{"id":5179,"date":"2018-03-08T05:34:24","date_gmt":"2018-03-08T10:34:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fccej.org\/v5\/?p=5179"},"modified":"2018-03-08T05:34:24","modified_gmt":"2018-03-08T10:34:24","slug":"week-5-getting-to-know-you-and-getting-ready-to-celebrate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fccej.org\/v5\/week-5-getting-to-know-you-and-getting-ready-to-celebrate\/","title":{"rendered":"Week 5 &#8211; Getting to Know You and Getting Ready to Celebrate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The first phase of the Capital Campaign is in full swing. A group of visitors has been busy over the past few weeks meeting with members of the congregation, talking about their relationship with the church, sharing their hopes for our future, and getting to know each other better. More visits will take place after our Campaign Kick-Off Event on Sunday April 8<sup>th <\/sup>\u00a0(see details below). So, if you haven\u2019t had a visit yet, you will have that opportunity soon!<\/p>\n<p>Some visitors were initially skeptical when told that the Campaign, and especially the visits, would be \u201cfun.\u201d But that\u2019s exactly what is happening! Bart Frisbie, a member of the Steering Committee, said this about one of his visits: \u201cPaulette and I have sat in a pew behind Paul Hyde for years. I knew he was retired from IBM, but that was about all I knew. In one visit with Paul and his wife Marilyn, I learned that Paul had worked for IBM for 45 years, and took early retirement to help Marilyn. We had such a great talk. I\u2019m so glad that I got this chance to know both of them better, and it wouldn\u2019t have happened without the Capital Campaign.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019ve found yourself looking around at our congregation (for years, or months, or maybe just weeks) and wishing you knew more people better, seize this opportunity. Welcome visitors when you are contacted, or even volunteer to be a Campaign Ambassador\/Visitor in the second phase of the Campaign. It\u2019s a great way to meet new people, strengthen existing ties\u2014and have fun!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>CAMPAIGN KICK-OFF CELEBRATION <\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Sunday April 8<sup>th<\/sup><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>(after single 10:15 am service)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Get ready for a party! Mark your calendars for the April 8<sup>th<\/sup> Campaign Kick-Off Celebration. Please remember that we will have only one service that day (at 10:15 a.m), with the Kick-Off to follow. We will have food, a scavenger hunt, the Big Blue Trunk entertainer, and an exciting announcement about our Campaign\u2019s progress to date! For information about volunteering with set-up, or to donate a baked good, please contact Cathy Shearer.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For more information about the Campaign, visit our Capital Campaign page on our website at <\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fccej.org\"><strong>www.fccej.org<\/strong><\/a><strong> and follow the church on Facebook!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The first phase of the Capital Campaign is in full swing. A group of visitors has been busy over the past few weeks meeting with members of the congregation, talking about their relationship with the church, sharing their hopes for our future, and getting to know each other better. More visits will take place after [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5179","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-capital-campaign"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fccej.org\/v5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5179","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fccej.org\/v5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fccej.org\/v5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"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=5179"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.fccej.org\/v5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5179\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5181,"href":"https:\/\/www.fccej.org\/v5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5179\/revisions\/5181"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fccej.org\/v5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5179"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fccej.org\/v5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5179"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fccej.org\/v5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5179"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}