{"id":159,"date":"2015-07-04T20:04:44","date_gmt":"2015-07-04T20:04:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.duchessmennonite.ca\/?page_id=159"},"modified":"2025-05-01T10:39:01","modified_gmt":"2025-05-01T16:39:01","slug":"spiritual-growth","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.duchessmennonite.ca\/index.php\/connect\/ministries\/spiritual-growth\/","title":{"rendered":"Spiritual Growth"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>These programs and studies focus on building each other spiritually, though inward focus, prayer, bible study, and worship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Our Programs<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Pre-Service Prayer<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Pre-Service Prayer takes place on Sunday mornings from 9:00am-10:00am. It is an opportunity to intercede for our church. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Small Groups<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The Duchess Mennonite Church facilitates small groups that meet in the homes of church members.&nbsp; Small groups are one of the best ways to get to know others and to fellowship and grow in discipleship,&nbsp;providing friends with which to share struggles and encouragement, and&nbsp;study with particular focus. If you are interested in being involved in a small group here at Duchess Mennonite Church, or would like further information, please<a href=\"http:\/\/www.duchessmennonite.ca\/contact\/\"> contact the church office<\/a>. Click <a href=\"http:\/\/www.duchessmennonite.ca\/discipleship\/\">here for Discipleship &amp; Small Group resources<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.duchessmennonite.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Fireside.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"791\" src=\"http:\/\/www.duchessmennonite.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Fireside-1024x791.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1608\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.duchessmennonite.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Fireside-1024x791.png 1024w, http:\/\/www.duchessmennonite.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Fireside-300x232.png 300w, http:\/\/www.duchessmennonite.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Fireside-768x593.png 768w, http:\/\/www.duchessmennonite.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Fireside-1536x1187.png 1536w, http:\/\/www.duchessmennonite.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Fireside-150x116.png 150w, http:\/\/www.duchessmennonite.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Fireside.png 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Missions<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Mission trips are a way for you to aid people around the world while experiencing their culture and growing yourself spiritually. DMC does not have regular scheduled mission trips, but as opportunities come available, we will share them with the church body. Trips are available through the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nwmc.ca\/missions\">Northwest Conference<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>These programs and studies focus on building each other spiritually, though inward focus, prayer, bible study, and worship. Our Programs Pre-Service Prayer Pre-Service Prayer takes place on Sunday mornings from 9:00am-10:00am. It is an opportunity to intercede for our church. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Small Groups The Duchess Mennonite Church facilitates small groups\u2026<\/p>\n<p> <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.duchessmennonite.ca\/index.php\/connect\/ministries\/spiritual-growth\/\"><span>Continue reading<\/span><i class=\"crycon-right-dir\"><\/i><\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":76,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-159","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.duchessmennonite.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/159","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.duchessmennonite.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.duchessmennonite.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.duchessmennonite.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.duchessmennonite.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=159"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"http:\/\/www.duchessmennonite.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/159\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1622,"href":"http:\/\/www.duchessmennonite.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/159\/revisions\/1622"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.duchessmennonite.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/76"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.duchessmennonite.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=159"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}