{"id":2835,"date":"2017-12-13T17:56:06","date_gmt":"2017-12-13T22:56:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mccnova.com\/?p=2835"},"modified":"2017-12-17T15:31:24","modified_gmt":"2017-12-17T20:31:24","slug":"3rd-sunday-of-advent-dec-17-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mccnova.com\/?p=2835","title":{"rendered":"3rd Sunday of Advent \u2013 Dec 17, 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mccnova.com\/sermons\/2017\/121717_Sermon.mp3\">12\/17 Sermon Posted (Click to listen)<\/a><br \/>\n<strong> Open To God \u2013 Open Your Heart \u2013 Feel! &#8221;<br \/>\nPreaching: Rev Emma Chattin  <\/strong> <\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em> <\/p>\n<p>Advent continues. Each Sunday we will have a Contemporary Witness to share a story.  This Sunday the Contemporary Witness is Jeff Young.<br \/>\nJoin us as we celebrate this special time of year in very special ways! <\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/files.constantcontact.com\/7ed73837001\/7745dd05-3cba-4c7a-9f4f-beb0520a67a4.pdf\"><br \/>\nAncient Reading:  Isaiah 61: 1-4, 8-11<br \/>\nContemporary Witness: Jeff Young<br \/>\n<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Our Annual MCC NoVA Congregational Meeting will be just after service and some delicious potluck.  All are welcome to attend, and members of the church will be able to vote on the budget and for one Board of Director&#8217;s vacancy.  If you have any questions, contact the Vice Moderator, Frank Vance or other board members:  Leigh Anne Arnold, Jeanne Bennett-Bailey, Jim Cullum, or Kris Miller.<\/p>\n<p><!-- <br \/><strong>Sunday morning worship  ... Come Join Us on Sunday Morning!<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"images\/091717-service.jpg\" height=378 width=\"504\"><\/a><\/strong> --><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mccnova.com\/sermons\/2017\/121717_Choir-Song.mp3\" target=_new\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"images\/121717_Choir-Song.jpg\" height=400 width=\"600\"><br \/>\nClick to listen &#8211;  Child of our Dreams &#8211; with Flute &#8211; Special Music from MCC NoVA Choir<\/a><br \/>\nJorge (Piano), Sterling (Flute), vocals: John, Jeff, Jeanne, &#038; Jane <\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>12\/17 Sermon Posted (Click to listen) Open To God \u2013 Open Your Heart \u2013 Feel! &#8221; Preaching: Rev Emma Chattin Advent continues. Each Sunday we will have a Contemporary Witness to share a story. This Sunday the Contemporary Witness is &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mccnova.com\/?p=2835\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2835","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sunday-worship"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mccnova.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2835","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mccnova.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mccnova.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mccnova.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mccnova.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2835"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.mccnova.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2835\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2849,"href":"https:\/\/www.mccnova.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2835\/revisions\/2849"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mccnova.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2835"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mccnova.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2835"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mccnova.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2835"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}