{"id":8741,"date":"2025-11-07T10:33:25","date_gmt":"2025-11-07T15:33:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.firstuccdc.org\/?p=8741"},"modified":"2025-11-13T14:28:27","modified_gmt":"2025-11-13T19:28:27","slug":"worship-with-us-this-baptism-sunday-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.firstuccdc.org\/index.php\/2025\/11\/07\/worship-with-us-this-baptism-sunday-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Worship with us this Baptism Sunday"},"content":{"rendered":"<style type=\"text\/css\"><\/style><p>Join us at 10:30 in the\u00a0sanctuary 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=1762611422576000&amp;usg=AOvVaw14B_sH0ZXWwUWCN_5mst0N\">click here<\/a>\u00a0to join us by Zoom as we celebrate the baptism of Malachi Carter Simmons and continue our stewardship theme, &#8220;Dreaming God&#8217;s Dream.&#8221; Rev. Sam will lead the children in blessing the baptismal water. Eric Olson will offer special music with Ulung Tanoto. Courtney McCaffrey and Diane Brenneman will serve as our scripture readers with focus texts from Genesis 37 and 41 (Joseph&#8217;s dreams). Rev. Amanda will preach. Robert Mann-Thompson will offer a stewardship testimony. We will also share in prayers of the people. Join us for this special Sunday!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Join us at 10:30 in the\u00a0sanctuary or\u00a0click here\u00a0to join us by Zoom as we celebrate the baptism of Malachi Carter Simmons and continue our stewardship theme, &#8220;Dreaming God&#8217;s Dream.&#8221; Rev. Sam will lead the children in blessing the baptismal water. Eric Olson will offer special music with Ulung Tanoto. 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