{"id":8580,"date":"2025-05-08T12:42:10","date_gmt":"2025-05-08T17:42:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.firstuccdc.org\/?p=8580"},"modified":"2025-05-15T13:02:56","modified_gmt":"2025-05-15T18:02:56","slug":"worship-with-us-this-sunday-62","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.firstuccdc.org\/index.php\/2025\/05\/08\/worship-with-us-this-sunday-62\/","title":{"rendered":"Worship with us this Sunday"},"content":{"rendered":"<style type=\"text\/css\"><\/style><div>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=1746809573101000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2A4coR4BM6hAHSpiCXAv0y\">click here<\/a>\u00a0to join us by Zoom this Sunday as we bless heartfelt departures, releasing Chandra DeNap Whetstine, our seminary intern, and the Rev. Sydney Avent, as she relocates later this month. Sandy Sorensen will call us to worship with a personal reflection. Rev. Sam will lead a time with our children. The First Church Choir will sing the anthem, &#8220;We Are One in the Spirit&#8221; under the direction of Ulung Tanoto. Michael Enseki-Frank will serve as our scripture reader with a focus text from 1 Corinthians 3:10-23 (our foundation is Jesus Christ), and Chandra will preach the sermon. We will then offer our blessings to Chandra and Rev. Sydney. Join us.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Join us at 10:30 in the sanctuary or\u00a0click here\u00a0to join us by Zoom this Sunday as we bless heartfelt departures, releasing Chandra DeNap Whetstine, our seminary intern, and the Rev. Sydney Avent, as she relocates later this month. Sandy Sorensen will call us to worship with a personal reflection. Rev. 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