{"id":21987,"date":"2021-04-22T11:19:55","date_gmt":"2021-04-22T18:19:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/greaternw.org\/news\/?p=21987"},"modified":"2021-04-22T16:25:56","modified_gmt":"2021-04-22T23:25:56","slug":"three-new-additions-to-our-sermon-library","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/greaternw.org\/news\/three-new-additions-to-our-sermon-library\/","title":{"rendered":"Three new additions to our Sermon Library"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>This week, we added three new sermons to Regional Media Center&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/regionalmediacenter.org\/product-category\/sermons\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Sermon Library<\/a>. The latest contributions from IV Team members Rev. Dr. Leroy Barber and Rev. Dr. Jess Bielman touch on always relevant themes of justice and equality, grounded in our scriptural heritage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For many of our clergy, the study, writing, practice, delivery, and now recording and digital distribution of a sermon each week takes a significant amount of time. 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