{"id":214,"date":"2025-01-24T19:11:09","date_gmt":"2025-01-25T01:11:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bethanylutheranwichita.org\/?page_id=214"},"modified":"2025-01-24T20:48:19","modified_gmt":"2025-01-25T02:48:19","slug":"bethanys-communion-statement","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/bethanylutheranwichita.org\/?page_id=214","title":{"rendered":"Bethany&#8217;s Communion Statement"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"195\" src=\"https:\/\/bethanylutheranwichita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Website-Communion-Statement-1024x195.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-215\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bethanylutheranwichita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Website-Communion-Statement-1024x195.png 1024w, https:\/\/bethanylutheranwichita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Website-Communion-Statement-300x57.png 300w, https:\/\/bethanylutheranwichita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Website-Communion-Statement-768x147.png 768w, https:\/\/bethanylutheranwichita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Website-Communion-Statement-1536x293.png 1536w, https:\/\/bethanylutheranwichita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Website-Communion-Statement-2048x391.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>We believe that in the Sacrament of Holy Communion Jesus Christ is truly present; &nbsp;and that His Body and Blood are distributed with the bread and wine for the strengthening of faith and assurance of forgiveness.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>We approach this Sacrament with repentance for past sins, with joy of our salvation and the promise of a new life.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>We invite those who share this faith to share also the fellowship of this meal.  If this is your first time visiting,             please speak to Pastor Nick or one of the Elders if you\u2019d like   to commune. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Non-alcoholic grape juice is available in individual cups in the center of the tray.&nbsp; Gluten-free wafers are available as well. &nbsp;Please let Pastor know when you are at the table that you prefer gluten-free.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We believe that in the Sacrament of Holy Communion Jesus Christ is truly present; &nbsp;and that His Body and Blood are distributed with the bread and wine for the strengthening of faith and assurance of forgiveness. We approach this Sacrament with repentance for past sins, with joy of our salvation and the promise of a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-214","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bethanylutheranwichita.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/214","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bethanylutheranwichita.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bethanylutheranwichita.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bethanylutheranwichita.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bethanylutheranwichita.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=214"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/bethanylutheranwichita.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/214\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":249,"href":"https:\/\/bethanylutheranwichita.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/214\/revisions\/249"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bethanylutheranwichita.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=214"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}