{"id":66,"date":"2015-08-15T13:53:13","date_gmt":"2015-08-15T13:53:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/biz177.inmotionhosting.com\/~montev10\/?page_id=66"},"modified":"2026-02-03T11:53:56","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T19:53:56","slug":"lay-led-ministry","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/montevistauu.org\/index.php\/worship\/lay-led-ministry\/","title":{"rendered":"Lay Led Ministry"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Monte Vista Unitarian Universalist Congregation is lay-led. This means that we do not have a minister and instead the spiritual care of our community is the shared responsibility of our members.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sunday morning services are designed and facilitated collaboratively by members of our Spiritual Life Team. 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