{"id":8058,"date":"2024-04-05T13:25:58","date_gmt":"2024-04-05T18:25:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.firstuccdc.org\/?p=8058"},"modified":"2024-04-12T09:07:57","modified_gmt":"2024-04-12T14:07:57","slug":"worship-with-us-this-young-adult-sunday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.firstuccdc.org\/index.php\/2024\/04\/05\/worship-with-us-this-young-adult-sunday\/","title":{"rendered":"Worship with us this Young Adult Sunday"},"content":{"rendered":"<style type=\"text\/css\"><\/style><p>Friends,<\/p>\n<p>What a glorious Easter we had last week!\u00a0 It was so wonderful to see so many of you for our beautiful worship service and then to celebrate our community with the exquisite pancake breakfast and the super fun Easter Egg hunt.<\/p>\n<p>We so hope you can join us this Sunday for a special service led by our Young Adults who will reflect upon what it means to feel God&#8217;s presence by exploring the stories of Doubting Thomas and the Road to Emmaus.<\/p>\n<p>The Young Adults will share their gifts in so many ways during this service.\u00a0 Grace Campbell will lead us in a poem by John O&#8217;Donohue.\u00a0 Sarah McKinnis and Thaddaeus Elliott will be our scripture leaders.\u00a0 Michael Enseki-Frank and Erin Williams will offer reflections about their own faith.\u00a0 Casey Liz Capsambelis will sing a solo of &#8220;Come My Way, My Life, My Truth&#8221; by Ralph Vaughan Williams. Rev. Sam and Rev. Sydeny Avent will draw the circle wide as we celebrate the sacrament of Communion.\u00a0 If you are worshipping us via Zoom, we invite you to prepare your own table with the elements of cup and bread. \u00a0The service will be tied together by our wonderful music director, Leela Koilpillai on the piano.<\/p>\n<p>Join worship this Sunday via Zoom by clicking\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/us02web.zoom.us\/j\/82573190587?pwd=N0YrK2RQZEh0aHVvNFJ5T0FScytQUT09\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.\u00a0The Worship Folder for this week is available\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.firstuccdc.org\/index.php\/this-weeks-worship-folder\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>\u00a0online.<\/p>\n<p>We hope you can join us for a meaningful service of worship, prayer, and genuine reflection.\u00a0 And if you are not able to join us, we wish you a wonderful weekend of Spring flowers, sunshine and joy.\u00a0 We are grateful that you are part of the First Church family.<\/p>\n<p>Rev. 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