{"id":16111,"date":"2024-10-01T16:18:55","date_gmt":"2024-10-01T21:18:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.naccc.org\/?p=16111"},"modified":"2024-10-01T16:18:55","modified_gmt":"2024-10-01T21:18:55","slug":"celebrating-your-churchs-anniversary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.naccc.org\/celebrating-your-churchs-anniversary\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrating Your Church\u2019s Anniversary"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1185.6px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><p>Looking for inspiration for celebrating your church&#8217;s next anniversary? Check out <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/d7womSSyng0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">this recording<\/a> of the Congregational Library &amp; Archives&#8217; <em>Celebrating Your Church\u2019s Anniversary: Tips and Tricks for a Memorable Commemoration<\/em> webinar from September 18th, 2024.<\/p>\n<p class=\"xmsonormal\">Whether your church is celebrating 25 or 250 years, an anniversary offers opportunities to make meaningful and creative connections with your congregation&#8217;s mission and story\u2013past, present, and future. It is a time to learn more about the people who founded and led your church and about the events that have shaped its unique identity. This roundtable discussion featured people from across the continental United States and Hawai\u2019i who had recently helped to plan and lead church anniversary celebrations. They shared their experience and advice on how to research your church\u2019s history, balance planning and implementation, and engage your church and broader community.<\/p>\n<p>This recording offers a great opportunity to hear some ways Congregational churches are celebrating their community histories, and how you might do the same!<\/p>\n<p>To view the recording, click <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/d7womSSyng0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":725,"featured_media":16114,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41,51,84],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16111","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-church-resources","category-clergy-resources","category-featured-church-resources"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.naccc.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16111","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.naccc.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.naccc.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.naccc.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/725"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.naccc.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16111"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.naccc.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16111\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16113,"href":"https:\/\/www.naccc.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16111\/revisions\/16113"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.naccc.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16114"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.naccc.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16111"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.naccc.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16111"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.naccc.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16111"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}