{"id":4458,"date":"2019-10-24T17:00:44","date_gmt":"2019-10-24T22:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mccnova.com\/?p=4458"},"modified":"2019-11-16T21:14:10","modified_gmt":"2019-11-17T02:14:10","slug":"sunday-october-27th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mccnova.com\/?p=4458","title":{"rendered":"Sunday Nov 3rd &#8211; Blessing of the Animals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>lick below to listen to the Sermon for 11\/3\/19 <audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-2019-44\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"\/sermons\/2019\/110319_Sermon.mp3?_=44 \/><a href=\"\/sermons\/2019\/110319_Sermon.mp3\"><br \/>\n\/sermons\/2019\/110319_Sermon.mp3<\/a><\/audio><BR><br \/>\n<strong> Rev. Emma Chattin, Preaching<br \/>\nReflection: &#8220;Bless The Beasties: Let The Animals Teach You&#8221; <\/strong><em><br \/>\nThere will be a Blessing of the Animals on Sunday, November 3 at 11 AM supported by our Environmental and Animal Rights Ministry. In addition to blessing animals present, folks may being items for a blessing (collar, blanket, toy) for animals they are unable to bring. There will also be a table where folks may being a photo of animals they are unable to bring, as well as photos and mementoes of animals who have died but remain in cherished memory. Join us as we learn from the animals,  reflect on wisdom from St. Francis of Assisi, and bless those animals who have a place in our hearts. <\/em><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/files.constantcontact.com\/7ed73837001\/1eb20f2f-4966-46f4-a8b2-dce4c6368bb3.pdf\"><br \/>\nAncient Reading: Job 12:7-10<br \/>\nSecond Reading:  Adapted from Joy Harjo, first Native American US Poet Laureate (2019)<br \/>\n<\/a><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"images\/20191103-Altar.jpg\"><br \/>\nSunday morning worship  &#8230; Come Join Us at 11AM on a Sunday Morning! <strong><br \/>\nMCC of NORTHERN VIRGINIA celebrated its 38th Anniversary April 21!<br \/>\nCelebrating 51 years of Metropolitan Community Churches Worldwide!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>lick below to listen to the Sermon for 11\/3\/19<\/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-4458","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\/4458","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=4458"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.mccnova.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4458\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4511,"href":"https:\/\/www.mccnova.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4458\/revisions\/4511"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mccnova.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4458"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mccnova.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4458"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mccnova.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4458"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}