{"id":768,"date":"2022-08-01T20:15:47","date_gmt":"2022-08-01T20:15:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hpchristiandsm.org\/?page_id=768"},"modified":"2022-08-01T20:20:43","modified_gmt":"2022-08-01T20:20:43","slug":"open-affirming","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.hpchristiandsm.org\/?page_id=768","title":{"rendered":"Open &#038; Affirming"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hpchristiandsm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/0_progress-pride-flag.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hpchristiandsm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/0_progress-pride-flag-1024x614.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-772\" width=\"280\" height=\"167\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.hpchristiandsm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/0_progress-pride-flag-1024x614.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.hpchristiandsm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/0_progress-pride-flag-300x180.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.hpchristiandsm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/0_progress-pride-flag-768x461.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.hpchristiandsm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/0_progress-pride-flag-1536x922.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/www.hpchristiandsm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/0_progress-pride-flag.jpg 2045w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 280px) 100vw, 280px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Often when you hear \u201cAll are welcome,\u201d all doesn\u2019t really mean all.&nbsp; At Highland Park Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) ALL MEANS ALL! This includes ALL persons regardless of race, ethnicity, culture, age, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, economic status, political views, or physical or mental capacity.&nbsp; We recognize, celebrate, and give thanks for the many diverse gifts of God among us.&nbsp; ALL persons have worth and are unique creations made in the image of God.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As disciples of Christ, we declare ourselves to be an Open and Affirming Congregation, welcoming ALL to participate fully in the life of the church including leadership, baptism, communion, marriage, and ALL forms of ministry.&nbsp; We are a community of faith that works toward openness and understanding, offering justice, healing, love, and wholeness for ALL people.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Whoever you are, wherever you are on life\u2019s journey,<\/strong> <strong>as God\u2019s beloved, ALL are worthy and welcome!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Hiring and employment policy<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">HPCC accepts and encourages applications from persons of ALL races, ethnicities, cultures, ages, genders, gender identities, sexual orientations, economic statuses, political views, or physical or mental capacities and provides equal protections and benefits to all applicants and employees. &nbsp;HPCC requires respect for ALL persons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Often when you hear \u201cAll are welcome,\u201d all doesn\u2019t really mean all.&nbsp; At Highland Park Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) ALL MEANS ALL! This includes ALL persons regardless of race, ethnicity, culture, age, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, economic status, political views, or physical or mental capacity.&nbsp; We recognize, celebrate, and give thanks for the &#8230; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hpchristiandsm.org\/?page_id=768\"><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":9,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["entry","page","publish","author-ericillusionsgmail-com","post-768"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.hpchristiandsm.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/768","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.hpchristiandsm.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.hpchristiandsm.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.hpchristiandsm.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.hpchristiandsm.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=768"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.hpchristiandsm.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/768\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":773,"href":"http:\/\/www.hpchristiandsm.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/768\/revisions\/773"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.hpchristiandsm.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.hpchristiandsm.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=768"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}