{"id":7468,"date":"2024-02-18T12:37:36","date_gmt":"2024-02-18T17:37:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chilmarkchurch.org\/service\/?page_id=7468"},"modified":"2025-04-05T07:17:36","modified_gmt":"2025-04-05T12:17:36","slug":"our-faith-mission-and-community","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/chilmarkchurch.org\/service\/index.php\/a-community-church\/our-faith-mission-and-community\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Faith, Mission, and Community"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p><strong>OUR FAITH&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>We are a church that proclaims our faith through our actions. <\/em>Our theological stance affirms free inquiry on matters of Christian doctrine; our faith is guided by Scripture, tradition, experience and reason. We are an independent, community church, open to all, celebrating diversity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>OUR MISSION<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>We will act justly, love mercy and humbly walk with our God and with each other to be a community of love.&nbsp;<\/em> We will provide for and gather for worship, teaching and the sacraments.&nbsp; We will encourage and pray for each other and our mission to bring God\u2019s love into the lives of all we encounter.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>A SACRED SPACE FOR OUR COMMUNITY<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Chilmark Community Church\u2019s goal is to be a sacred space for our community. We invite you to let us serve you in times of celebration or need. Our sanctuary is available for weddings, baptisms, and memorial services or quiet meditation. Our congregation is also available to offer support and prayer in times of illness or other needs.\u00a0<em> Contact\u00a0 Rev. Janet Stoddard\u00a0 at \u00a0<\/em><a href=\"mailto:chilmarkchurch@gmail.com\"><em>chilmarkchurch@gmail.com<\/em><\/a><em> or call\u00a0 the church at 508-645-3100.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Visit us on face book: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ChilmarkCommunityChurch?ref=hl\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ChilmarkCommunityChurch?ref=hl<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"534\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/chilmarkchurch.org\/service\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/cimg7673.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7223\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chilmarkchurch.org\/service\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/cimg7673.jpg 534w, https:\/\/chilmarkchurch.org\/service\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/cimg7673-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 534px) 100vw, 534px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>OUR FAITH&nbsp; We are a church that proclaims our faith through our actions. Our theological stance affirms free inquiry on matters of Christian doctrine; our faith is guided by Scripture, tradition, experience and reason. We are an independent, community church, open to all, celebrating diversity. OUR MISSION We will act justly, love mercy and humbly [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7441,"parent":214,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-7468","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chilmarkchurch.org\/service\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7468","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chilmarkchurch.org\/service\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chilmarkchurch.org\/service\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chilmarkchurch.org\/service\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chilmarkchurch.org\/service\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7468"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/chilmarkchurch.org\/service\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7468\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8465,"href":"https:\/\/chilmarkchurch.org\/service\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7468\/revisions\/8465"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chilmarkchurch.org\/service\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/214"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chilmarkchurch.org\/service\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7441"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chilmarkchurch.org\/service\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7468"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}