{"id":13499,"date":"2026-11-10T15:53:39","date_gmt":"2026-11-10T20:53:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tumc.ca\/?p=13499"},"modified":"2026-11-12T15:02:48","modified_gmt":"2026-11-12T20:02:48","slug":"sunday-november-08-2026-the-dragon-and-its-beasts-allegiance-and-worship-amidst-hegemonic-empires-by-tim-schmucker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tumc.ca\/?p=13499","title":{"rendered":"Sunday November 08, 2026, &#8220;The Dragon and its Beasts: Allegiance and Worship Amidst Hegemonic Empires,&#8221; by Tim Schmucker"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For optimal listening of the content, please download the files to your device using the links below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Listen to the service <a href=\"https:\/\/storage.googleapis.com\/media.tumc.ca\/20261108_Service.mp3\">here<\/a>. (1:03:44)<br>Listen to the sermon <a href=\"https:\/\/storage.googleapis.com\/media.tumc.ca\/20261108_Sermon.mp3\">here<\/a>. (21:11)<br>Read the text of the sermon <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tumc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/sermon-Revelation-13-with-graphics.pdf\">here<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Worship Team<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Worship Leader: Dennis Giesbrecht<br>Speaker: Tim Schmucker<br>Song Leader: Peter Voth<br>Pianist: Ed Heese<br>Tech Team: Bob Loewen<br>Ushers: JD Ashworth &amp; Rachel Schmidt<br>Activity Period: Brad Lepp<br>Coffee Hour: Melana Janzen &amp; Ed Heese<br>Sunday School Snack Marieke Meyer<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Order of Service<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">VT 411 &#8211; All hail the power of Jesus&#8217; name<br>Call to worship<br>VT 805 \u2013 Peace, Salaam, Shalom<br>Welcome and Introductions<br>Land Acknowledgement<br>Announcements<br>VT 787 \u2013 O Day of Peace<br>Giving with Gratitude<br>1st dramatic reading: Revelation 13 (the beast from the sea) with Maggie, Sebastian, Naomi, Eli and Tim<br>Children\u2019s Story<br>VT 844 &#8211; May the joy of the Spirit carry you (vs 3 only)<br>Congregational Prayer<br>VT 675 \u2013 Abana Alathi (Abana in Heaven \u2013 in English only)<br>2nd dramatic reading: Revelation 13 (the beast from the land) with Maggie, Sebastian, Naomi, Eli and Tim<br>Sermon \u2013 Tim Schmucker &#8220;The Dragon and its Beasts: Allegiance and Worship Amidst Hegemonic Empires&#8221;<br>VT 416 &#8211; Beyond a dying sun<br>Benediction<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You don&#8217;t need to be a theologian of any kind to know that the number 666 is associated with the evil one. In his sermon drawn from Revelation 13, Tim Schmucker offers an interesting nugget of historical information that may explain the number and its famous association came from. <\/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,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13499","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\/13499","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=13499"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.tumc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13499\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13505,"href":"https:\/\/www.tumc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13499\/revisions\/13505"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tumc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13499"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tumc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13499"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tumc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13499"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}