{"id":552,"date":"2023-04-15T07:20:50","date_gmt":"2023-04-15T06:20:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ec2-13-40-211-8.eu-west-2.compute.amazonaws.com\/?page_id=552"},"modified":"2026-09-30T14:29:06","modified_gmt":"2026-09-30T13:29:06","slug":"monthly-newsletter-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/colchestermethodists.org.uk\/?page_id=552","title":{"rendered":"Pastoral Letter"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" id=\"block-77f2b119-1b37-4f5d-a222-e7e9734788dd\">Each month, our Superintendent Minister, Rev Chris Preece, writes a Pastoral Letter to the Circuit. 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