{"id":4,"date":"2013-02-22T02:53:47","date_gmt":"2013-02-22T02:53:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/uucsandhills.org\/?page_id=4"},"modified":"2024-10-02T19:44:45","modified_gmt":"2024-10-02T19:44:45","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.uucsandhills.org\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>The core of Unitarian Universalism is the freedom of belief along with the responsibility to seek truth and meaning. There is no set creed and there are no required beliefs. We are united by our freedom to question, our agreement that it is all right to be in doubt, and that the search for individual truth may be aided by common effort.<\/p>\n<p>We are also guided by our principles which include justice, equity, and the inherent worth and dignity of every individual.  We are a certified safe zone and welcome persons of all gender identities, sexual orientation, color and disability.  All are welcome.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uucsandhills.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/P6210186.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-153 alignleft\" style=\"width: 249px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uucsandhills.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/P6210186-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Where we meet.\" width=\"196\" height=\"146\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.uucsandhills.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/P6210186-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.uucsandhills.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/P6210186-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.uucsandhills.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/P6210186.jpg 1086w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 196px) 100vw, 196px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nWe meet every Sunday at the<br \/>\nWhispering Pines Community Center<br \/>\n1320 Rays Bridge Rd, Whispering Pines, NC<\/p>\n<p>Service is at 10am.<\/p>\n<p>We are an emerging congregation located in the Southern Pines, Pinehurst, Aberdeen, Whispering Pines area of North Carolina known as the &#8220;sandhills&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>To learn more about this progressive religion go to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.uua.org\">www.uua.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Follow us on facebook <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/uucsandhills\">UUCS<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Email us at <a href=\"mailto:uucsandhills@gmail.com\">uucsandhills@gmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Find out what faith you are.\u00a0 Take the Belief-O-Matic test. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/Entertainment\/Quizzes\/BeliefOMatic.aspx\">Beliefnet<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The core of Unitarian Universalism is the freedom of belief along with the responsibility to seek truth and meaning. There is no set creed and there are no required beliefs. We are united by our freedom to question, our agreement &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uucsandhills.org\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-4","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uucsandhills.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uucsandhills.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uucsandhills.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uucsandhills.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uucsandhills.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4"}],"version-history":[{"count":36,"href":"https:\/\/www.uucsandhills.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":562,"href":"https:\/\/www.uucsandhills.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4\/revisions\/562"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uucsandhills.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}