{"id":4463,"date":"2026-05-16T04:39:59","date_gmt":"2026-05-16T09:39:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.firstpcportage.com\/?p=4463"},"modified":"2026-05-16T04:39:59","modified_gmt":"2026-05-16T09:39:59","slug":"announcements-may-17-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.firstpcportage.com\/?p=4463","title":{"rendered":"Announcements May 17, 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Seventh Sunday Of Easter<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Ascension Sunday<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Holy Communion<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Welcome!<\/strong> We extend a warm welcome to our guests, and invite you to sign the guest book at the back of the sanctuary. Everyone is invited to remain for coffee and fellowship, downstairs in the Church Hall, following the service. We thank Hilda Bruinooge for hosting today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Today we celebrate the Sacrament of the Lord\u2019s Supper. Everyone who has been baptized in any denomination of the Christian church is invited to participate in the Communion, including children. It\u2019s our custom here at First Church to wait until everyone has been served, so that we all consume first the bread, and then the grape juice, together.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We thank Norman Collier, who is leading our service today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Welcome &amp; Announcements \u2013 Margaret McNutt-Reichelt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Greeter this morning is Hilda Bruinooge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Reader today is Raymond Reichelt<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>This Week at First Church:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Monday, 7:00 pm. \u2013 Bible Study \u2013 The second of a 5-week study on faith and mental health \u2013 by Zoom<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Coming Up:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Wednesday, 27 May \u2013 Meal-in-a-Bowl<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.firstpcportage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/17-May-2026.pdf\">Full announcements here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Seventh Sunday Of Easter Ascension Sunday Holy Communion Welcome! We extend a warm welcome to our guests, and invite you to sign the guest book at the back of the sanctuary. Everyone is invited to remain for coffee and fellowship, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.firstpcportage.com\/?p=4463\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.firstpcportage.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4463"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.firstpcportage.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.firstpcportage.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.firstpcportage.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.firstpcportage.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4463"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.firstpcportage.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4463\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4464,"href":"https:\/\/www.firstpcportage.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4463\/revisions\/4464"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.firstpcportage.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4463"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.firstpcportage.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4463"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.firstpcportage.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4463"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}