{"id":22044,"date":"2026-07-22T08:19:16","date_gmt":"2026-07-22T13:19:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.communityuuchurch.org\/uua\/?post_type=uu_services&#038;p=22044"},"modified":"2026-07-22T08:19:16","modified_gmt":"2026-07-22T13:19:16","slug":"poetry-sunday-6-2-2","status":"publish","type":"uu_services","link":"https:\/\/www.communityuuchurch.org\/uua\/services\/poetry-sunday-6-2-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Hope is Not Passive"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>President Obama said, \u201cThe best way to not feel hopeless is to get up and do something. Don\u2019t wait for good things to happen to you. If you go out and make some good things happen, you will fill the world with hope, you will fill yourself with hope.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>During challenging times, how can working to uphold our values help us stay hopeful?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Obama said, \u201cThe best way to not feel hopeless is to get up and do something. 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