{"id":12835,"date":"2026-01-06T12:00:03","date_gmt":"2026-01-06T17:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tumc.ca\/?p=12835"},"modified":"2026-01-06T12:00:03","modified_gmt":"2026-01-06T17:00:03","slug":"sunday-january-4-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tumc.ca\/?p=12835","title":{"rendered":"Sunday, January 4, 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>For optimal listening of the content, please download the files to your listening device using the links below.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Listen to the full <a href=\"https:\/\/storage.googleapis.com\/media.tumc.ca\/20260104_Service.mp3\">service<\/a> here.<br>Listen to the full <a href=\"https:\/\/storage.googleapis.com\/media.tumc.ca\/20260104_Sermon.mp3\">sermon<\/a> here.<br>Read the text of the sermon here. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Worship Team<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Worship Leader: Jana Lepp<br>Speaker: Peter Haresnape<br>Song Leader: Bob Loewen; Pianist: Sandra<br>Ushers: JD Ashworth &amp; Rachel Schmidt<br>Tech Team (In-Person \/ Online): Dennis Giesbrecht \/ Ben Thiessen<br>Coffee Hour: David and Carol Ringer<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Order of Service<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Gathering Hymns<br>164: Beloved, God&#8217;s Chosen<br>563: Come, Thou Fount<br>Call to Worship<br>Welcome &amp; Land Acknowledgement<br>Hymn 440: Ask the Complicated Questions<br>Scripture Reading: Wisdom of Solomon 10:15-21<br>Giving with Gratitude + Star Words<br>Special Music: Jesu, Joy of Our Desiring<br>Congregational Prayer<br>Children\u2019s Time<br>Hymn 199: O God, You Search Me<br>Scripture Reading: Sirach 24:1-12<br>Sermon: The pursuit of wisdom<br>Announcements<br>Hymn 716: God of Grace and God of Glory<br>Benediction<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We welcomed the first Sunday service of the New Year with a focus on wisdom and some special string music for reflection.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1187,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12835","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sermons-a-worship-audio"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tumc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12835","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tumc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tumc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tumc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1187"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tumc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12835"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.tumc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12835\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12836,"href":"https:\/\/www.tumc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12835\/revisions\/12836"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tumc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12835"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tumc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12835"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tumc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12835"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}