{"id":633,"date":"2021-09-17T08:27:54","date_gmt":"2021-09-17T13:27:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/firstpresneenah.org\/?page_id=633"},"modified":"2024-01-09T11:55:04","modified_gmt":"2024-01-09T17:55:04","slug":"ministries","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/firstpresneenah.org\/ministries\/","title":{"rendered":"Ministries"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"633\" class=\"elementor elementor-633\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1806703 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1806703\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-256a701\" data-id=\"256a701\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-31c533a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"31c533a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Three pillars make up the mission statement of First Presbyterian: Learn, Love, and Serve. These are guiding principles for the entire congregation, and they lay the groundwork for the expectations and intention in our ministry.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>We live out these pillars of this mission by reaching inward to the members of our congregation, their families, and friends of our congregation, providing opportunities for ongoing education through open and honest discussions that both teach and challenge.\u00a0<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>We reach outward to the greater community in which we reside through hands-on ministry to welcome new viewpoints and provide positive impact through both service and celebration. The \u2018community\u2019 where we live out our vision for ministry extends beyond the confines of the city in which our congregation comes together each week. We partner with outside organizations regularly to ensure we are fostering connections beyond our walls.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>We strive to be a congregation known for developing a culture of invitation to \u201cany and all\u201d in the same way that Jesus invited \u201cany and all\u201d \u2013 all ages, abilities, races, ethnicities, gender identities, sexual orientations, marital, veteran and employment statuses. We know in our collective hearts there is, in all of us, a desire to belong \u2013 to be part of a community filled with meaningful and regular connections.\u00a0<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>The simple phrase to \u201clove our neighbor as Jesus taught\u201d has helped us as we work toward being a positive life force in the hearts of the communities we serve.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Three pillars make up the mission statement of First Presbyterian: Learn, Love, and Serve. These are guiding principles for the entire congregation, and they lay the groundwork for the expectations and intention in our ministry. \u00a0 We live out these pillars of this mission by reaching inward to the members of our congregation, their families, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":652,"parent":0,"menu_order":9,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"elementor_header_footer","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/firstpresneenah.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/633"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/firstpresneenah.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/firstpresneenah.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/firstpresneenah.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/firstpresneenah.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=633"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/firstpresneenah.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/633\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2236,"href":"https:\/\/firstpresneenah.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/633\/revisions\/2236"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/firstpresneenah.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/652"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/firstpresneenah.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=633"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}