{"id":13199,"date":"2020-04-22T06:26:03","date_gmt":"2020-04-22T10:26:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fccej.org\/v5\/?page_id=13199"},"modified":"2020-04-22T06:26:04","modified_gmt":"2020-04-22T10:26:04","slug":"who-we-are","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.fccej.org\/v5\/who-we-are\/","title":{"rendered":"Who We Are"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"flex_column av_one_full  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding first  avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_one_half  avia-builder-el-first  \" style='border-radius:0px; '><div  style='padding-bottom:10px; ' class='av-special-heading av-special-heading-h3    avia-builder-el-1  avia-builder-el-no-sibling  '><h3 class='av-special-heading-tag '  itemprop=\"headline\"  >Who We Are<\/h3><div class='special-heading-border'><div class='special-heading-inner-border' ><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"flex_column av_one_half  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding first  avia-builder-el-2  el_after_av_one_full  el_before_av_one_half  column-top-margin\" style='border-radius:0px; '><div  class='avia-image-container  av-styling-    avia-builder-el-3  avia-builder-el-no-sibling  avia-align-center '  itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"  ><div class='avia-image-container-inner'><div class='avia-image-overlay-wrap'><img decoding=\"async\" class='wp-image-13141 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-13141 avia_image' src=\"https:\/\/www.fccej.org\/v5\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/church_early_spring_cropped.jpg\" alt='' title='church_early_spring_cropped' height=\"525\" width=\"400\"  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.fccej.org\/v5\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/church_early_spring_cropped.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.fccej.org\/v5\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/church_early_spring_cropped-229x300.jpg 229w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"flex_column av_one_half  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding   avia-builder-el-4  el_after_av_one_half  avia-builder-el-last  column-top-margin\" style='border-radius:0px; '><section class=\"av_textblock_section \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock  '   itemprop=\"text\" ><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">First Congregational Church of Essex Junction, United Church of Christ,<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is a vibrant community of faith, celebrating more than 150 years of worship, fellowship, music and service in the heart of Essex. We offer faith-based education, enrichment programs, and activities for all ages.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Whether you are new to the area, a longtime resident or already a member, YOU are welcome here. We are Open and Affirming, and welcoming to all who seek Jesus Christ, regardless of<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> race, gender, age, sexual orientation, faith background, nationality, ethnicity, marital status, mental and physical ability, economic and social position, gender identity and expression, level of education and family structure.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>To learn more, view:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fccej.org\/v5\/about-us\/\">About Us<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fccej.org\/v5\/?page_id=13232\">Visit First Congregational Church<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fccej.org\/v5\/about-us\/governance\/\">Governance<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fccej.org\/v5\/about-us\/staff\/\">Meet Our Staff<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fccej.org\/v5\/about-us\/history\/\">History<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fccej.org\/v5\/contact\/\">Contact Us<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-13199","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fccej.org\/v5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13199","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fccej.org\/v5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fccej.org\/v5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fccej.org\/v5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fccej.org\/v5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13199"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/www.fccej.org\/v5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13199\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13292,"href":"https:\/\/www.fccej.org\/v5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13199\/revisions\/13292"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fccej.org\/v5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13199"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}