{"id":14,"date":"2020-12-16T19:27:34","date_gmt":"2020-12-16T19:27:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/elkhartdunlapumc.org\/?page_id=14"},"modified":"2025-06-12T15:21:38","modified_gmt":"2025-06-12T19:21:38","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/elkhartdunlapumc.org\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Elkhart Dunlap United Methodist Church is a welcoming and loving congregation that seeks to help everyone grow in their relationship with God and experience Jesus Christ and his power to transform their lives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With a rich history dating back to 1854, we are known for our music ministry (including a chancel, handbell, and band instrument ensemble), an active Scouting America troop and Cub Scout Pack, and an active &amp; growing Preschool.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A core value of the people of DUMC is to be a service oriented community supporting local agencies such as Church Community Services, Salvation Army, Susanna\u2019s Kitchen, Bashor Children\u2019s home, and also the United Methodist Advance Special Mission projects around the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We are a community with open hearts and open doors where individuals &amp; families grow in faith and become disciples of Jesus Christ. We would love to meet you and hope you join us soon!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Elkhart Dunlap United Methodist Church is a welcoming and loving congregation that seeks to help everyone grow in their relationship with God and experience Jesus Christ and his power to transform their lives. With a rich history dating back to 1854, we are known for our music ministry (including a chancel, handbell, and band instrument &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/elkhartdunlapumc.org\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Welcome&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/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-14","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/elkhartdunlapumc.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/elkhartdunlapumc.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/elkhartdunlapumc.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elkhartdunlapumc.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elkhartdunlapumc.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"https:\/\/elkhartdunlapumc.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1352,"href":"https:\/\/elkhartdunlapumc.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14\/revisions\/1352"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/elkhartdunlapumc.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}