{"id":7709,"date":"2023-09-22T09:03:34","date_gmt":"2023-09-22T14:03:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.firstuccdc.org\/?p=7709"},"modified":"2023-09-29T12:29:56","modified_gmt":"2023-09-29T17:29:56","slug":"worship-with-us-this-sunday-39","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.firstuccdc.org\/index.php\/2023\/09\/22\/worship-with-us-this-sunday-39\/","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-7710\" src=\"https:\/\/www.firstuccdc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/desert-sunset-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.firstuccdc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/desert-sunset-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.firstuccdc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/desert-sunset-1024x684.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.firstuccdc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/desert-sunset-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.firstuccdc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/desert-sunset-580x387.jpg 580w, https:\/\/www.firstuccdc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/desert-sunset-860x574.jpg 860w, https:\/\/www.firstuccdc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/desert-sunset-1160x774.jpg 1160w, https:\/\/www.firstuccdc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/desert-sunset.jpg 1447w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Join us at 10:30 in the sanctuary or <a href=\"https:\/\/us02web.zoom.us\/j\/82573190587?pwd=N0YrK2RQZEh0aHVvNFJ5T0FScytQUT09\">click here<\/a> to join us by Zoom for Sunday worship. Hannah Long-Higgins will call us to worship by reflecting on our fall theme, &#8220;Renewing the Journey.&#8221; Rev. Sam will gather our children for a message. Alisa Tanaka-Dodge and Peter Byrne will serve as our scripture readers with focus texts from Exodus 16:2-15 (manna from heaven) and Philippians 1:27-28 (live lives worthy of the gospel), and Rev. Amanda will preach. The First Church Choir will sing the anthem, &#8220;Jesus, Lover of my Soul&#8221; under the direction of Leela Koilpillai. We will also share in the prayers of the people. Join us!<\/p>\n<div>Children will begin the morning in worship, then following the Time with our Children and the passing of the peace, they will walk the neighborhood with Rev. Sam, LaTayna Purnell, Anna Kiss and Karen Pence for a &#8220;Justice Notice&#8221; journey.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>After worship, join us for coffee and fellowship in the narthex, then we will offer several options at noon: an Inquirer&#8217;s Gathering for newcomers will be held in the chapel; the parents will gather in the community hall, and the young adults will go to the Portrait Gallery. Extended fellowship will also be available to all in the narthex.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Photograph by Tim Eiden of Marco Photography<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Join us at 10:30 in the sanctuary or click here to join us by Zoom for Sunday worship. Hannah Long-Higgins will call us to worship by reflecting on our fall theme, &#8220;Renewing the Journey.&#8221; Rev. Sam will gather our children for a message. 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