{"id":9292,"date":"2023-04-09T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-04-09T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nccumc.org\/bishop\/?p=9292"},"modified":"2023-04-08T21:48:33","modified_gmt":"2023-04-09T01:48:33","slug":"easter-sunday-bishop-connie-shelton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nccumc.org\/bishop\/2023\/04\/easter-sunday-bishop-connie-shelton\/","title":{"rendered":"Easter Sunday &#8211; Bishop Connie Shelton"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>\u201cAfter the Sabbath, as the first light of the new week dawned, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary came to keep vigil at the tomb.<\/em> <em>(Matthew 28:1, MSG)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed alignwide is-type-video is-provider-vimeo wp-block-embed-vimeo wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Bishop Shelton: Easter Sunday\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/815424048?app_id=122963\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Why do we retell this Easter story year after year? 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