{"id":4518,"date":"2026-09-19T07:24:55","date_gmt":"2026-09-19T12:24:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.firstpcportage.com\/?p=4518"},"modified":"2026-09-19T07:24:55","modified_gmt":"2026-09-19T12:24:55","slug":"announcements-september-20-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.firstpcportage.com\/?p=4518","title":{"rendered":"Announcements September 20, 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Seventeenth Sunday After Pentecost<\/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 Mardine Garnham for hosting today.<\/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 &#8211; Margaret Dunn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Greeter this morning is Marg Clark.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Reader today is Keith Kelly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>This Week at First Church:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Monday, 7:00 p.m. &#8211; Bible Study &#8211; week 2 of study using the book: &#8220;Women of the Old Testament&#8221; &#8211; by Zoom<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Thursday, 7:00 p.m. &#8211; Session meeting, by Zoom<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Saturday, 9:00 a.m. &#8211; Men&#8217;s Breakfast Group<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Coming Up:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>September 30 &#8211; Meal-in-a-Bowl<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>October 4 &#8211; World Communion Sunday &#8211; special service<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.firstpcportage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/20-Sept-2026.pdf\">Full announcements here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Seventeenth Sunday After Pentecost 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, downstairs in the Church &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.firstpcportage.com\/?p=4518\">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\/4518"}],"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=4518"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.firstpcportage.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4518\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4519,"href":"https:\/\/www.firstpcportage.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4518\/revisions\/4519"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.firstpcportage.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4518"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.firstpcportage.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4518"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.firstpcportage.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4518"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}