{"id":25,"date":"2013-05-25T14:02:18","date_gmt":"2013-05-25T14:02:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mgcog.org\/?page_id=25"},"modified":"2023-07-15T19:03:24","modified_gmt":"2023-07-15T23:03:24","slug":"excellence-in-ministry","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/mgcog.org\/?page_id=25","title":{"rendered":"Excellence in Ministry"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mgcog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/excellence.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-408\" src=\"http:\/\/mgcog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/excellence.jpg\" alt=\"excellence\" width=\"664\" height=\"308\" srcset=\"http:\/\/mgcog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/excellence.jpg 664w, http:\/\/mgcog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/excellence-300x139.jpg 300w, http:\/\/mgcog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/excellence-624x289.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 664px) 100vw, 664px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Maple Grove is, indeed, a place where you will find open doors, open hearts, and an open determination to true excellence in ministry.<\/p>\n<p>Since our founding in 1938, Maple Grove has been committed to a ministry of excellence. Week after week, that commitment is demonstrated in dozens of ways.<\/p>\n<p>It is expressed by Sunday School teachers who devote time to lesson preparation.<\/p>\n<p>It is shown by members of the congregation who consistently reach out to share their faith with those in need physically, emotionally, and spiritually.<\/p>\n<p>Excellence is seen in hours of planning and preparation for each Sunday&#8217;s worship service.<\/p>\n<p>And, most importantly, it is shown in the personal commitment to building Christian relationships with one another.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Maple Grove is, indeed, a place where you will find open doors, open hearts, and an open determination to true excellence in ministry. Since our founding in 1938, Maple Grove has been committed to a ministry of excellence. Week after &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/mgcog.org\/?page_id=25\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2685,"parent":12,"menu_order":4,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-25","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P6CUUr-p","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/mgcog.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/25","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/mgcog.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/mgcog.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mgcog.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mgcog.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=25"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"http:\/\/mgcog.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/25\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2613,"href":"http:\/\/mgcog.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/25\/revisions\/2613"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mgcog.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mgcog.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2685"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/mgcog.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=25"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}