{"id":2997,"date":"2023-09-09T22:41:48","date_gmt":"2023-09-09T12:41:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobart.gci.org.au\/?p=38"},"modified":"2023-09-09T22:41:48","modified_gmt":"2023-09-09T12:41:48","slug":"who-are-we","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/devonport.gci.org.au\/index.php\/who-are-we\/","title":{"rendered":"Who are we?"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"2997\" class=\"elementor elementor-2997\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-76c75f3 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"76c75f3\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-59afeb1\" data-id=\"59afeb1\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a3f7add elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"a3f7add\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/launceston.gci.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/AdobeStock_26634736-300x202-1-200x135-1.jpeg\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1dc4f9c\" data-id=\"1dc4f9c\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ad2583c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ad2583c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>We are a church with a more than intriguing\u00a0<em>past<\/em> filled with challenges and opportunities to learn and grow.\u00a0 This has\u00a0led to our\u00a0<em>present<\/em> state as a peace and grace filled\u00a0 community,\u00a0looking forward to\u00a0a\u00a0<em>future<\/em> full of hope.<\/p><p>Our aim is to grow each day to be more who God has created us to be, as congregations and as individuals; and to be of whatever service we can to you in the same endeavor.<\/p><p>We believe Christianity has too often earned itself a bad rap for being judgmental and holier than thou, making God out to be a hard task master, and Christianity into a religion instead of a joyful experience of\u00a0<em>grace<\/em> and loving\u00a0<em>communion <\/em>among\u00a0<em>all<\/em> people [which our name,\u00a0<em>Grace Communion International<\/em> stands for].<\/p><p>We have congregations around the world, and more particularly, Launceston Hobart and Devonport.<\/p><p>Please do not hesitate to contact us if are looking for a place to belong, and be part of a warm, accepting and caring community.\u00a0 We aren\u2019t here to judge or to change you, just to care and support you in whatever way we can as you move along in your spiritual journey.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-40da23bb elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"40da23bb\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7befd766\" data-id=\"7befd766\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-cae3a1e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"cae3a1e\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7016a7f\" data-id=\"7016a7f\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We are a church with a more than intriguing\u00a0past filled with challenges and opportunities to learn and grow.\u00a0 This has\u00a0led to our\u00a0present state as a peace and grace filled\u00a0 community,\u00a0looking forward to\u00a0a\u00a0future full of hope. 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