{"id":2,"date":"2019-04-15T21:26:15","date_gmt":"2019-04-16T04:26:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peoriapresbyterianchurch.org\/wordpress\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2025-10-29T15:59:22","modified_gmt":"2025-10-29T22:59:22","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/peoriapresbyterianchurch.org\/wordpress\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome!"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<div align=\"center\">\r\n<div style=\"width: 80%; min-width: 360px; margin: auto; border: 2px solid #000000; background-color: #6bafb2; color: white; font-size: 1.4em; border-radius: 8px; box-shadow: 8px 8px 8px #333333;\">\r\n<div style=\"padding: 8px; text-align: center;\"><strong>Join us for worship on Sundays @ 9:30am<\/strong> (Nursery available)<br \/>Or online <a style=\"color: blue;\" href=\"https:\/\/us02web.zoom.us\/j\/4684766473\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">HERE<\/a> Use\u00a0Passcode\u00a0087\u00a0707<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" class=\"wp-image-1342\" style=\"width: 76%; 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