{"id":26,"date":"1970-01-01T00:00:00","date_gmt":"1970-01-01T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mcbc.avenue.org\/wordpress\/?page_id=26"},"modified":"2022-06-29T15:48:37","modified_gmt":"2022-06-29T19:48:37","slug":"meet-our-pastor","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mcbc.avenue.org\/?page_id=26","title":{"rendered":"Pastor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Pastor Ruby Carnes was <\/strong>Ordained in October 2008 at the Galilee Baptist Church in Ferncliff, VA.\u00a0 She joined Mt. Calvary soon <a href=\"https:\/\/mcbc.avenue.org\/?attachment_id=109339\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-109339\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-109339 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/mcbc.avenue.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Pastor-Carnes-2-300x183.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"183\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mcbc.avenue.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Pastor-Carnes-2-300x183.png 300w, https:\/\/mcbc.avenue.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Pastor-Carnes-2.png 345w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>after and has faithfully served as an Associate Minister since joining.\u00a0 She is a retired registered nurse holding a Bachelor of Science in Nursing. She was voted interim pastor in September 2020.\u00a0 She was installed as our Pastor on October 17,\u00a0 2021.<\/p>\n<p>I bring a gift of vision to God&#8217;s people helping them to fall in love with Him in a deeper relationship and commitment.\u00a0 I have a desire to build on what is present and to enhance the stewardship through continual education and annual class attendance, seeking resources available to enhance the church&#8217;s growth spiritually and to utilize the Great Commission found in Matthew 28:16-20.<\/p>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pastor Ruby Carnes was Ordained in October 2008 at the Galilee Baptist Church in Ferncliff, VA.\u00a0 She joined Mt. Calvary soon after and has faithfully served as an Associate Minister since joining.\u00a0 She is a retired registered nurse holding a Bachelor of Science in Nursing. She was voted interim pastor in September 2020.\u00a0 She was &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/mcbc.avenue.org\/?page_id=26\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-26","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcbc.avenue.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/26","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcbc.avenue.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcbc.avenue.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcbc.avenue.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcbc.avenue.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=26"}],"version-history":[{"count":44,"href":"https:\/\/mcbc.avenue.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/26\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":109449,"href":"https:\/\/mcbc.avenue.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/26\/revisions\/109449"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcbc.avenue.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=26"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}