{"id":13661,"date":"2020-06-06T14:57:12","date_gmt":"2020-06-06T18:57:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fccej.org\/v5\/?page_id=13661"},"modified":"2020-11-22T14:58:53","modified_gmt":"2020-11-22T19:58:53","slug":"grow-in-faith","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.fccej.org\/v5\/grow-in-faith\/","title":{"rendered":"Grow in Faith"},"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_third  avia-builder-el-first  \" style='border-radius:0px; '><p><div  style='padding-bottom:10px; ' class='av-special-heading av-special-heading-h3    avia-builder-el-1  el_before_av_textblock  avia-builder-el-first  '><h3 class='av-special-heading-tag '  itemprop=\"headline\"  >Grow in Faith<\/h3><div class='special-heading-border'><div class='special-heading-inner-border' ><\/div><\/div><\/div><br \/>\n<section class=\"av_textblock_section \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock  '   itemprop=\"text\" ><blockquote>\n<p>No matter who you are, or where you are in life&#8217;s journey, you are welcome in this place!<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div><\/section><\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"flex_column av_one_third  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding first  avia-builder-el-3  el_after_av_one_full  el_before_av_two_third  column-top-margin\" style='border-radius:0px; '><div  class='avia-image-container  av-styling-    avia-builder-el-4  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-13668 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-13668 avia_image' src=\"https:\/\/www.fccej.org\/v5\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/grape_hydrangea_cropped.jpg\" alt='' title='' height=\"766\" width=\"600\"  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.fccej.org\/v5\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/grape_hydrangea_cropped.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.fccej.org\/v5\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/grape_hydrangea_cropped-235x300.jpg 235w, https:\/\/www.fccej.org\/v5\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/grape_hydrangea_cropped-552x705.jpg 552w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"flex_column av_two_third  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding   avia-builder-el-5  el_after_av_one_third  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>Welcome to First Congregational Church! We offer many different ways for people of all ages to learn and grow in faith as we seek to deepen our understanding of and relationship with our loving God.<\/p>\n<p>For children and youth, we offer a faith formation program on Sunday mornings during the 10:15 service, as well as youth groups for junior and senior high youth, Vacation Bible Camp every summer, and more. Our programs provide a nurturing place to learn, grow in faith, ask questions, and feel closer to God. Come join us! Friends are welcome!<\/p>\n<p>For adults, we offer many opportunities for education, enrichment, and getting to know people. All are welcome!\u00a0 Current programs include JOY: Just Older Youth (a &#8220;youth group&#8221; for older adults), a women\u2019s spirituality group, weekly discussion groups, bridge club, sewing\/knitting groups, and more.<\/p>\n<p>We also seek to build intergenerational relationships, including having adults serve as \u201cspiritual friends\u201d with children several times a year, and having children and adults work together on hands-on mission projects. We hope all who attend First Congregational Church will see and feel the love of God and the Holy Spirit moving through all members of our faith family each and every week. We hope you will visit us to experience it firsthand!<\/p>\n<p>To learn more about the education and enrichment programs we offer for children, youth and adults, visit:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fccej.org\/v5\/?page_id=13677\">Children &amp; Youth<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fccej.org\/v5\/grow-in-faith\/faith-home\/\">Faith @ Home<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fccej.org\/v5\/?page_id=9251\">Adult Enrichment<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fccej.org\/v5\/?page_id=13721\">Vacation Bible Camp<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fccej.org\/v5\/grow-in-faith\/new-members-class\/\">New Member&#8217;s Class<\/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-13661","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fccej.org\/v5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13661","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=13661"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/www.fccej.org\/v5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13661\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17923,"href":"https:\/\/www.fccej.org\/v5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13661\/revisions\/17923"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fccej.org\/v5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13661"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}