{"id":249275,"date":"2015-10-09T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-10-09T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sdnews.com\/historical-hillcrest-church-welcomes-new-pastor\/"},"modified":"2015-10-09T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2015-10-09T07:00:00","slug":"historical-hillcrest-church-welcomes-new-pastor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/historical-hillcrest-church-welcomes-new-pastor\/","title":{"rendered":"Historical Hillcrest church welcomes new pastor"},"content":{"rendered":"

University Christian Church, at the corner of Cleveland Avenue and Richmond Street in Hillcrest, celebrated its 109th birthday on Sept. 30. Days later, the congregation welcomed a new pastor.<\/p>\n

The Rev. Caleb Lines,\u00a0 who preached his first sermon on Oct. 4, is an ordained minister in the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ). He holds a master of sacred theology degree with specializations in urban ministry and homelessness, and a master of divinity degree from Yale Divinity School. He also has a bachelor of arts degree in religious studies with a minor in Spanish proficiency from Missouri State University, from which he graduated magna cum laude in the Honors College.<\/p>\n

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Rev. Caleb Lines (YouTube)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

University Christian Church began in 1906 as a Mission Style church. It has been at the same location since then.<\/p>\n

The church will officially install the Rev. Lines as Senior Minister during the 10 a.m. worship service on Sunday, Oct. 25.\u00a0 The church is an open and affirming congregation and welcomes all people.<\/p>\n

The Rev. Lines comes to University Christian Church after serving as Associate Minister at South Street Christian Church in Springfield, Missouri.\u00a0 He is married to his childhood sweetheart, Shawnna, a social worker. They welcomed their first child, Katherine, whom they call \u201cKit,\u201d on July 18.<\/p>\n

Members of the Pastor Search Committee said they felt that the pastor was \u201ctuned in\u201d to our ever-changing society and has an understanding of the modern-day church.\u00a0 In his profile, the Rev. Lines wrote, \u201cby building upon our commonalities and accepting our differences, we can truly learn from one another and grow.\u201d<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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