{"id":572,"date":"2025-06-17T12:01:20","date_gmt":"2025-06-17T12:01:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/crossreachchurches.co.uk\/?page_id=572"},"modified":"2025-06-18T09:34:07","modified_gmt":"2025-06-18T09:34:07","slug":"our-heart","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/crossreachchurches.co.uk\/index.php\/our-heart\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Heart"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"572\" class=\"elementor elementor-572\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-282b2041 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"282b2041\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-20f8a741\" data-id=\"20f8a741\" data-element_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-ae17d07 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ae17d07\" data-element_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\n<p>We are here:<\/p>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>to worship God together.<\/li>\n\n<li>to be built up in our Christian faith, to encourage each other in our walk with God, and to witness to God&#8217;s love, forgiveness and care.<\/li>\n\n<li>to create a Christian community, reaching out with the love of God to include as many residents of Lawford, Manningtree, Mistley and Bradfield as possible.<\/li>\n\n<li>to be a blessing and a light to our local communities.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a54fbe1 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a54fbe1\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8920e39\" data-id=\"8920e39\" data-element_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-c85b94a elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"c85b94a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/crossreachchurches.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/19C2AADA-46D6-414E-92DD-45CE409901C7-edited-1024x576.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-579\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/crossreachchurches.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/19C2AADA-46D6-414E-92DD-45CE409901C7-edited-1024x576.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/crossreachchurches.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/19C2AADA-46D6-414E-92DD-45CE409901C7-edited-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/crossreachchurches.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/19C2AADA-46D6-414E-92DD-45CE409901C7-edited-768x432.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/crossreachchurches.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/19C2AADA-46D6-414E-92DD-45CE409901C7-edited.jpeg 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f92af4a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f92af4a\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b6963b2\" data-id=\"b6963b2\" data-element_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-e65b08f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e65b08f\" data-element_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<h3>Why &#8216;Cross Reach&#8217;?<\/h3>\n<p>Our northern parish boundaries follow the course of the River Stour. Near the eastern end of Mistley lies a stretch of the river called \u2018Cross Reach\u2019. Running from the quay, out into the estuary, people pass through Cross Reach every day, going out on their adventures, and coming back home. We named our Church Group after this stretch of the river, to remember that we should be reaching out with the love of Jesus &#8211; the same love that reached out to us. We named it to remember that we are all on a journey. And we named it to remember that the Lord will watch over our coming and going, both now and forevermore. (Psalm 121:8)<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We are here: \u00a0 Why &#8216;Cross Reach&#8217;? Our northern parish boundaries follow the course of the River Stour. Near the eastern end of Mistley lies a stretch of the river called \u2018Cross Reach\u2019. 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