{"id":83100,"date":"2026-05-06T08:02:29","date_gmt":"2026-05-06T12:02:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/?p=83100"},"modified":"2026-05-06T08:02:29","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T12:02:29","slug":"happenings-at-wawa-first-united-may-6th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/06\/happenings-at-wawa-first-united-may-6th\/","title":{"rendered":"Happenings at Wawa First United &#8211; May 6th"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>John 14:1-14\u00a0 I am the way, the truth, the life.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The words for John\u2019s gospel are some of the most comforting in scripture and most often shared at funerals or celebrations of life, especially the words, \u201c I go to prepare a place for you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Yet, they are followed with what sounds like stern words of admonition: \u201cNo one come to God except through me.\u201d It\u2019s easy to conclude that if you believe certain things about Jesus, you will get to God.<\/p>\n<p>Remember that in John\u2019s gospel, Jesus is the embodiment of God\u2019s wisdom, which is the creative and sustaining impulse of all creation. While no one comes to God except through wisdom, that wisdom is available to all humans and non- humankind. We just need to reflect upon the relationships that sustain us to know this is true.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Creation Connection:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We live in a world of human and non- human relationships. As participants in the wisdom of God through our relationship with Christ, our role is to bring those relationships into balance.<\/p>\n<p>(used with permission the Gathering L\/E 2026)<\/p>\n<p><strong>May 10<sup>th<\/sup> \u2013 Sixth Sunday of Easter<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Scriptures:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Acts 17:22-31\u00a0 Paul points the Athenians to \u201cthe unknown god\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Psalm 66\u00a0 God preserved us.<\/li>\n<li>1 Peter 3:13-22\u00a0 Do not repay evil for evil.<\/li>\n<li>John 14:15-21\u00a0 The Advocate, the Spirit, will be with you.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Lay Leader: Maria\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Reader: Brenda<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Announcements:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We welcome all those on a faith journey to join us on Sunday at 11 am.<\/p>\n<p>The Prayer Shawl group will meet on Sat. May 16<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0 in the Family Room at the Church. We welcome all knitters and crocheters, materials are available if needed.<\/p>\n<p>May 15 &#8211;\u00a0 Moose Hide Campaign Day: standing up against violence towards women and children<\/p>\n<p>May 20 \u2013 World Bee Day<\/p>\n<p>May 21 \u2013 International Tea day<\/p>\n<p>May 23 \u2013 World Turtle Day<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>John 14:1-14\u00a0 I am the way, the truth, the life. The words for John\u2019s gospel are some of the most comforting in scripture and most often shared at funerals or celebrations of life, especially the words, \u201c I go to prepare a place for you.\u201d Yet, they are followed with what sounds like stern words &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":56,"featured_media":24880,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3377],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-83100","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-faith-community"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-13 08:15:08","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83100","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/56"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=83100"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83100\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":83101,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83100\/revisions\/83101"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24880"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=83100"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=83100"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=83100"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}