{"id":3467,"date":"2015-12-25T10:00:22","date_gmt":"2015-12-25T15:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stmichaelarchangel.org\/?p=3467"},"modified":"2015-12-10T15:40:19","modified_gmt":"2015-12-10T20:40:19","slug":"from-the-pastors-desk-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stmichaelarchangel.org\/?p=3467","title":{"rendered":"From the Pastor&#8217;s Desk"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/stmichaelarchangel.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/theotokos.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1997\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1997\" src=\"http:\/\/stmichaelarchangel.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/theotokos-241x300.jpg\" alt=\"theotokos\" width=\"241\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stmichaelarchangel.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/theotokos-241x300.jpg 241w, https:\/\/stmichaelarchangel.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/theotokos-823x1024.jpg 823w, https:\/\/stmichaelarchangel.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/theotokos.jpg 1377w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 241px) 100vw, 241px\" \/><\/a><strong>THANK YOU<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">A word of thanks is offered to: all who\u00a0\u00a0 have so generously supported the two spiritual communities I serve; all who took the time to offer me Christmas greetings; all who donated for flowers to enhance our worship space; all who have supported various community activities; all who assisted in any way to make our services special and beautiful by singing or serving; and all who have come repeatedly and prayed together with me. It is my sincere hope that, in some way, my efforts have helped you on your life\u2019s journey.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b><i>Many, Many Thanks\u00a0\u00a0 <\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>SPECIAL GREETINGS <\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Special Christmas Greetings are extended to those who may be reading this Bulletin but were unable to celebrate this feast with me because of health or miles separating us. Please know you were remembered. May God bless you abundantly with peace,\u00a0 happiness and good health.\u00a0\u00a0<strong> <i>Christ IS Born! Glorify Him!<\/i><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>WELCOME<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>A warm welcome <\/b>is extended to any who have joined us for our Christmas celebration as either first time guests or old friends. Please know that your presence for our celebration was welcomed. I hope that your experience was spiritually rewarding. Please know that you are always welcome and I truly hope to see you again in the future.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>THANK YOU A word of thanks is offered to: all who\u00a0\u00a0 have so generously supported the two spiritual communities I serve; all who took the time to offer me Christmas greetings; all who donated for flowers to enhance our worship &hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/stmichaelarchangel.org\/?p=3467\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[45,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3467","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-from-the-pastors-desk","category-parish-life"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stmichaelarchangel.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3467","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stmichaelarchangel.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stmichaelarchangel.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stmichaelarchangel.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stmichaelarchangel.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3467"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/stmichaelarchangel.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3467\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3469,"href":"https:\/\/stmichaelarchangel.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3467\/revisions\/3469"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stmichaelarchangel.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3467"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stmichaelarchangel.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3467"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stmichaelarchangel.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3467"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}