{"id":518,"date":"2017-05-02T20:31:22","date_gmt":"2017-05-03T01:31:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/firstlutheranri.org\/?page_id=518"},"modified":"2017-05-02T20:39:49","modified_gmt":"2017-05-03T01:39:49","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/firstlutheranri.org\/?page_id=518","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Who we are:<\/strong> First Lutheran Church of Rock Island is associated with the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.elca.org\/en\/About\">Evangelical Lutheran Church in America<\/a>. We are a congregation that was created from\u00a0Scandinavian heritage and strong liturgical service.<\/p>\n<p>The congregation, rich in traditions and customs, provides a spirited Sunday service each week.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Our Mission:<\/strong> We commit ourselves to being a Christ-centered community of people, gathering in love to worship the Lord, teaching and spreading His Word, and being responsive to the needs of the community, neighborhood, and individuals.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Activities:<\/strong> We don\u2019t just worship together, we learn, sing, cook, celebrate and more! <a href=\"http:\/\/firstlutheranri.org\/?page_id=26\">Click here to see all the events and volunteer opportunities you can get involved in.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>The Property:<\/strong> First Lutheran is perched overlooking downtown Rock Island and the Davenport riverfront. The grounds offer a peaceful and spiritual enlightenment.<\/p>\n<p>We are paired with a multi-purpose facility known as \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.parish.house\/\"><strong>The Parish House.<\/strong><\/a>\u201d \u00a0The historic mansion\u00a0offers accommodating spaces for indoor or outdoor events.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Who we are: First Lutheran Church of Rock Island is associated with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. We are a congregation that was created from\u00a0Scandinavian heritage and strong liturgical service. The congregation, rich in traditions and customs, provides a spirited Sunday service each week. Our Mission: We commit ourselves to being a Christ-centered community &#8230; <span class=\"more\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/firstlutheranri.org\/?page_id=518\">[Read more&#8230;]<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":5,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["entry","page","publish","author-flcadmin","post-518"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/firstlutheranri.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/518","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/firstlutheranri.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/firstlutheranri.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/firstlutheranri.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/firstlutheranri.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=518"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/firstlutheranri.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/518\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":519,"href":"https:\/\/firstlutheranri.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/518\/revisions\/519"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/firstlutheranri.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=518"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}