{"id":3724,"date":"2022-11-29T14:54:37","date_gmt":"2022-11-29T20:54:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stalbansbolivar.org\/?p=3724"},"modified":"2022-11-29T14:54:37","modified_gmt":"2022-11-29T20:54:37","slug":"november-28th-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stalbansbolivar.org\/?p=3724","title":{"rendered":"November 28th, 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table is-style-regular\"><table><tbody><tr><td><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"212\" src=\"https:\/\/files.constantcontact.com\/cfd132e6001\/6297cc8e-fa9d-4b26-8696-bf8312a220a9.jpg\" alt=\"\"><br><strong>St Alban&#8217;s Episcopal Church<\/strong><br><strong>Bolivar, Missouri<\/strong><br><br><strong>Monday, November 28, 2022<\/strong><br><br><strong>Advent &#8211; week 1<\/strong><br><br><strong>Advent Wreath-making<\/strong><br>Yesterday those who needed new Advent candles for already-existing wreaths got some, and those who wanted to make a new one, did -If you need the pink and purple taper candles, we still have a couple of sets. We also have a set of red large candles for anyone who might want those. Mother Cathy will be at church Tuesday and Wednesday so just stop by.<br>We also still have plenty of the Advent booklets for families &#8211; Pick up enough for each member &#8211; At least a couple of families used them last night and found them good for discussion<br><br>&#8211;<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"148\" src=\"https:\/\/files.constantcontact.com\/cfd132e6001\/fd192d19-111b-4fb2-91b2-0871d10f8ea0.jpg\" alt=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"138\" src=\"https:\/\/files.constantcontact.com\/cfd132e6001\/4f5dd1bf-b3ac-44a4-a83a-754abadb9993.jpg\" alt=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"239\" src=\"https:\/\/files.constantcontact.com\/cfd132e6001\/585d7bc6-6b2a-4fca-b0df-b035ce087a69.jpg\" alt=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"152\" src=\"https:\/\/files.constantcontact.com\/cfd132e6001\/c8a7835d-cb65-41c8-9851-6311f6de80f4.jpg\" alt=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"135\" src=\"https:\/\/files.constantcontact.com\/cfd132e6001\/33d6e849-a245-45f5-90ab-ffe16e0fb80a.jpg\" alt=\"\"><br><br><strong>Why a wreath at all?<\/strong><br>Well, you don&#8217;t have to use one, after all. There are other ways to make the time between now and Christmas. But if you do, and if you light it after dark in a darkened room, you will see, week by week, as you light the second and third and finally the fourth candle, the gathering of light &#8211; the brightening of the darkness, the expanding of your awareness that we are moving towards the celebration of the true Light who has enlightened everyone. It is hope made visible&#8230;<br><br><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"140\" src=\"https:\/\/files.constantcontact.com\/cfd132e6001\/9e83147c-2b94-4842-9851-c130780cfcd4.jpg\" alt=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"138\" src=\"https:\/\/files.constantcontact.com\/cfd132e6001\/b2e9f237-1997-4bca-8161-3830fc878375.jpg\" alt=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"135\" src=\"https:\/\/files.constantcontact.com\/cfd132e6001\/47f42ae4-7de1-465d-9d88-be32372e662d.jpg\" alt=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"132\" src=\"https:\/\/files.constantcontact.com\/cfd132e6001\/b67cdee0-2c0e-4cae-b452-ccd27dc908aa.jpg\" alt=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"135\" src=\"https:\/\/files.constantcontact.com\/cfd132e6001\/371f322e-607d-4131-9d5b-dcf39c9d348b.jpg\" alt=\"\">                           <br>                                                      <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"203\" src=\"https:\/\/files.constantcontact.com\/cfd132e6001\/70fef1d0-d8b9-4074-b01d-67f53a7f6d87.jpg\" alt=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" src=\"https:\/\/imgssl.constantcontact.com\/letters\/images\/1101116784221\/S.gif\" alt=\"\"><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>St Alban&#8217;s Episcopal ChurchBolivar, Missouri Monday, November 28, 2022 Advent &#8211; week 1 Advent Wreath-makingYesterday those who needed new Advent candles for already-existing wreaths got some, and those who wanted to make a new one, did -If you need the pink and purple taper candles, we still have a couple of sets. We also have [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":3735,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3724","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stalbansbolivar.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3724","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stalbansbolivar.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stalbansbolivar.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stalbansbolivar.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stalbansbolivar.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3724"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stalbansbolivar.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3724\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3736,"href":"https:\/\/stalbansbolivar.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3724\/revisions\/3736"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stalbansbolivar.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3735"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stalbansbolivar.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3724"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stalbansbolivar.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3724"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stalbansbolivar.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3724"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}