{"id":2022,"date":"2021-02-04T20:33:33","date_gmt":"2021-02-04T20:33:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peaceumc.com\/staging\/8882\/?p=2022"},"modified":"2021-02-04T20:33:41","modified_gmt":"2021-02-04T20:33:41","slug":"forward-focused-faith-the-church","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/peaceumc.com\/staging\/8882\/forward-focused-faith-the-church\/","title":{"rendered":"Forward-Focused Faith: The Church"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">February 6, 2021.&nbsp;<br>In Christian tradition, the season of Epiphany focuses on the divinity of Jesus. But epiphany can also be \u201cany situation in which an enlightening realization allows a situation to be understood from a new and deeper perspective.\u201d From this perspective, we are living in a time of Epiphany.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cA Forward-Focused Faith\u201d uses this understanding of epiphany to explore deeper perspectives of faith:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"A Forward Focused Faith   Week 5\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qC7ZRRjk3oo?feature=oembed\"  allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After viewing the video, you\u2019re invited to join us for a discussion on Saturday morning at 10 am:<br><a href=\"https:\/\/zoom.us\/j\/91099983164?pwd=Yk12bVdNa2xMaWJ1VzdsZUppREJxZz09\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/zoom.us\/j\/91099983164?pwd=Yk12bVdNa2xMaWJ1VzdsZUppREJxZz09<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Note:&nbsp;<strong>Peace Time<\/strong>&nbsp;in-person worships will be recorded and sent out via our email list and posted on our website at&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/peaceumc.com\/staging\/8882\/peace-times\/\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/peaceumc.com\/staging\/8882\/peace-times\/<\/a>.&nbsp;<strong>Forward-Focused Faith<\/strong>&nbsp;posts will continue to be emailed out as usual, but will be posted on our website at&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/peaceumc.com\/staging\/8882\/adult-ministry\/\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/peaceumc.com\/staging\/8882\/adult-ministry\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>February 6, 2021.&nbsp;In Christian tradition, the season of Epiphany focuses on the divinity of Jesus. 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