{"id":93929,"date":"2018-05-30T05:08:04","date_gmt":"2018-05-30T09:08:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=93929"},"modified":"2018-05-29T10:33:21","modified_gmt":"2018-05-29T14:33:21","slug":"canastota-churches-strive-for-unity-and-visibility","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=93929","title":{"rendered":"Canastota Churches strive for unity and visibility"},"content":{"rendered":"
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People gathered recently at ZEMS community room for the local 2018 National Day of Prayer.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Canastota Churches strive for unity and visibility<\/strong><\/p>\n

By holding Canastota\u2019s National Day of Prayer observance at ZEMS Ice Cream Parlor\u00a0earlier this month, and by marching together in the Boxing Hall of Fame Parade every\u00a0year, the Canastota Area Association of Churches is achieving one of its long-time\u00a0goals, according to CAAC Chairman of Communications Scott Trefz, becoming the\u00a0visible church.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Christian Church as a whole is highly relevant in the area,\u201d Trefz\u00a0states. \u201cBy feeding the hungry at two food pantries and the Loaves & Fishes Hospitality\u00a0Center every month for years now, supporting an active jail ministry in Wampsville,\u00a0raising funds for our local fire and ambulance corps and sending an annual medical\u00a0mission team to Nicaragua we\u2019re doing a lot to fulfill Jesus\u2019 commandments. A lot of\u00a0what we do is done quietly and behind the scenes \u2026 we don\u2019t want any special credit for\u00a0doing what we should be doing.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut when we\u2019re out in the community, showing up to bring glory to God, well, that gives\u00a0visibility to the church. Events like the parade show everyone\u00a0we\u2019re really together, and we\u2019re always astounded at the cheers we get as we pass by\u00a0with our banners- it\u2019s very gratifying, given all the everyday work we do throughout the\u00a0year. We just want Canastota to know we\u2019re \u2018in your corner,\u2019 and you\u2019re welcome at\u00a0any of our services and special events.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Association of Churches will be making its fourth appearance in the BHOF Parade June 10.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Canastota Churches strive for unity and visibility By holding Canastota\u2019s National Day of Prayer observance at ZEMS Ice Cream Parlor\u00a0earlier this month, and by marching together in the Boxing Hall of Fame Parade every\u00a0year, the Canastota Area Association of Churches is achieving one of its long-time\u00a0goals, according to CAAC Chairman of Communications Scott Trefz, becoming […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":93930,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[29,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-93929","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-religion","category-top-story"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p43meu-oqZ","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/2018-NDOP-at-Zems-No.-1.jpg?fit=1328%2C747&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93929","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=93929"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93929\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/93930"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=93929"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=93929"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=93929"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}