{"id":9673,"date":"2023-12-22T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-12-21T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.leighmoorunitingchurch.org.au\/?p=9673"},"modified":"2023-12-22T08:33:43","modified_gmt":"2023-12-21T21:33:43","slug":"sunday-24th-december-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.leighmoorunitingchurch.org.au\/?p=9673","title":{"rendered":"Sunday 24th December 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"9673\" class=\"elementor elementor-9673\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a78d023 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no wpr-equal-height-no\" data-id=\"a78d023\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-357dfc7\" data-id=\"357dfc7\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ab96b27 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ab96b27\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Order of Service<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-442cb1b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"442cb1b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Advent 4<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4858154 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4858154\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><\/p><p><strong>PLEASE STAND FOR ENTRY OF THE BIBLE<\/strong><\/p><p><\/p><p><b>SERVICE OF APPROACH<\/b><\/p><p><\/p><ul><li><strong>\u00a0CALL TO WORSHIP<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>WELCOME<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF COUNTRY<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>LIGHTING OF ADVENT CANDLES<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>PRAYER<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>READING 1<\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<em>Psalm 25:4-5; 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