{"id":8586,"date":"2025-05-15T13:04:57","date_gmt":"2025-05-15T18:04:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.firstuccdc.org\/?p=8586"},"modified":"2025-05-22T13:09:45","modified_gmt":"2025-05-22T18:09:45","slug":"worship-with-us-this-sunday-63","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.firstuccdc.org\/index.php\/2025\/05\/15\/worship-with-us-this-sunday-63\/","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=1747401749293000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2y8ZQjiv5NsfjIvhsxXkmS\">click here<\/a>\u00a0to join us by Zoom on this Sunday as we welcome six new members into the life of First Church and bless Rev. Amanda&#8217;s departure on sabbatical. Our opening hymn, Come O Fount of Every Blessing, will be led by Casey Capsambelis on guitar, Katie Koza on violin, and Ulung Tanoto on the cajon drum. The First Church Choir will sing the anthem, &#8220;Hold Us Together.&#8221; Meg Maguire will serve as our scripture reader with focus texts from Rev. 21:1-6 (God will wipe away every tear) and Acts 11:1-18 (Peter&#8217;s vision). Rev. Amanda will preach the sermon. We will also share in a litany of release and blessing to mark Rev. Amanda&#8217;s sabbatical. Join us!<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Join us at 10:30 in the sanctuary or\u00a0click here\u00a0to join us by Zoom on this Sunday as we welcome six new members into the life of First Church and bless Rev. Amanda&#8217;s departure on sabbatical. 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