring unitarians together, we could think of no better place to introduce people to the UCA.  And at our booth in the exhibition hall, we had the chance to speak to dozens of Christians about the organization and the opportunity it provides unitarian believers and groups to network, form communities, and promote biblical theology.&nbsp; Needless to say, excitement was in the air and we were thrilled to help many of the attendees <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unitarianchristianalliance.org\/uca-dev\/join\/\">sign up<\/a> right there at the booth!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.unitarianchristianalliance.org\/uca-dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Converge-Family-Photo.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-433\" width=\"281\" height=\"187\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unitarianchristianalliance.org\/uca-dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Converge-Family-Photo.jpg 960w, https:\/\/www.unitarianchristianalliance.org\/uca-dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Converge-Family-Photo-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.unitarianchristianalliance.org\/uca-dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Converge-Family-Photo-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 281px) 100vw, 281px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Did you or your group have the chance to attend Converge?&nbsp; Are you interested in meeting with other unitarian Christians for fellowship and study?&nbsp; Be on the lookout for announcements from the UCA about new opportunities to do just that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Many blessings!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The UCA Board of Directors<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"70\" height=\"72\" src=\"https:\/\/www.unitarianchristianalliance.org\/uca-dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/SmallerUCALogo.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-436\"\/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last month, the UCA Board of Directors had the pleasure of attending the CONVERGE event in northeastern Ohio, where several&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-432","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unitarianchristianalliance.org\/uca-dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/432","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unitarianchristianalliance.org\/uca-dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unitarianchristianalliance.org\/uca-dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unitarianchristianalliance.org\/uca-dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unitarianchristianalliance.org\/uca-dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=432"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.unitarianchristianalliance.org\/uca-dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/432\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":444,"href":"https:\/\/www.unitarianchristianalliance.org\/uca-dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/432\/revisions\/444"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unitarianchristianalliance.org\/uca-dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=432"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unitarianchristianalliance.org\/uca-dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=432"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unitarianchristianalliance.org\/uca-dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=432"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}