{"id":254,"date":"2017-09-29T10:20:46","date_gmt":"2017-09-29T00:20:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ferntreegullyadventist.org.au\/wpress\/?p=254"},"modified":"2017-09-29T10:20:46","modified_gmt":"2017-09-29T00:20:46","slug":"flowers-for-church-service","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ferntreegullyadventist.org.au\/wpress\/?p=254","title":{"rendered":"Flowers for Church Service"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Each week sanctuary flowers are provided by church members for our Sabbath morning worship. Our members display the flowers for the church as a sort of belonging, and it is a way of saying thanks to the Creator and being part of the church community.<\/p>\n<p>The ideas of our church members for the floral composition, arrangement, and design process is truly guided by the Spirit of God.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRemember not the former things, nor consider the things of old. Behold, I am doing a new thing; now it springs forth, do you not see it?\u201d \u2013 Isaiah 43:18-19.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-259\" src=\"http:\/\/ferntreegullyadventist.org.au\/wpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/20160820-Flower-Presentation-273x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"273\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ferntreegullyadventist.org.au\/wpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/20160820-Flower-Presentation-273x300.jpg 273w, https:\/\/ferntreegullyadventist.org.au\/wpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/20160820-Flower-Presentation.jpg 546w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 273px) 100vw, 273px\" \/>\u00a0 \u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-258\" src=\"http:\/\/ferntreegullyadventist.org.au\/wpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/20160716-Flower-Presentation-300x269.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"333\" height=\"299\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ferntreegullyadventist.org.au\/wpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/20160716-Flower-Presentation-300x269.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ferntreegullyadventist.org.au\/wpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/20160716-Flower-Presentation.jpg 668w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 333px) 100vw, 333px\" \/>\u00a0\u00a0 <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-257\" src=\"http:\/\/ferntreegullyadventist.org.au\/wpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/20160423-Flower-Presentation-276x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"274\" height=\"298\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ferntreegullyadventist.org.au\/wpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/20160423-Flower-Presentation-276x300.jpg 276w, https:\/\/ferntreegullyadventist.org.au\/wpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/20160423-Flower-Presentation.jpg 554w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 274px) 100vw, 274px\" \/>\u00a0\u00a0 <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-256\" src=\"http:\/\/ferntreegullyadventist.org.au\/wpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/20160319-Flower-Presentation-300x295.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"302\" height=\"297\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ferntreegullyadventist.org.au\/wpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/20160319-Flower-Presentation-300x295.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ferntreegullyadventist.org.au\/wpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/20160319-Flower-Presentation.jpg 610w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 302px) 100vw, 302px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-255\" src=\"http:\/\/ferntreegullyadventist.org.au\/wpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/20150905-Flower-Presentation-272x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"272\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ferntreegullyadventist.org.au\/wpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/20150905-Flower-Presentation-272x300.jpg 272w, https:\/\/ferntreegullyadventist.org.au\/wpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/20150905-Flower-Presentation.jpg 543w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 272px) 100vw, 272px\" \/>\u00a0\u00a0 <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-260\" src=\"http:\/\/ferntreegullyadventist.org.au\/wpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/20170923-Flower-Presentation-243x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"243\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ferntreegullyadventist.org.au\/wpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/20170923-Flower-Presentation-243x300.jpg 243w, https:\/\/ferntreegullyadventist.org.au\/wpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/20170923-Flower-Presentation.jpg 485w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 243px) 100vw, 243px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>[Photos by John Weeks]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Each week sanctuary flowers are provided by church members for our Sabbath morning worship. Our members display the flowers for the church as a sort of belonging, and it is a way of saying thanks to the Creator and being part of the church community. 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