{"id":9,"date":"2015-10-21T05:46:47","date_gmt":"2015-10-21T05:46:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sumascrc.com\/new\/?page_id=9"},"modified":"2026-02-11T22:35:39","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T22:35:39","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sumascrc.com\/new\/sample-page\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sumascrc.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/church_exterior2.png\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"186\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sumascrc.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/church_exterior2.png?resize=300%2C186\" alt=\"church_exterior2\" class=\"wp-image-16\" style=\"width:342px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sumascrc.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/church_exterior2.png?resize=300%2C186&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sumascrc.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/church_exterior2.png?w=450&amp;ssl=1 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Led by the Holy Spirit, Sumas Christian Reformed Church is dedicated to compassionately sharing the love of Christ and wholeheartedly proclaiming the truth of God&#8217;s Word.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">We gather each Sunday morning for worship at 10:00 AM.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"\"><a href=\"http:\/\/sumascrc.com\/new\/sample-page\/about-us\/calendar\/\">Click here<\/a> for a calendar of what&#8217;s happening this month at Sumas CRC. We hope to see you soon!<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><strong>Organized in 1935<\/strong><br>\nSumas Christian Reformed Church was organized\\founded in 1935 in the border town of Sumas, Washington.&nbsp; First Christian Reformed Church, Lynden, Wash. funded and established a place of worship for the families who lived East of Sumas.&nbsp; We are a part of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.crcna.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Christian Reformed Church of North America<\/a>, a denomination consisting of approximately 230,000 members in churches throughout the United States and Canada.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><strong>Founded on the Word of God and the guidance of the Three Forms of Unity.<\/strong><br>\nAt Sumas CRC we rely on the wisdom of our forefathers in faith in many different ways. The <a href=\"http:\/\/sumascrc.com\/new\/sample-page\/worship\/\">worship services<\/a> are traditional in style, and the preaching is centered on God&#8217;s Word. The Three Forms of Unity are the Belgic Confession, the Heidelberg Catechism and the Canons of Dort.&nbsp; Links to these faithful summaries of Holy Scripture can be found on the beliefs page.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Led by the Holy Spirit, Sumas Christian Reformed Church is dedicated to compassionately sharing the love of Christ and wholeheartedly proclaiming the truth of God&#8217;s Word. We gather each Sunday morning for worship at 10:00 AM. Click here for a calendar of what&#8217;s happening this month at Sumas CRC. We hope to see you soon! &#8230; <span class=\"more\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/sumascrc.com\/new\/sample-page\/about-us\/\">[Read more&#8230;]<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":2,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-fullwidth.php","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["entry","page","publish","author-sumaspastorgmail-com","post-9"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P6RONU-9","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sumascrc.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sumascrc.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sumascrc.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sumascrc.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sumascrc.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/sumascrc.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1834,"href":"https:\/\/sumascrc.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9\/revisions\/1834"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sumascrc.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sumascrc.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}