{"id":2192,"date":"2022-12-04T13:00:36","date_gmt":"2022-12-04T13:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wlacc.org\/?p=2192"},"modified":"2022-12-19T04:32:54","modified_gmt":"2022-12-19T04:32:54","slug":"sunday-service-december-4-2022-advent-the-hope-of-jesus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wlacc.org\/?p=2192","title":{"rendered":"Sunday Service-December 4, 2022 &#8220;Advent-The Hope of Jesus&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/wlacc4u\/live_videos\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-2193 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/wlacc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/1-Advent-The-Hope-of-Jesus-300x167.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"647\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wlacc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/1-Advent-The-Hope-of-Jesus-300x167.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wlacc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/1-Advent-The-Hope-of-Jesus.jpg 583w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 647px) 100vw, 647px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xdj266r x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/wlacc4u\/live_videos\"><strong>2022 Advent: The Hope of Jesus<\/strong><\/a><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">It is hard to believe. We just celebrated Thanksgiving and now there are only 21 days until Christmas. What are we doing to get ready for this special day? Decorating? Buying gifts? Getting together with family and friends? Planning winter trips or vacations? These activities are usually on the top of everyone\u2019s winter lists. Yet, for many, this time of year is only a magnification of the hopelessness and despair that they feel inside. As a result, our most important task during this Christmas season is to prepare our hearts and the hearts of others to celebrate the birth of Jesus\u2014the Savior of the world.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2022 Advent: The Hope of Jesus It is hard to believe. We just celebrated Thanksgiving and now there are only 21 days until Christmas. What are we doing to get<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wlacc.org\/?p=2192\" class=\"readmore\">Continue reading<svg class=\"icon icon-arrow-right\" aria-hidden=\"true\" role=\"img\"> <use href=\"#icon-arrow-right\" xlink:href=\"#icon-arrow-right\"><\/use> <\/svg><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Sunday Service-December 4, 2022 &#8220;Advent-The Hope of Jesus&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":2202,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2192","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pastors-corner","category-sunday-service"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wlacc.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2192","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wlacc.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wlacc.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wlacc.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wlacc.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2192"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wlacc.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2192\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2194,"href":"https:\/\/wlacc.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2192\/revisions\/2194"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wlacc.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2202"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wlacc.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2192"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wlacc.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2192"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wlacc.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2192"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}