{"id":1475,"date":"2017-11-11T09:10:39","date_gmt":"2017-11-11T14:10:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/?p=1475"},"modified":"2017-11-11T09:10:39","modified_gmt":"2017-11-11T14:10:39","slug":"nov-11-veterans-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/?p=1475","title":{"rendered":"Nov. 11 \u2013 Veterans Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"shariff\" data-title=\"Nov. 11 \u2013 Veterans Day\" data-info-url=\"http:\/\/ct.de\/-2467514\" data-backend-url=\"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/wp-content\/plugins\/shariff-sharing\/backend\/index.php\" data-temp=\"\/tmp\" data-ttl=\"60\" data-service=\"gftr\" data-services='[\"googleplus\",\"facebook\",\"twitter\",\"reddit\",\"info\"]' data-image=\"\" data-url=\"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/?p=1475\" data-lang=\"en\" data-theme=\"colored\" data-orientation=\"horizontal\"><\/div><p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/111117_1410_Nov11Veter1.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/>\n\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white\"><span style=\"color:#555555; font-family:Verdana; font-size:16pt\">This picture is of two Veterans who still make positive contributions to their community as they nurture their faith and the faith of others.  A Sunday School Class may not sound like life-shaping experience, but these men find it does help shape their lives.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white\"><span style=\"color:#555555; font-family:Verdana; font-size:16pt\">This is how the United Methodist News Service describes the photo above.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white\"><span style=\"color:#555555; font-family:Verdana; font-size:16pt\">In nearly every United Methodist congregation in the United States, veterans are active. They serve as pastors, Sunday School teachers, choir members, committee chairs, and so much more.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white\"><span style=\"color:#555555; font-family:Verdana; font-size:16pt\">Those who have served the nation through the armed forces are &#8220;brothers and sisters in Christ who have already demonstrated that they&#8217;re going to give you everything,&#8221; explains the Rev. Felicia Hopkins, a veteran of the United States Army, and pastor of St. Paul United Methodist Church in Abilene, Texas.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white\"><span style=\"color:#555555; font-family:Verdana; font-size:16pt\">On Sundays, St. Paul offers a special\u00a0Sunday School Class led by veterans. Charles Rice has found a spiritual home because of the class called Pathfinders. &#8220;This class is what keeps me coming back to this church,&#8221; he says.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 \u00a0 This picture is of two Veterans who still make positive contributions to their community as they nurture their faith and the faith of others. A Sunday School Class may not sound like life-shaping experience, but these men find it does help shape their lives. This is how the United Methodist News Service describes &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/?p=1475\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Nov. 11 \u2013 Veterans Day<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1475","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1475","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1475"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1475\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1476,"href":"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1475\/revisions\/1476"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1475"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1475"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1475"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}