{"id":15747,"date":"2012-07-31T17:42:16","date_gmt":"2012-07-31T23:42:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/?p=15747"},"modified":"2012-07-31T19:50:53","modified_gmt":"2012-08-01T01:50:53","slug":"clothed-in-the-spirit-clergy-stoles-taking-expressive-forms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/index.php\/2012\/07\/31\/clothed-in-the-spirit-clergy-stoles-taking-expressive-forms\/","title":{"rendered":"Clothed in the spirit \u2013 Clergy stoles taking expressive forms"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote>\n<figure id=\"attachment_15748\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-15748\" style=\"width: 420px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Kiesey-Matthews_web.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-15748 \" title=\"Kiesey-Matthews_web\" src=\"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Kiesey-Matthews_web.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-15748\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bishops Deborah Lieder Kiesey of the Dakotas Area and Marcus Matthews of Upper New York gave the benediction during an evening worship service at General Conference in Tampa, Fla. 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