{"id":126,"date":"2018-03-05T19:45:43","date_gmt":"2018-03-06T00:45:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/teenschool.epcphila.org\/?page_id=126"},"modified":"2021-03-30T23:48:03","modified_gmt":"2021-03-31T04:48:03","slug":"general-information-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/teenschool.epcphila.org\/?page_id=126","title":{"rendered":"Mission and Values"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><strong>Mission<\/strong>:\n<ul>\n<li>To encourage and equip teenagers to live a life of faith, character and integrity.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Values<\/strong>:\n<ul>\n<li>GRACE\n<ul>\n<li>To personally appropriate and extend the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ.<\/li>\n<li><em>\u201cFor by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, not of works, lest anyone should boast.\u201d<\/em> Ephesians 2:8-9<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0GROWTH\n<ul>\n<li>To live as an authentic follower of Jesus Christ with thoughts and actions rooted in the Scriptures, pursuing Christ-likeness with the help of the Holy Spirit.<\/li>\n<li><em>\u201cInstead, speaking the truth in love, we will grow to become in every respect the mature body of him who is the head, that is, Christ. \u201c<\/em> Ephesians 4:15<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0SERVICE\n<ul>\n<li>To serve others according to ones talents and spiritual giftedness.<\/li>\n<li><em>\u201cLove must be sincere. Hate what is evil; cling to what is good. Be devoted to one another in love. Honor one another above yourselves. Never be lacking in zeal, but keep your spiritual fervor, serving the Lord.\u201d<\/em> Romans 12:9-11<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0FELLOWSHIP\n<ul>\n<li>To connect with other believers and establish meaningful relationships.<\/li>\n<li><em>\u201cBut if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, purifies us from all sin.\u201d<\/em> 1 John 1:7<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-summary\"><p>Mission: To encourage and equip teenagers to live a life of faith, character and integrity. Values: GRACE To personally appropriate&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"link-more\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/teenschool.epcphila.org\/?page_id=126\" class=\"more-link\">\n\t\tContinue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;Mission and Values&rdquo;<\/span>&hellip;\t<\/a>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-template-full.php","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/teenschool.epcphila.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/126"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/teenschool.epcphila.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/teenschool.epcphila.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teenschool.epcphila.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teenschool.epcphila.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=126"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/teenschool.epcphila.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/126\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":479,"href":"https:\/\/teenschool.epcphila.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/126\/revisions\/479"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/teenschool.epcphila.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=126"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}