{"id":17,"date":"2014-11-05T16:19:52","date_gmt":"2014-11-05T16:19:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stluke.barefootinteractive.ca\/?page_id=17"},"modified":"2025-08-21T11:50:21","modified_gmt":"2025-08-21T15:50:21","slug":"mission","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/stlukeslutheran.ca\/?page_id=17","title":{"rendered":"Mission"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"17\" class=\"elementor elementor-17\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-729b8916 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"729b8916\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cfa0867 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"cfa0867\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Mission<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5eaf03a2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5eaf03a2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">At St. Luke\u2019s Evangelical Lutheran Church, you will find a caring and loving church community that has been located in Kitchener since 1940. 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