{"id":135,"date":"2022-06-07T15:49:28","date_gmt":"2022-06-07T05:49:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/proserpineuniting.org.au\/?page_id=135"},"modified":"2023-08-05T14:59:35","modified_gmt":"2023-08-05T04:59:35","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/proserpineuniting.org.au\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">A brief history<\/h2>\n<p>The Uniting Church in Australia was formed on 22 June, 1977 by the union of the Congregational Union of Australia, the Methodist Church of Australasia and the Presbyterian Church of Australia.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Leaders<\/h2>\n<p>We are led by our ministry agent and an elected council of leaders who take responsibility for the various\u00a0areas of church life.<\/p>\n<p>Our valued Church Council meets monthly to discuss Church matters, make decisions, pray and further their spiritual growth.\u00a0 Church Council members are elected by members of the congregation.<\/p>\n<p>Our Pastoral Care program uses Care Wheels and these have leaders who facilitate the smooth running of each group.\u00a0 Each Care Wheel is run by a Church Leader.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Membership<\/h2>\n<p>Fellowship, pastoral care and joining with us in worship at Proserpine Whitsunday is open to everyone, without exception. We worship together and support one another in service to the broader community.<\/p>\n<p>Members of our congregation find great joy in giving of themselves and their resources to the church, for the Glory of God. There\u2019s no minimum amount, just a willingness to commit to regular involvement and contribution.<\/p>\n<p>We would love you to be part of our family.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A brief history The Uniting Church in Australia was formed on 22 June, 1977 by the union of the Congregational Union of Australia, the Methodist Church of Australasia and the Presbyterian Church of Australia. &nbsp; Leaders We are led by our ministry agent and an elected council of leaders who take responsibility for the various\u00a0areas [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3639,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"elementor_theme","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/proserpineuniting.org.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/135"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/proserpineuniting.org.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/proserpineuniting.org.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/proserpineuniting.org.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/proserpineuniting.org.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=135"}],"version-history":[{"count":180,"href":"https:\/\/proserpineuniting.org.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/135\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3640,"href":"https:\/\/proserpineuniting.org.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/135\/revisions\/3640"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/proserpineuniting.org.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3639"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/proserpineuniting.org.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=135"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}