{"id":322,"date":"2021-09-24T16:12:00","date_gmt":"2021-09-24T21:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.edenuccchicago.org\/blog\/?p=322"},"modified":"2025-08-29T00:03:51","modified_gmt":"2025-08-29T05:03:51","slug":"what-a-gorgeous-friday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.edenuccchicago.org\/blog\/2021\/09\/24\/what-a-gorgeous-friday\/","title":{"rendered":"What a Gorgeous Friday!"},"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=\"The Rev. Jacki Belile\">Got caught up a bit on neglected gardens.\u00a0 Began planning for a memorial service to be held this Fall. Enjoyed watching Renaissance\u00a0team love on our building.\u00a0 In a few minutes I will be giving a tour of\u00a0Eden to one of our longest and best friends, Craig, visiting from Seattle.\u00a0 He&#8217;s one of my ministry mentors, kind of a spiritual parent for both of us, and very interested in our revitalization and campaign.\u00a0 This varied day reminds me that there is greater joy in every day when I pause to remember what grounds me and to what and whom I feel connected.\u00a0 \u00a0Sometimes it can feel like we are just going through the motions&#8230;when I pause to be &#8220;on purpose&#8221; about these connections it makes every hard thing a little easier.\u00a0<br><br>I hope wherever you are this day that you can pause for a moment of such reflection and be renewed &#8211; even in the midst of weighty tasks &#8211; by the grace of these connections in your life.<br><br>We&#8217;re beginning a new worship series this week, entitled &#8220;A Guiding Presence.&#8221;\u00a0 We&#8217;ll be reviewing key stories from the Hebrew Bible\/Old Testament to remember the God who&#8217;s always there to guide us, even when that presence seems lacking or unfamiliar.<br><br>In Christ&#8217;s Peace<br>Pastor Jacki<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Got caught up a bit on neglected gardens.\u00a0 Began planning for a memorial service to be held this Fall. Enjoyed watching Renaissance\u00a0team love on our building.\u00a0 In a few minutes I will be giving a tour of\u00a0Eden to one of our longest and best friends, Craig, visiting from Seattle.\u00a0 He&#8217;s one of my ministry mentors,<span class=\"post-excerpt-end\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.edenuccchicago.org\/blog\/2021\/09\/24\/what-a-gorgeous-friday\/\" 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-322","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edenuccchicago.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/322","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=322"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.edenuccchicago.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/322\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":546,"href":"https:\/\/www.edenuccchicago.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/322\/revisions\/546"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edenuccchicago.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=322"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edenuccchicago.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=322"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edenuccchicago.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=322"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}