{"id":11758,"date":"2024-05-30T09:02:45","date_gmt":"2024-05-30T16:02:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mem-umc.org\/mem-umc\/?p=11758"},"modified":"2024-05-30T10:49:21","modified_gmt":"2024-05-30T17:49:21","slug":"new-lay-leader","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mem-umc.org\/mem-umc\/new-lay-leader","title":{"rendered":"New Lay Leader"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mem-umc.org\/mem-umc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/RubyBago1.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-11759\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mem-umc.org\/mem-umc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/RubyBago1.jpg?resize=150%2C158&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"158\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Ruby Bago has agreed to take on the role of Lay Leader on a temporary basis until our new pastor, Falamao Samate, has the opportunity to make her own appointment later this year. Ruby is taking over from previous Lay Leader, Jim Jennings.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">It important to have a lay leader at this time because the role of a lay leader will help ensure a smooth transition during our pastoral change.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">The lay leader is responsible for communications with the laity of the church and to serve as a liaison between the clergy and the members of the congregation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Thank you, Ruby.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10px;\">Last updated: May 30, 2024 at 10:49 am<\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ruby Bago has agreed to take on the role of Lay Leader on a temporary basis until our new pastor, Falamao Samate, has the opportunity to make her own appointment later this year. Ruby is taking over from previous Lay Leader, Jim Jennings.\u00a0 It important to have a lay leader at this time because the [&hellip;]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":11766,"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":[44],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-11758","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-announcements","8":"entry"},"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mem-umc.org\/mem-umc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/RubyBago1-16x9-480.jpg?fit=853%2C480&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-29 21:51:59","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\/11758","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=11758"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.mem-umc.org\/mem-umc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11758\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mem-umc.org\/mem-umc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11766"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mem-umc.org\/mem-umc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11758"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mem-umc.org\/mem-umc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11758"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mem-umc.org\/mem-umc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11758"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}