{"id":7074,"date":"2018-04-20T09:49:32","date_gmt":"2018-04-20T14:49:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/longfellow365.com\/?p=7074"},"modified":"2018-04-20T09:49:32","modified_gmt":"2018-04-20T14:49:32","slug":"all-are-welcome-here","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/longfellow365.com\/2018\/04\/20\/all-are-welcome-here\/","title":{"rendered":"All Are Welcome Here!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7073\" src=\"https:\/\/longfellow365.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/20180420desmarais.jpg\" alt=\"20180420desmarais.jpg\" width=\"4294\" height=\"2930\" srcset=\"https:\/\/longfellow365.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/20180420desmarais.jpg 1800w, https:\/\/longfellow365.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/20180420desmarais-300x205.jpg 300w, https:\/\/longfellow365.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/20180420desmarais-768x524.jpg 768w, https:\/\/longfellow365.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/20180420desmarais-1024x699.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 4294px) 100vw, 4294px\" \/>Location: Ebenezer Oromo Evangelical Church, 3901 \u2013 36<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0Avenue So.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight:400;\">We have a new neighbor in our little community. Ebenezer Oromo Evangelical Church has taken over the church at 3901 \u2013 36<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0Avenue So. Their grand opening was April 7.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight:400;\">Welcome to our neighborhood! You have come to a warm and embracing community.\u00a0\u00a0I don\u2019t know that you will find another more diverse and inclusive neighborhood! You are surrounded by people of all races, colors, creeds (as well as those with no creed), sexualities and genders, including those who identify non-binary. You will meet mixed-race families; families with just one mom or one dad; families with two moms or two dads, and single homeowners. You\u2019ll meet your Muslim neighbors who are about to begin Ramadan in a few weeks \u2013\u00a0ending in June with Eid ul Fitr.When that happens, you\u2019ll start seeing the signs in people\u2019s yards honoring their Muslim neighbors. Nearly everywhere you go you\u2019ll see the \u2018All Are Welcome Here\u2019 signs. I feel like that\u2019s our trademark, or really, our motto. You will see rainbow flags, and signs reminding us all that, \u201cBlack Lives Matter\u201d. I think there is a safe assumption that in Minneapolis there are a lot of Democrats \u2013 but not everyone. Even so, there are all levels of liberals and conservatives of both parties in our neighborhood.\u00a0\u00a0We just can\u2019t pigeon-hole each other. That\u2019s a beautiful thing, isn\u2019t it? It\u2019s the joy of this neighborhood: The next person you meet can be, and more than likely will be, so different than you, and so interesting! So, welcome and enjoy your new neighborhood!<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight:400;\">\u200b<a href=\"http:\/\/www.oromochurch.org\/\">www.oromochurch.org<\/a>\u200b<\/p>\n<p>Photo: Jean Des Marais<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new church in our welcoming community. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7073,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[472,987,263,1481,545,1393],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/longfellow365.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7074"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/longfellow365.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/longfellow365.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/longfellow365.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/longfellow365.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7074"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/longfellow365.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7074\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/longfellow365.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7073"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/longfellow365.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7074"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/longfellow365.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7074"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/longfellow365.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7074"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}