{"id":4541,"date":"2026-10-16T17:35:14","date_gmt":"2026-10-16T22:35:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.firstpcportage.com\/?p=4541"},"modified":"2026-10-16T17:35:14","modified_gmt":"2026-10-16T22:35:14","slug":"announcements-october-18-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.firstpcportage.com\/?p=4541","title":{"rendered":"Announcements October 18, 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Twenty-First 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 lunch after the service downstairs in the Church Hall, no charge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We thank Mardine Garnham and Margaret McNutt-Reichelt for arranging the lunch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We thank Norman Collier for leading us in worship today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Welcome &amp; Announcements &#8211; Margaret McNutt-Reichelt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Greeter this morning is Mardine Garnham.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Readers today are Lisa &amp; Bruce Sneesby.<\/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 5 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<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Coming Up:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Meal-in-a-Bowl &#8211; 28 October, to place your order, please phone Lisa Sneesby, (204) 385-2847, leave a message. Please order by 6 P.M. October 26.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Food Bank<\/strong> &#8211; Once again we will be collecting food for the Salvation Army Food Bank. Items can be brought to the church each Sunday in October. There is always a need for cold cereal and peanut butter. At the end of October all items will be delivered to the Food Bank.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.firstpcportage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/18-Oct-2026.pdf\">Full announcements here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Twenty-First 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 lunch after the service downstairs in the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.firstpcportage.com\/?p=4541\">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\/4541"}],"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=4541"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.firstpcportage.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4541\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4542,"href":"https:\/\/www.firstpcportage.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4541\/revisions\/4542"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.firstpcportage.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4541"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.firstpcportage.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4541"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.firstpcportage.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4541"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}