{"id":129,"date":"2020-05-05T21:12:58","date_gmt":"2020-05-06T02:12:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.edenuccchicago.org\/blog\/?p=129"},"modified":"2020-05-05T21:12:58","modified_gmt":"2020-05-06T02:12:58","slug":"we-say-yes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.edenuccchicago.org\/blog\/2020\/05\/05\/we-say-yes\/","title":{"rendered":"We Say &#8220;Yes&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"140\" height=\"204\" class=\"wp-image-41\" style=\"width: 140px;float:left;margin-right:10px;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.edenuccchicago.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/JackiBelile-cropped.jpg\" alt=\"Rev. Jacki Belile\">My heart is full as I ponder the teamwork and presence of four leadership meetings this past week. The Worship Committee, Grant Oversight Team, Trustees and Council all met by zoom.&nbsp; Watch for updates on these, as we work together to keep moving our Eden &#8220;BOAT&#8221; through uncharted waters with steadiness, flexibility and faith.&nbsp;<br><br>We&#8217;re being very careful to reduce expenses wherever possible, to leverage this time to invest designated funds in projects safe to complete, and to stay connected through technology.&nbsp; In addition, we&#8217;re doing the legwork needed to apply for the &#8220;forgivable loan&#8221; available to churches through the government&#8217;s stimulus package.<br><br>We&#8217;ll remain in compliance with state orders about gatherings larger than 10, and rejoice on that first Sunday we safely gather!&nbsp; We&#8217;ll be outlining all of our safety considerations in advance to ensure your peace of mind.&nbsp; Watch for details later this month for available appointments for pastoral care, communion and prayer on-site.<br><br>In Christ&#8217;s Peace,<br>Pastor Jacki<br><br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My heart is full as I ponder the teamwork and presence of four leadership meetings this past week. The Worship Committee, Grant Oversight Team, Trustees and Council all met by zoom.&nbsp; Watch for updates on these, as we work together to keep moving our Eden &#8220;BOAT&#8221; through uncharted waters with steadiness, flexibility and faith.&nbsp; We&#8217;re<span class=\"post-excerpt-end\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.edenuccchicago.org\/blog\/2020\/05\/05\/we-say-yes\/\" class=\"themebutton\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-129","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edenuccchicago.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edenuccchicago.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edenuccchicago.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edenuccchicago.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edenuccchicago.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=129"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.edenuccchicago.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":130,"href":"https:\/\/www.edenuccchicago.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129\/revisions\/130"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edenuccchicago.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=129"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edenuccchicago.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=129"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edenuccchicago.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=129"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}