{"id":9709,"date":"2023-12-29T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-12-29T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.leighmoorunitingchurch.org.au\/?p=9709"},"modified":"2024-01-06T10:54:55","modified_gmt":"2024-01-05T23:54:55","slug":"sunday-31st-december-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.leighmoorunitingchurch.org.au\/?p=9709","title":{"rendered":"Sunday 31st December 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"9709\" class=\"elementor elementor-9709\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-8c92402 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=\"8c92402\" 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-894677d\" data-id=\"894677d\" 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-a0baa74 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a0baa74\" 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-6f259a8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6f259a8\" 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\">Christmas 1<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5705613 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5705613\" 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><p><strong>TIS 305\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0 <em>Let Earth and Heaven Combine<\/em><\/p><\/li><\/ul><p><strong>SERVICE OF THE WORD<\/strong><\/p><ul><li><b style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: 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Lord<\/em><\/li><li><strong>CHILDREN&#8217;S TIME<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>SERMON:<\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<strong>Hope for the Future\u00a0<em>\u00a0\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/li><li><p><strong>TIS 317<\/strong><em>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Love Came Down at Christmas<\/em><\/p><\/li><\/ul><p><strong style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif;\">SERVICE OF RESPONSE<\/strong><\/p><ul><li><strong>JOYS AND CONCERNS<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>PRAYERS OF INTERCESSION<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>NOTICES \u2013 OFFERTORY<\/strong><\/li><li><p><strong>TIS 588\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong><em>In Heavenly Love Abiding<\/em><\/p><\/li><\/ul><p><strong>BENEDICTION\u00a0 \u2013 <\/strong><em>God be with you (v1)<\/em><\/p><p><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2576803 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" 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