{"id":3554,"date":"2015-11-30T21:06:40","date_gmt":"2015-12-01T02:06:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/simplelife\/?p=3554"},"modified":"2015-11-30T21:06:40","modified_gmt":"2015-12-01T02:06:40","slug":"its-a-christmas-play","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/simplelife\/2015\/11\/its-a-christmas-play.html","title":{"rendered":"It&#8217;s a Christmas Play"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.webweaver.nu\/clipart\/img\/holidays\/christmas\/holy-family.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"191\" \/><span style=\"color: #ff0000\"><em>You are invited to attend<\/em><\/span><\/h3>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000\">The Special Gathering of IRC 2015 Christmas Play<\/span><\/h2>\n<blockquote>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\"><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-size: 32px;line-height: 48px;color: #ff0000\"><em>&#8220;It&#8217;s a Christmas Play&#8221;<\/em><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000\">7:00PM \u00a0Saturday, December 5<\/span><\/h2>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000\">Crossroads Christian Fellowship Church<\/span><\/h3>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000\">1050 Highway US 1, Sebastian<\/span><\/h4>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000\">7:00PM Sunday, December 6<\/span><\/h2>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000\">First United Methodist of Melbourne<\/span><\/h3>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000\">110 E New Haven Avenue<\/span><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000\">No transportation provided to or from the play. \u00a0Refreshments served after the performance.<\/span><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\"><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You are invited to attend The Special Gathering of IRC 2015 Christmas Play &#8220;It&#8217;s a Christmas Play&#8221; 7:00PM \u00a0Saturday, December 5 Crossroads Christian Fellowship Church 1050 Highway US 1, Sebastian 7:00PM Sunday, December 6 First United Methodist of Melbourne 110 E New Haven Avenue No transportation provided to or from the play. \u00a0Refreshments served after&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":387,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,20,3,40,49,16,8,4,1],"tags":[690,21,688,739,747,696,7,701,694,689],"class_list":["post-3554","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-christianity","category-church","category-developmental-disabilities","category-faith","category-inspiration","category-intellectual-disability","category-mentally-challenged-community","category-simple-truths","category-uncategorized","tag-autism-spectrum","tag-christian","tag-christianity","tag-christmas","tag-christmas-play","tag-church","tag-developmental-disabilities-2","tag-inspiration","tag-intellectual-disability","tag-mentally-challenged-community"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>It&#039;s a Christmas Play - A Simple Life, a Childlike Faith<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"You are invited to attend &quot;It&#039;s a Christmas Play&quot;\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/simplelife\/2015\/11\/its-a-christmas-play.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"It&#039;s a Christmas Play - A Simple Life, a Childlike Faith\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"You are invited to attend &quot;It&#039;s a Christmas Play&quot;\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/simplelife\/2015\/11\/its-a-christmas-play.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"A Simple Life, a Childlike Faith\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2015-12-01T02:06:40+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/www.webweaver.nu\/clipart\/img\/holidays\/christmas\/holy-family.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Linda G. 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