{"id":7666,"date":"2023-08-25T10:29:16","date_gmt":"2023-08-25T15:29:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.firstuccdc.org\/?p=7666"},"modified":"2023-09-01T12:06:33","modified_gmt":"2023-09-01T17:06:33","slug":"worship-with-us-this-sunday-37","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.firstuccdc.org\/index.php\/2023\/08\/25\/worship-with-us-this-sunday-37\/","title":{"rendered":"Worship with us this Sunday"},"content":{"rendered":"<style type=\"text\/css\"><\/style><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-7667\" src=\"https:\/\/www.firstuccdc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Princess-of-Egypt-300x191.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"191\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.firstuccdc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Princess-of-Egypt-300x191.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.firstuccdc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Princess-of-Egypt-1024x653.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.firstuccdc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Princess-of-Egypt-768x490.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.firstuccdc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Princess-of-Egypt-1536x980.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.firstuccdc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Princess-of-Egypt-580x370.jpg 580w, https:\/\/www.firstuccdc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Princess-of-Egypt-860x549.jpg 860w, https:\/\/www.firstuccdc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Princess-of-Egypt-1160x740.jpg 1160w, https:\/\/www.firstuccdc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Princess-of-Egypt.jpg 1997w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Join us at 10:30 in the sanctuary or\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/us02web.zoom.us\/j\/82573190587?pwd=N0YrK2RQZEh0aHVvNFJ5T0FScytQUT09\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/us02web.zoom.us\/j\/82573190587?pwd%3DN0YrK2RQZEh0aHVvNFJ5T0FScytQUT09&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1693062016716000&amp;usg=AOvVaw31J5yEhmdmGuY4gDopHlB2\">click here<\/a>\u00a0to join us by Zoom this Sunday. 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