{"id":98,"date":"2026-09-11T00:54:24","date_gmt":"2026-09-11T00:54:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/redletterchurch.net\/?page_id=98"},"modified":"2026-09-11T00:54:24","modified_gmt":"2026-09-11T00:54:24","slug":"what-is-a-service-like","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/redletterchurch.net\/?page_id=98","title":{"rendered":"What is a service like?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Services focus on studying the Bible together, as a group. We have group discussions about the readings, then share a meal and chat. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We do have someone lead the service, handling the flow of time, and giving a short Homely about the readings before the discussion. The goal isn&#8217;t to set anyone&#8217;s views apart, but rather to allow for focused conversations and to allow new folks to get a feel for what we believe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To borrow a phrase, &#8220;No one&#8217;s in charge, we&#8217;re all just pissed&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Here&#8217;s an example bulletin from a recent service. These are the little tri-folds you find at a lot of churches.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"729\" src=\"https:\/\/redletterchurch.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Screenshot-2026-09-10-at-8.53.19-PM-1024x729.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-99\" srcset=\"https:\/\/redletterchurch.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Screenshot-2026-09-10-at-8.53.19-PM-1024x729.png 1024w, https:\/\/redletterchurch.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Screenshot-2026-09-10-at-8.53.19-PM-300x214.png 300w, https:\/\/redletterchurch.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Screenshot-2026-09-10-at-8.53.19-PM-768x547.png 768w, https:\/\/redletterchurch.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Screenshot-2026-09-10-at-8.53.19-PM-1536x1094.png 1536w, https:\/\/redletterchurch.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Screenshot-2026-09-10-at-8.53.19-PM-2048x1458.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Services focus on studying the Bible together, as a group. We have group discussions about the readings, then share a meal and chat. We do have someone lead the service, handling the flow of time, and giving a short Homely about the readings before the discussion. The goal isn&#8217;t to set anyone&#8217;s views apart, but [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-98","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/redletterchurch.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/98","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/redletterchurch.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/redletterchurch.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/redletterchurch.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/redletterchurch.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=98"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/redletterchurch.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/98\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":100,"href":"https:\/\/redletterchurch.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/98\/revisions\/100"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/redletterchurch.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=98"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}