{"id":5915,"date":"2017-06-25T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-06-25T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/clone\/2017\/06\/25\/team-conor-inspired-by-conor-s-sermon-on-suffering\/"},"modified":"2023-09-20T16:56:06","modified_gmt":"2023-09-20T14:56:06","slug":"team-conor-inspired-by-conor-s-sermon-on-suffering","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/team-conor-inspired-by-conor-s-sermon-on-suffering\/","title":{"rendered":"Team Conor: Inspired by Conor&#039;s Sermon on Suffering"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/clone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/3e412b70-3e2a-4b2f-bc58-76f57008ccc9.png?ssl=1\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After the Reach2016 Conference, Conor McCormick suffered a crippling swimming pool accident which left him a quadriplegic. He has spent the past year fighting for his life. This journey has had its ups and downs, good days and bad days, as well as continued recovery progress. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div> Recently, at the <a href=\"http:\/\/pioneervalleycoc.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pioneer Valley Church&#8217;s<\/a> teen-led service, Conor served the congregation by preaching an inspiring lesson on suffering. We wanted to share that with you! <\/div>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"750\" height=\"442\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/LtQnMcIyxOc\" title=\"Conor McCormick Teaches Bible Lesson on Suffering\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"http:\/\/pioneervalleycoc.org\/resources\/sermons\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The lesson can be found here<\/a> as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The lesson can be found here as well. Conor recently had more surgery done so please continue to pray for him! See updates on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/TeamConor\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Team Conor Facebook page<\/a>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After the Reach2016 Conference, Conor McCormick suffered a crippling swimming pool accident which left him a quadriplegic. 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