{"id":4531,"date":"2019-11-30T09:38:08","date_gmt":"2019-11-30T14:38:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mccnova.com\/?p=4531"},"modified":"2019-12-14T09:18:29","modified_gmt":"2019-12-14T14:18:29","slug":"sunday-dec-8-advent-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mccnova.com\/?p=4531","title":{"rendered":"Sunday Dec 8 &#8211; Advent 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Click below to listen to the Sermon for 12\/08\/19 <audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-2019-49\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"\/sermons\/2019\/120819_Sermon.mp3?_=49 \/><a href=\"\/sermons\/2019\/120819_Sermon.mp3\"><br \/>\n\/sermons\/2019\/120819_Sermon.mp3<\/a><\/audio><BR><br \/>\n<strong> Rev. Lori McPherson, Preaching<\/strong><em><br \/>\nReflection: Be Still&#8230; Then Prophesy <\/em><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/files.constantcontact.com\/7ed73837001\/39c6363e-8866-4208-8d22-959b2a2388c0.pdf\"><br \/>\nAncient Reading ~ Matthew 3:1-12<br \/>\nSecond Reading  ~ from \u201cIn God\u2019s Time\u201d by Dr. Craig C. Hill<br \/>\nThird Reading   ~ from \u201cThe Prelude\u201d in The Complete Works of William Wordsworth<br \/>\n<\/a><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"images\/2019AdventSeason.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<hr>\n<p>\n<em><strong>DECEMBER CHURCH BUDGET FORUM AND CONGREGATIONAL MEETING <\/strong><\/em><br \/>\nThe Board of Directors will be hosting a budget forum and candidates for Board discussion following worship service on Sunday, December 8.  Sue, our treasurer, will provide an update of the church&#8217;s finances and the Board will present a draft budget proposal for 2020. All are encouraged to attend and to ask questions.<br \/>\nSunday, Dec 15th, our yearly Congregational Meeting will be held after worship. Church members will vote on the 2020 Church Budget and for church Board members, and Lay Delegate.<br \/>\nAnd, there will be an All Church Potluck lunch Dec 15th to sustain us!<br \/>\nCheck your email for a link to the Congregational Meeting Packet (18 pages).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Click below to listen to the Sermon for 12\/08\/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-4531","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\/4531","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=4531"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.mccnova.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4531\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4549,"href":"https:\/\/www.mccnova.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4531\/revisions\/4549"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mccnova.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4531"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mccnova.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4531"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mccnova.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4531"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}