{"id":117,"date":"2020-03-30T17:14:46","date_gmt":"2020-03-30T22:14:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.edenuccchicago.org\/blog\/?p=117"},"modified":"2020-03-30T17:14:46","modified_gmt":"2020-03-30T22:14:46","slug":"looking-ahead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.edenuccchicago.org\/blog\/2020\/03\/30\/looking-ahead\/","title":{"rendered":"Looking Ahead"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"140\" height=\"204\" class=\"wp-image-41\" style=\"width: 140px;float:left;margin-right:10px;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.edenuccchicago.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/JackiBelile-cropped.jpg\" alt=\"Rev. Jacki Belile\">This is a time for dwelling in the present, as so much of planning for future is uncertain.&nbsp; Please remember that there is a spiritual gift in being &#8220;forced&#8221; to focus on the present. I&#8217;ve been thinking and praying a lot on what I know in the present and trying to be faithful to those things.<br><br>One thing&#8217;s for sure: we can show up&nbsp;<em>with heart<\/em>&nbsp;in the present for each other.&nbsp; Thanks to the Care Fellowship for their encouraging outreach this week, as well as a team of volunteers who&#8217;ve prepared to be of any practical and encouraging assistance in the coming weeks. Linda, Chris, Larry, Tanya, Maria, Clare and Rita have offered presence in this time.<br><br>Another way to be present: the brief hangouts each week. Tuesday dinner was a blessing, as was the inaugural prayer meeting.&nbsp; Seven of us met in these alternative ways this week.&nbsp; These will continue on Tuesdays and Wednesdays, 6:30-7:00 p.m. (see below).<br><br>Please pray for the Council as we meet on Sunday evening for some mix of routine things and assessing wise steps to serve and steward Eden in this time.&nbsp; &nbsp; And remember&#8230; this is the last Sunday in March.&nbsp; We urge you to drop off or pay <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/eddenuccchicago.us15.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=21fd656331be5658fdce9eaf3&amp;id=048d0ad4b3&amp;e=4ad300ec03\" target=\"_blank\">electronically<\/a> whatever you&#8217;re led to contribute for March financial offerings.&nbsp; Together, we&#8217;ll keep the BOAT steady as we sail on forward in faith.<br><br> In Christ&#8217;s Peace,<br> Jacki  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is a time for dwelling in the present, as so much of planning for future is uncertain.&nbsp; Please remember that there is a spiritual gift in being &#8220;forced&#8221; to focus on the present. I&#8217;ve been thinking and praying a lot on what I know in the present and trying to be faithful to those<span class=\"post-excerpt-end\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.edenuccchicago.org\/blog\/2020\/03\/30\/looking-ahead\/\" class=\"themebutton\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-117","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edenuccchicago.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edenuccchicago.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edenuccchicago.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edenuccchicago.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edenuccchicago.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=117"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.edenuccchicago.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":118,"href":"https:\/\/www.edenuccchicago.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117\/revisions\/118"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edenuccchicago.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=117"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edenuccchicago.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=117"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edenuccchicago.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=117"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}