{"id":17498,"date":"2025-04-14T14:15:23","date_gmt":"2025-04-14T19:15:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.naccc.org\/?p=17498"},"modified":"2025-04-14T14:15:23","modified_gmt":"2025-04-14T19:15:23","slug":"april-15-2025-the-messenger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.naccc.org\/april-15-2025-the-messenger\/","title":{"rendered":"April 15, 2025 &#8211; The Messenger"},"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>In April 15, 2025&#8217;s edition of <i>The Messenger<\/i>, you&#8217;ll find a message on the Free Church Movement and how we might renew its spirit from Executive Director Rev. Dr. Gerry Krupp. Plus, Missions Coordinator Julie Robie introduces us to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.naccc.org\/events\/2025-annual-meeting-and-conference\/\">2025 Annual Meeting and Conference<\/a> featured Mission Partners &#8211; Educational Concerns for Hunger Organization (ECHO) and Word Alive Mission.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>You\u2019ll find an invitation to participate in two upcoming NACCC webinar opportunities &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.naccc.org\/events\/commons-conversations-living-into-vulnerability\/\">Commons Conversations<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.naccc.org\/events\/the-leaders-table-webinar-series-cohort-2\/\">The Leaders Table<\/a> &#8211; and to register for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.naccc.org\/events\/2025-annual-meeting-and-conference\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2025 Annual Meeting and Conference<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.naccc.org\/events\/2025-napf-hope-youth-conference\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2025 Hope and NAPF Youth Conference<\/a>, and the Congregational Retreat Society\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.naccc.org\/events\/quiet-day-by-the-congregational-retreat-society\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Quiet Day Retreat<\/a>.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span>We encourage you to submit a nomination for one of the NACCC&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.naccc.org\/2025-excellence-in-ministry-awards-nominations\/?fbclid=IwY2xjawJRSJxleHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHXVgHWAD8M_rhIo7Xpf8q2FiUJwm1HErzPQigSZRpk9kHfiU7-0stx94LQ_aem_xCG5ZqnKSK208m_tkqPx6A\">Excellence in Ministry Awards<\/a> and to submit a sermon for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.naccc.org\/2025-jj-russell-sermon-award\/\">J.J. Russell Sermon Award<\/a>!<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span>Additionally, we ask you to check out our <a href=\"https:\/\/bloomerang-bee.s3.amazonaws.com\/images\/clapton_cysx6cjdvalm_us_west_2_rds_amazonaws_com_nationalassociationofcongregationalchristianchurches\/ECHO%20Mission%20Partner%20Spotlight%20April%202025.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">April Mission Partner Spotlight<\/a> on ECHO, explore the most recent edition of <a href=\"https:\/\/simplebooklet.com\/thecongregationalistmarch2025#page=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><i>The Congregationalist<\/i><\/a>, and view <a href=\"https:\/\/www.naccc.org\/2025-calls-ordinations-installations\/\">recent calls, ordinations, and installations<\/a> of NACCC ministers.<\/p>\n<p>For information on upcoming NACCC events and webinars, visit our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.naccc.org\/news-events\/events\/#calendar-events\">Event Calendar<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Read the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.naccc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/April-15th-E-News.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">April 15th E-News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":725,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[87,62],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17498","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-naccc-news","category-newsletter"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.naccc.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17498","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=17498"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.naccc.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17498\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17527,"href":"https:\/\/www.naccc.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17498\/revisions\/17527"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.naccc.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17498"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.naccc.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17498"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.naccc.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17498"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}