{"id":8177,"date":"2021-07-19T16:59:46","date_gmt":"2021-07-19T20:59:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nccumc.org\/bishop\/?p=8177"},"modified":"2021-07-19T16:59:46","modified_gmt":"2021-07-19T20:59:46","slug":"a-service-of-welcome-for-bishop-leonard-fairley","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nccumc.org\/bishop\/2021\/07\/a-service-of-welcome-for-bishop-leonard-fairley\/","title":{"rendered":"A Service of Welcome for Bishop Leonard Fairley"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-white-color has-red-background-color has-text-color has-background\">This event has changed. 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