{"id":1984,"date":"2015-06-25T11:53:25","date_gmt":"2015-06-25T15:53:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/demo.uuatheme.org\/?page_id=1984"},"modified":"2023-03-17T20:14:56","modified_gmt":"2023-03-17T20:14:56","slug":"upcoming-worship-services","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.uufranklin.org\/wpz\/worship\/upcoming-worship-services\/","title":{"rendered":"Upcoming Services"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"uua-services uu-service-list\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<article class=\"featured post-8627 uu_services type-uu_services status-publish hentry uu_service_speaker-jonathan-adams uu_service_speaker-kathleen-crawford uu_service_speaker-patrice-buford uu_service_topics-music\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"small service-meta\"><time class=\"service-date\" datetime=\"2026-06-21T11:00:00+00:00\">June 21, 2026 at 11:00 am<\/time><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.uufranklin.org\/wpz\/services\/message-music-2\/\"><h3>Songs that Shaped America: 250 Years of American Music<\/h3><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entrymeta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"speaker\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uufranklin.org\/wpz\/speaker\/jonathan-adams\/\" rel=\"tag\">Jonathan Adams<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uufranklin.org\/wpz\/speaker\/kathleen-crawford\/\" rel=\"tag\">Kathleen Crawford<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uufranklin.org\/wpz\/speaker\/patrice-buford\/\" rel=\"tag\">Patrice Buford<\/a><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Songs That Shaped America: 250 Years of American Music\u00a0is a musical journey through the history of the United States, exploring how songs have reflected and shaped the American experience from the Revolutionary War to the present day. 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