{"id":352,"date":"2011-03-13T14:03:38","date_gmt":"2011-03-13T21:03:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/yearofsundays.com\/?p=352"},"modified":"2011-04-26T02:06:37","modified_gmt":"2011-04-26T06:06:37","slug":"church-of-the-day-sunset-presbyterian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/yearofsundays\/2011\/03\/church-of-the-day-sunset-presbyterian.html","title":{"rendered":"Church of the Day: Sunset Presbyterian"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mceTemp mceIEcenter\">\n<dl>\n<dt><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/yearofsundays\/files\/2011\/03\/congregation-with-camera.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-353\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/235\/2011\/03\/congregation-with-camera.jpg?w=300\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" \/><\/a><\/dt>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n<p>We dragged our sorry, atheist, hungover asses out of bed this morning to attend <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sunsetpres.org\/index.cfm\">Sunset Presbyterian Church<\/a> &#8212; the ridiculously early 9 a.m. service made even more ungodly by the onset of Daylight Savings Time. I hope you appreciate the sacrifices we make for you.<\/p>\n<p>Sunset Pres&#8217; website says:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>We hope you\u2019ll find a place that you feel you can call home, even if you\u2019ve never been to church before. At Sunset, we strive to help you connect to Jesus through relevance, discipleship and authenticity.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Uh oh. They used the &#8220;A&#8221; word. Authenticity. How is that working out for them? Come back shortly and we&#8217;ll tell you what we think.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We dragged our sorry, atheist, hungover asses out of bed this morning to attend Sunset Presbyterian Church &#8212; the ridiculously early 9 a.m. service made even more ungodly by the onset of Daylight Savings Time. I hope you appreciate the sacrifices we make for you. 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