{"id":4364,"date":"2025-07-28T12:26:05","date_gmt":"2025-07-28T16:26:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stlukeslutheran.ca\/?page_id=4364"},"modified":"2025-07-28T12:55:51","modified_gmt":"2025-07-28T16:55:51","slug":"servants-heart-ministries","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/stlukeslutheran.ca\/?page_id=4364","title":{"rendered":"Servant&#8217;s Heart Ministries"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"4364\" class=\"elementor elementor-4364\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4bb3f2a elementor-section-content-middle elementor-reverse-mobile elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4bb3f2a\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5a9fe0a\" data-id=\"5a9fe0a\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-73906ca elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"73906ca\" 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\">Servant's Heart Ministries (SHM)<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-58eb903 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"58eb903\" 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 style=\"font-weight: 400;\">SHM is a non-governmental agency in the Dominican Republic providing support to people outside the Sosua area, located on the northern part of the island. 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