{"id":86,"date":"2020-01-14T16:27:08","date_gmt":"2020-01-14T22:27:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.edenuccchicago.org\/blog\/?p=86"},"modified":"2020-01-14T16:27:08","modified_gmt":"2020-01-14T22:27:08","slug":"the-work-of-christmas-has-begun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.edenuccchicago.org\/blog\/2020\/01\/14\/the-work-of-christmas-has-begun\/","title":{"rendered":"The Work of Christmas (has begun)"},"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\">The lyrics to a wonderful Epiphany hymn say that Christ (and we) are the Light to the World&#8230; and after all the sentimental hoopla is over we carry on with embracing his mission in and through us.&nbsp;<br><br>I&#8217;m reminded of our Fall series on Holiness on Tuesdays, though, and that we&#8217;re called into space and lifestyle for deepening relationship&nbsp;<em>with&nbsp;<\/em>Christ.&nbsp; It&#8217;s not just &#8220;about&#8221; him, and it&#8217;s certainly not just about the WORKS he would invite us to take up.&nbsp; They are a means to greater intimacy with his heart, and greater Light to be shed on and because of our lives.&nbsp;&nbsp;<br><br>So, as always, I hold hope that in all we do and carry we would know its ultimate purpose.&nbsp; The joy of the journey with him, all of us beloved and worthy children whom he came to bless and save.<br><br>Let&#8217;s keep this in mind as we gather Sunday for our semi-annual &#8220;Brunch Church&#8221; and community meeting.&nbsp; Join us at 10:00 a.m. in the Fellowship Hall around the tables of fellowship and brunch prepared by Dave Chernich and Debbie Miranda.&nbsp; Our worship over the meal will conclude by 11:00 a.m., and we&#8217;ll have a relaxed transition to the &#8220;work&#8221; of the business meeting.&nbsp; All welcome!&nbsp; We&#8217;ll be hearing various program reports and approving our Annual Budget.<br><br> For the Good News,<br> Pastor Jacki <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The lyrics to a wonderful Epiphany hymn say that Christ (and we) are the Light to the World&#8230; and after all the sentimental hoopla is over we carry on with embracing his mission in and through us.&nbsp; I&#8217;m reminded of our Fall series on Holiness on Tuesdays, though, and that we&#8217;re called into space and<span class=\"post-excerpt-end\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.edenuccchicago.org\/blog\/2020\/01\/14\/the-work-of-christmas-has-begun\/\" 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-86","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edenuccchicago.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86","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=86"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.edenuccchicago.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":87,"href":"https:\/\/www.edenuccchicago.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86\/revisions\/87"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edenuccchicago.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=86"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edenuccchicago.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=86"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edenuccchicago.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=86"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}