{"id":22665,"date":"2025-11-20T15:54:24","date_gmt":"2025-11-20T20:54:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nccumc.org\/media-center\/?post_type=tribe_events&#038;p=22665"},"modified":"2025-11-20T15:54:25","modified_gmt":"2025-11-20T20:54:25","slug":"being-presence-turning-to-the-mystics-online-retreat-with-james-finley-center-for-action-and-contemplation","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/nccumc.org\/media-center\/event\/being-presence-turning-to-the-mystics-online-retreat-with-james-finley-center-for-action-and-contemplation\/","title":{"rendered":"Being Presence: Turning to the Mystics Online Retreat with James Finley (Center for Action and Contemplation)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div  class=\"tribe-events-schedule tribe-clearfix\" >\n\t<p class=\"tribe-events-schedule__datetime\">\n\t\t<span class=\"tribe-events-schedule__date tribe-events-schedule__date--start\">\n\t\t\tDecember 4, 2025\t\t<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<span 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