{"id":8745,"date":"2025-11-13T14:30:22","date_gmt":"2025-11-13T19:30:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.firstuccdc.org\/?p=8745"},"modified":"2025-11-21T10:51:06","modified_gmt":"2025-11-21T15:51:06","slug":"worship-with-us-this-commitment-sunday-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.firstuccdc.org\/index.php\/2025\/11\/13\/worship-with-us-this-commitment-sunday-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Worship with us this Commitment Sunday"},"content":{"rendered":"<style type=\"text\/css\"><\/style><p>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=1763130911063000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3YpK4Iw_R-TAP88wuCZepF\">click here<\/a>\u00a0to join us by Zoom on this Commitment Sunday as we welcome stewardship chairperson Peter Byrne into our pulpit and draw to a close our stewardship theme &#8220;Dreaming God&#8217;s Dream.&#8221; Thaddaeus Elliott will offer an invocation. Rev. Sam will lead a time with our children. The First Church Choir will sing the anthem &#8220;Deep Peace&#8221; under the direction of Ulung Tanoto. Jim Riker will\u00a0accompany our worship on the drums. Treasurer John Smeltzer and Assistant Treasurer Lucille Dickinson will serve as our scripture readers with focus texts from Acts 2:14, 36-47 (early church sharing resources) and Isaiah 65:19-25 (peaceable kingdom). Peter Byrne will preach the sermon. We will invite you to bring forward commitment cards, offerings, and colorful inserts sharing your dreams for our faith community to place on the worship table. Rev. Amanda and Rev. LaTayna Purnell will offer blessings to anyone who wishes to receive, and then Amanda will bless the commitments and lead us in the prayer of our Savior. 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