{"id":4560,"date":"2026-11-13T18:33:38","date_gmt":"2026-11-14T00:33:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.firstpcportage.com\/?p=4560"},"modified":"2026-11-13T18:33:38","modified_gmt":"2026-11-14T00:33:38","slug":"announcements-sheet-november-15-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.firstpcportage.com\/?p=4560","title":{"rendered":"Announcements Sheet November 15, 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Twenty-Fifth Sunday after Pentecost<\/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 Brian Yeo for hosting today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>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.<\/em><\/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; Raymond Reichelt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Greeters this morning are Bruce &amp; Lisa Sneesby.<\/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 p.m. &#8211; Bible Study &#8211; week 9 of study using the book: &#8220;Women of the Old Testament&#8221; &#8211; by Zoom<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Saturday, 9:00 p.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>25 November \u2013 Meal-in-a-Bowl<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>29 November &#8211; Decorating Christmas tree after the service (lunch to follow)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.firstpcportage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/15-Nov-2026.pdf\">Full announcements here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Twenty-Fifth Sunday after Pentecost 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, downstairs in &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.firstpcportage.com\/?p=4560\">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\/4560"}],"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=4560"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.firstpcportage.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4560\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4561,"href":"https:\/\/www.firstpcportage.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4560\/revisions\/4561"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.firstpcportage.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4560"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.firstpcportage.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4560"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.firstpcportage.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4560"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}