{"id":8116,"date":"2008-08-27T01:38:35","date_gmt":"2008-08-27T01:38:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/127.0.0.1\/site\/2017\/2\/1985\/a_new_rector_in_west_virginia_all_roads_led_to_parish_ministry\/"},"modified":"2008-08-27T01:38:35","modified_gmt":"2008-08-27T01:38:35","slug":"a_new_rector_in_west_virginia_all_roads_led_to_parish_ministry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=8116","title":{"rendered":"A New rector in West Virginia: &#39;All roads led to parish ministry&#39;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> The Rev. Susan J. Latimer knows in her heart God brought her from Maine to West Virginia to serve as the new rector of St. John&#8217;s Episcopal Church in Charleston.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It was an amazing process,&#8221; she said. &#8220;I was not looking to make a move. I got a letter from the parish. They found me in a national database for clergy. I read about the parish. It just spoke to my heart.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>She was struck by the church&#8217;s commitment to community and social justice.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There is inclusion of all people whether gay or straight or black or white,&#8221; she said. &#8220;They have wonderful music and liturgy. The whole setting is what I think the church should be.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymail.com\/Life\/200808260163\">Read it all<\/a>.<br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Rev. Susan J. Latimer knows in her heart God brought her from Maine to West Virginia to serve as the new rector of St. John&#8217;s Episcopal Church in Charleston. &#8220;It was an amazing process,&#8221; she said. &#8220;I was not<span class=\"ellipsis\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=8116\">Read more &#8250;<\/a><\/div>\n<p><!-- end of .read-more --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":794,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36,48,66,184,380],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8116","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-anglican-episcopal","category-christian-life-church-life","category-episcopal-church-tec","category-parish-ministry","category-tec-parishes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8116","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/794"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8116"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8116\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8116"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8116"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8116"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}