{"id":156,"date":"2017-09-22T16:37:06","date_gmt":"2017-09-22T15:37:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stchristopherslea-yb8t.temp-dns.com\/?page_id=156"},"modified":"2017-11-22T16:57:09","modified_gmt":"2017-11-22T16:57:09","slug":"messy-church","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.stchristopherslea.org\/?page_id=156","title":{"rendered":"Messy Church"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>We run occasional Messy Churches, 3-4 times per year. These include crafts, food, and a Christian message, and are always well attended.<\/h3>\n<h3>Forthcoming Messy Church events are always advertised on our Facebook page.<\/h3>\n<p><img data-attachment-id=\"289\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.stchristopherslea.org\/?attachment_id=289\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.stchristopherslea.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/JulyMessy3.jpg?fit=611%2C484&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"611,484\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"JulyMessy3\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.stchristopherslea.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/JulyMessy3.jpg?fit=300%2C238&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.stchristopherslea.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/JulyMessy3.jpg?fit=611%2C484&amp;ssl=1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-289 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stchristopherslea-yb8t.temp-dns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/JulyMessy3.jpg?resize=611%2C484\" alt=\"Messy Church\" width=\"611\" height=\"484\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.stchristopherslea.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/JulyMessy3.jpg?w=611&amp;ssl=1 611w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.stchristopherslea.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/JulyMessy3.jpg?resize=300%2C238&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 611px) 100vw, 611px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We run occasional Messy Churches, 3-4 times per year. These include crafts, food, and a Christian message, and are always well attended. Forthcoming Messy Church events are always advertised on our Facebook page.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":28,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P8ZwxB-2w","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":143,"url":"https:\/\/www.stchristopherslea.org\/?page_id=143","url_meta":{"origin":156,"position":0},"title":"Junior Church","author":"leachurchpreston2017","date":"September 22, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"The Junior Church welcomes children from approximately age 3 upwards. The children follow bible stories and activities each week, and they always let the congregation know afterwards what they\u2019ve been up to. 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