{"id":7723,"date":"2023-09-29T12:32:06","date_gmt":"2023-09-29T17:32:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.firstuccdc.org\/?p=7723"},"modified":"2023-10-06T10:15:29","modified_gmt":"2023-10-06T15:15:29","slug":"worship-with-us-this-world-communion-sunday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.firstuccdc.org\/index.php\/2023\/09\/29\/worship-with-us-this-world-communion-sunday\/","title":{"rendered":"Worship with us this World Communion Sunday"},"content":{"rendered":"<style type=\"text\/css\"><\/style><div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-7724\" src=\"https:\/\/www.firstuccdc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/World-Communion-Sunday-300x292.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"292\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.firstuccdc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/World-Communion-Sunday-300x292.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.firstuccdc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/World-Communion-Sunday-1024x996.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.firstuccdc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/World-Communion-Sunday-768x747.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.firstuccdc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/World-Communion-Sunday-580x564.jpg 580w, https:\/\/www.firstuccdc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/World-Communion-Sunday-860x837.jpg 860w, https:\/\/www.firstuccdc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/World-Communion-Sunday-1160x1129.jpg 1160w, https:\/\/www.firstuccdc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/World-Communion-Sunday.jpg 1258w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Join\u00a0us\u00a0at 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=1696080741422000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1HJ1V4fhAsh8gqSOAurDTW\">click here<\/a>\u00a0to join\u00a0us\u00a0by Zoom as we celebrate World\u00a0Communion\u00a0Sunday and continue our fall theme, &#8220;Renewing the Journey.&#8221;\u00a0<\/span>Rev. Laura Johnson and\u00a0Sandy Sorensen will serve as our scripture readers with focus texts from Exodus 17:1-7 (water from rock) and Philippians 2:1-13 (name above all names). Rev. Amanda will preach the sermon. The First Church choir will sing the anthem &#8220;Salmo 150&#8221; focused on Psalm 150. Rev. Sam will lift up prayers of the people, and preside over\u00a0communion\u00a0with Rev. Amanda as we form a circle to take the bread and cup. We will display bread from around the\u00a0world\u00a0as we lift up in prayer places of struggle and strife (this variety of bread will be available during coffee hour). If you are joining\u00a0us\u00a0from home, please take the time to prepare your table with the sacred elements of bread and cup, which we will bless and break together. We will also hear the Lord&#8217;s Prayer in a multiplicity of languages (Spanish by Peter Tracey, Japanese by Alisa Tanaka-Dodge, and Portuguese by Zua Companhia).<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Rev. Sam invites the children to begin their Sunday in the Christian Education suite for Sunday school, they will return midway through the service to participate in\u00a0communion\u00a0with\u00a0us.\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Following\u00a0worship, enjoy fellowship and coffee, cheeses and baked goods from around the world for an\u00a0extended coffee hour hosted by Grace Bassler and LaTayna Purnell. 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