{"id":12847,"date":"2026-01-21T22:20:49","date_gmt":"2026-01-22T03:20:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tumc.ca\/?p=12847"},"modified":"2026-01-30T10:30:53","modified_gmt":"2026-01-30T15:30:53","slug":"sunday-january-18-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tumc.ca\/?p=12847","title":{"rendered":"Sunday, January 18, 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>Due to a technical error, we are unable to provide recordings of the service or sermon for this Sunday. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You may read the full text of the sermon <a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1ueK37WuDfmy-WeW2MmgE1O70oH3WWUSO\/view?usp=sharing\">here<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Order of Service<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Worship Leader: Alison Li<br>Speaker: Tim Schmucker<br>Pianist: Mark Andrews<br>Tech Team: Brad Lepp<br>Ushers: Jay T &amp; Herb B<br>Activity Period: Brad and Jana Lepp<br>Coffee Hour: Carmen and John <br>Sunday School Snack: Carolyn Heath<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Order of Worship<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Gathering Hymns:<br>VT 88 Lobe den Herren\/Praise to the Lord<br>VT 759 Take My Life and Let It Be<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Call to Worship: VT 853<br>Welcome &amp; Land Acknowledgement<br>\u201cPlease feel free to turn on your cameras for the welcome. We\u2019re going to try something new\u201d<br>Introductions &amp; Announcements<br>Music Leader\u2019s Camera on facing the congregation<br>Farewell Blessing for Aklilu and Ghenet Zere \u2013 Peter Haresnape<br>Hymn: VT 844 May the Face of God Shine On You<br>Giving with Gratitude \u2013 VT 1022<br>Congregational Prayer \u2013 Christina Reimer<br>Children\u2019s Time \u2013 Alison Li<br>Scripture Reading: 1 Samuel 15: 1\u20139 &#8211; Alison Li<br>Hymn: VT440 Ask the Complicated Questions<br>Scripture Reading: 1 Samuel 15: 10\u201321, 24\u201326 &#8211; JD Penner<br>Sermon: Tim Schmucker<br>Hymn: VT 605 My Life Flows On<br>Benediction<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This Sunday, Tim Schmucker delivered a sermon on genocide in relation to 1 Samuel 15. <\/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-12847","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\/12847","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=12847"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.tumc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12847\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12887,"href":"https:\/\/www.tumc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12847\/revisions\/12887"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tumc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12847"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tumc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12847"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tumc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12847"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}