{"id":753,"date":"2007-12-11T12:33:46","date_gmt":"2007-12-11T12:33:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/salguod.net\/blog\/2007\/12\/if_youre_in_the.shtml"},"modified":"2021-05-29T02:45:31","modified_gmt":"2021-05-29T02:45:31","slug":"if_youre_in_the","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/salguod.net\/blog\/2007\/12\/if_youre_in_the.shtml","title":{"rendered":"If You&#8217;re in the Area &#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Our church is doing a short play (that my daughter and I are participating in), written by our minister for our service this Sunday called Securing the Season.  It&#8217;s a neat little story about how a lone little security guard made a difference for the folks he&#8217;s supposed to leave alone &#8211; the shoppers in the department store where he works.<br \/>\nThe cool thing is that we aren&#8217;t just doing this for ourselves.  We performed it for a nursing home last light and we&#8217;ll be doing it at Children&#8217;s Hospital tonight.  We hope that this will be a springboard to a real arts <em>ministry<\/em> where those with talents can use them to bring hope and to honor God.<br \/>\nWe&#8217;ll be at Grandview High School at 4 PM this Sunday if you&#8217;re in Columbus and care to drop by.  We&#8217;ll be singing some songs and taking communion too.  Directions and details on our <a href=\"http:\/\/www.columbuschurchofchrist.com\/Events\/tabid\/53\/Default.aspx\">church&#8217;s website<\/a>.  Make sure you say hi if you come.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our church is doing a short play (that my daughter and I are participating in), written by our minister for our service this Sunday called Securing the Season. 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