{"id":147,"date":"2015-09-04T21:23:03","date_gmt":"2015-09-04T21:23:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/firstcrcmv.com\/?page_id=147"},"modified":"2015-12-28T22:37:33","modified_gmt":"2015-12-28T22:37:33","slug":"cadets","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/firstcrcmv.com\/?page_id=147","title":{"rendered":"Cadets"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"u237-35\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.calvinistcadets.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Cadets Boys Club<\/a><br \/>\nMeets every 2nd and 4th Wednesday of the month from Sept \u2013 April<\/p>\n<p id=\"u237-40\"><span id=\"u237-39\">The goal of the Calvinist Cadet Corps, based upon <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Luke%202&amp;version=NIV\" target=\"_blank\">Luke 2:52<\/a>, is to help boys grow spiritually in all areas of life \u2014 devotional, mental, physical, and social \u2014 by providing Christian men with a uniquely designed structure, program, and materials so that they can mentor boys effectively.<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"u237-43\">The Calvinist Cadet Corps is an independent youth ministry organization (non-denominational) whose purpose is to provide local churches with a ministry program that will enable them to effectively share Christ\u2019s love with boys from their church and community.<\/p>\n<p id=\"u237-46\"><span id=\"u237-45\">The heart of the Cadet organization: Boys and their counselors working side by side on Bible lessons, Christian service projects, outdoor activities (camping, cycling, hiking, canoeing, and more), and working on merit badge projects \u2013 selecting from a wide range of interests and skills.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.calvinistcadets.org\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8\" src=\"http:\/\/firstcrcmv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/cadets-logo.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"160\" height=\"160\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3><span id=\"en-NIV-25015\" class=\"text Luke-2-41\">Luke 2:41-52. The Boy Jesus at the Temple<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span class=\"text Luke-2-41\"><sup class=\"versenum\">41\u00a0<\/sup>Every year Jesus\u2019 parents went to Jerusalem for the Festival of the Passover.<\/span> <span id=\"en-NIV-25016\" class=\"text Luke-2-42\"><sup class=\"versenum\">42\u00a0<\/sup>When he was twelve years old, they went up to the festival, according to the custom.<\/span> <span id=\"en-NIV-25017\" class=\"text Luke-2-43\"><sup class=\"versenum\">43\u00a0<\/sup>After the festival was over, while his parents were returning home, the boy Jesus stayed behind in Jerusalem, but they were unaware of it.<\/span> <span id=\"en-NIV-25018\" class=\"text Luke-2-44\"><sup class=\"versenum\">44\u00a0<\/sup>Thinking he was in their company, they traveled on for a day. Then they began looking for him among their relatives and friends.<\/span> <span id=\"en-NIV-25019\" class=\"text Luke-2-45\"><sup class=\"versenum\">45\u00a0<\/sup>When they did not find him, they went back to Jerusalem to look for him.<\/span> <span id=\"en-NIV-25020\" class=\"text Luke-2-46\"><sup class=\"versenum\">46\u00a0<\/sup>After three days they found him in the temple courts, sitting among the teachers, listening to them and asking them questions.<\/span> <span id=\"en-NIV-25021\" class=\"text Luke-2-47\"><sup class=\"versenum\">47\u00a0<\/sup>Everyone who heard him was amazed at his understanding and his answers.<\/span> <span id=\"en-NIV-25022\" class=\"text Luke-2-48\"><sup class=\"versenum\">48\u00a0<\/sup>When his parents saw him, they were astonished. His mother said to him, \u201cSon, why have you treated us like this? Your father and I have been anxiously searching for you.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"en-NIV-25023\" class=\"text Luke-2-49\"><span class=\"woj\"><sup class=\"versenum\">49\u00a0<\/sup>\u201cWhy were you searching for me?\u201d<\/span> he asked. <span class=\"woj\">\u201cDidn\u2019t you know I had to be in my Father\u2019s house?\u201d<sup class=\"footnote\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 0.625em; line-height: 22px; position: relative; vertical-align: top; top: 0px;\" data-fn=\"#fen-NIV-25023f\" data-link=\"[&lt;a href=&quot;#fen-NIV-25023f&quot; title=&quot;See footnote f&quot;&gt;f&lt;\/a&gt;]\">[<a title=\"See footnote f\" href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Luke%202&amp;version=NIV#fen-NIV-25023f\">f<\/a>]<\/sup><\/span><\/span> <span id=\"en-NIV-25024\" class=\"text Luke-2-50\"><sup class=\"versenum\">50\u00a0<\/sup>But they did not understand what he was saying to them.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"en-NIV-25025\" class=\"text Luke-2-51\"><sup class=\"versenum\">51\u00a0<\/sup>Then he went down to Nazareth with them and was obedient to them. But his mother treasured all these things in her heart.<\/span><span id=\"en-NIV-25026\" class=\"text Luke-2-52\"><sup class=\"versenum\">52\u00a0<\/sup>And Jesus grew in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and man.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cadets Boys Club Meets every 2nd and 4th Wednesday of the month from Sept \u2013 April The goal of the Calvinist Cadet Corps, based upon Luke 2:52, is to help boys grow spiritually in all areas of life \u2014 devotional, mental, physical, and social \u2014 by providing Christian men with a uniquely designed structure, program, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/firstcrcmv.com\/?page_id=147\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Cadets<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-147","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/firstcrcmv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/147","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/firstcrcmv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/firstcrcmv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/firstcrcmv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/firstcrcmv.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=147"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/firstcrcmv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/147\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/firstcrcmv.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=147"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}