{"id":945,"date":"2018-12-05T17:05:21","date_gmt":"2018-12-05T23:05:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thelight.com\/?p=945"},"modified":"2018-12-16T17:21:09","modified_gmt":"2018-12-16T23:21:09","slug":"q4-chicago-chapter-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thelight.com\/index.php\/2018\/12\/05\/q4-chicago-chapter-update\/","title":{"rendered":"Q4 Chicago Chapter Update"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-attachment-id=\"947\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/thelight.com\/index.php\/2018\/12\/05\/q4-chicago-chapter-update\/img_4771\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thelight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/IMG_4771-e1545001931796.jpg?fit=4032%2C3024\" data-orig-size=\"4032,3024\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.2&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone SE&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1543774842&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.15&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;200&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.041666666666667&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;3&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"IMG_4771\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thelight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/IMG_4771-e1545001931796.jpg?fit=1024%2C768\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thelight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/IMG_4771-e1545001931796-1024x768.jpg?resize=1024%2C768\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-947\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thelight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/IMG_4771-e1545001931796.jpg?resize=1024%2C768 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thelight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/IMG_4771-e1545001931796.jpg?resize=300%2C225 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thelight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/IMG_4771-e1545001931796.jpg?resize=768%2C576 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thelight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/IMG_4771-e1545001931796.jpg?w=2000 2000w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thelight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/IMG_4771-e1545001931796.jpg?w=3000 3000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\n\nThe Chicago chapter of the LIGHT has done a bit of retooling for the last few months.&nbsp; Keith has finished up the study of the book of John with the original men\u2019s group that he started in 2016.&nbsp; The group agreed it was time to move on and do something else, as there were many conflicting priorities that were keeping the group from meeting regularly.&nbsp; However, a few of the men expressed an interest in getting together and meeting still.&nbsp; So, Keith is meeting regularly with two guys and they are going through a book together, \u201cWhat He Must Be If He Wants To Marry My Daughter\u201d.&nbsp; We\u2019re off to a good start so far!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Melody\u2019s group is continuing to meet and making headway in their study of the entire Bible.&nbsp; Although they are still in Genesis, the content the group covers is very rich and teaches them a lot about origins and creation.&nbsp; Melody is working with her co-leader on ways to challenge the group to deepen their faith and develop a greater passion for God.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Keith and Melody jointly felt a burden to also reach out to newly married, new parents, and new-to-the area couples who are in their local neighborhood.&nbsp; The intent of the group is to encourage one another in their faith and to have an outlet to share life, joys, struggles, and questions about everything together.&nbsp; The group has met twice and it\u2019s been very uplifting to everyone there.&nbsp; We are going through a book, \u201cDefending Your Marriage\u201d, which is a book about spiritual warfare in the context of marriage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So we\u2019ve had a lot of activity, but it\u2019s been worthwhile.&nbsp; We are trusting God to plant seeds that will yield good fruit and doing our best to be faithful to share the love and truth of Christ with those around us!\n\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Chicago chapter of the LIGHT has done a bit of retooling for the last few months.&nbsp; Keith has finished up the study of the book of John with the original men\u2019s group that he started in 2016.&nbsp; The group agreed it was time to move on and do something else, as there were many [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":947,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-945","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-uncategorized","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8kHU7-ff","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thelight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/IMG_4771-e1545001931796.jpg?fit=4032%2C3024","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/thelight.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/945","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/thelight.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/thelight.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thelight.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thelight.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=945"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/thelight.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/945\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":948,"href":"http:\/\/thelight.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/945\/revisions\/948"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thelight.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/947"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/thelight.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=945"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thelight.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=945"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thelight.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=945"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}