{"id":11154,"date":"2023-08-14T16:00:54","date_gmt":"2023-08-14T23:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mem-umc.org\/mem-umc\/?p=11154"},"modified":"2023-08-14T20:56:30","modified_gmt":"2023-08-15T03:56:30","slug":"blessing-of-the-animals-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mem-umc.org\/mem-umc\/blessing-of-the-animals-2023","title":{"rendered":"Blessing of the Animals 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mem-umc.org\/mem-umc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/cropped-VathanakBlessingAnimals.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-10071 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mem-umc.org\/mem-umc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/cropped-VathanakBlessingAnimals.jpg?resize=193%2C246&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"193\" height=\"246\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mem-umc.org\/mem-umc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/cropped-VathanakBlessingAnimals.jpg?resize=235%2C300&amp;ssl=1 235w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mem-umc.org\/mem-umc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/cropped-VathanakBlessingAnimals.jpg?w=665&amp;ssl=1 665w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 193px) 100vw, 193px\" \/><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Saturday, September 16 at 11 am.<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Animals of all shapes and sizes are welcome, as are their people. It started in the 12th century by <a title=\"See Info on Saint Francis\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Francis_of_Assisi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">St Francis<\/a> who loved animals and nature. Churches have ceremoniously celebrated the animals since.\u00a0 We&#8217;ll sing for them, pray for them, and show them our love.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Open to the public &#8211; no admission fee.\u00a0 Pets must be on leashes or caged.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">You may arrive early after 10:30 am.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Flyer that can be downloaded a printed for distribution (PDF format):<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mem-umc.org\/mem-umc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Blessing-of-animals-flyer-2023.pdf\">Blessing of animals flyer 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Last updated: August 14, 2023 at 20:56 pm<\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Saturday, September 16 at 11 am.\u00a0 Animals of all shapes and sizes are welcome, as are their people. It started in the 12th century by St Francis who loved animals and nature. Churches have ceremoniously celebrated the animals since.\u00a0 We&#8217;ll sing for them, pray for them, and show them our love. Open to the public [&hellip;]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":10071,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-11154","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-uncategorized","8":"entry"},"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mem-umc.org\/mem-umc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/cropped-VathanakBlessingAnimals.jpg?fit=665%2C848&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-29 21:42:35","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mem-umc.org\/mem-umc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11154","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mem-umc.org\/mem-umc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mem-umc.org\/mem-umc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mem-umc.org\/mem-umc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mem-umc.org\/mem-umc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11154"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.mem-umc.org\/mem-umc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11154\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mem-umc.org\/mem-umc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10071"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mem-umc.org\/mem-umc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11154"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mem-umc.org\/mem-umc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11154"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mem-umc.org\/mem-umc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11154"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}