{"id":372,"date":"2012-05-28T19:37:56","date_gmt":"2012-05-28T09:37:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.leighmoorunitingchurch.org.au\/?page_id=372"},"modified":"2024-12-15T01:12:17","modified_gmt":"2024-12-14T14:12:17","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.leighmoorunitingchurch.org.au\/?page_id=372","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"372\" class=\"elementor elementor-372\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d879c40 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no wpr-equal-height-no\" data-id=\"d879c40\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\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-12b115d\" data-id=\"12b115d\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-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-54304b3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"54304b3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\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-5b2f340 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no wpr-equal-height-no\" data-id=\"5b2f340\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-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-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b85ab42\" data-id=\"b85ab42\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-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-6b9887c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6b9887c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Our Mission<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fce8b75 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"fce8b75\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-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<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.leighmoorunitingchurch.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/outside-view.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5440 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.leighmoorunitingchurch.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/outside-view-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.leighmoorunitingchurch.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/outside-view-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.leighmoorunitingchurch.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/outside-view-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.leighmoorunitingchurch.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/outside-view-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.leighmoorunitingchurch.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/outside-view-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.leighmoorunitingchurch.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/outside-view-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.leighmoorunitingchurch.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/outside-view-75x56.jpg 75w, https:\/\/www.leighmoorunitingchurch.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/outside-view-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.leighmoorunitingchurch.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/outside-view-267x200.jpg 267w, https:\/\/www.leighmoorunitingchurch.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/outside-view.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Leighmoor <\/b>is a warm, vibrant and welcoming community whose worship is characterised by both traditional and contemporary elements. Music is a strong part of our worship experience.<\/p><p>Leighmoor\u2019s worship centre is located in Moorabbin on Wickham Road. We serve a community encompassing the areas of East Bentleigh, Highett and Moorabbin with people from these and more distant locations always welcome. We rejoice with our surrounding Uniting Churches and appreciate ecumenical relationships.<\/p><p>We are immensely proud of our heritage , but always looking to the future and how we can show God\u2019s love in our words and deeds.<\/p><p><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight );\">A Christian presence has operated from the Wickham Road site for 160 years (since 1854). the Leighmoor Congregation also include people from the former Uniting Churches located at Hemming Street, Moorabbin, Highett Road Highett, Hawthorne Road, Brighton East and East Boundary Road East Bentleigh.<\/span><\/p><p>We see our buildings as a tool for our faith to spread forth rather than a cornerstone of our faith.<\/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<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-33d1638\" data-id=\"33d1638\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-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-057e1a3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"057e1a3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Our Minister<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9b87ce7 elementor-position-top elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-box\" data-id=\"9b87ce7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-box-wrapper\"><figure class=\"elementor-image-box-img\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"467\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.leighmoorunitingchurch.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/IMG_6130-e1677293333518-768x467.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-3689 lazyload\" alt=\"\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.leighmoorunitingchurch.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/IMG_6130-e1677293333518-768x467.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.leighmoorunitingchurch.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/IMG_6130-e1677293333518-600x365.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.leighmoorunitingchurch.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/IMG_6130-e1677293333518-300x182.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.leighmoorunitingchurch.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/IMG_6130-e1677293333518-1024x623.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.leighmoorunitingchurch.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/IMG_6130-e1677293333518-1536x934.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.leighmoorunitingchurch.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/IMG_6130-e1677293333518-2048x1245.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.leighmoorunitingchurch.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/IMG_6130-e1677293333518-75x46.jpg 75w, https:\/\/www.leighmoorunitingchurch.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/IMG_6130-e1677293333518-150x91.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.leighmoorunitingchurch.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/IMG_6130-e1677293333518.jpg 800w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 768px; 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Music is a strong part of our worship experience. Leighmoor\u2019s worship centre is located in Moorabbin on Wickham Road. We serve a community encompassing the areas of East Bentleigh, Highett and Moorabbin with people from these and more distant locations always welcome. We rejoice with our surrounding Uniting Churches and appreciate ecumenical relationships. We are immensely proud of our heritage , but always looking to the future and how we can show God\u2019s love in our words and deeds. A Christian presence has operated from the Wickham Road site for 160 years (since 1854). the Leighmoor Congregation also include people from the former Uniting Churches located at Hemming Street, Moorabbin, Highett Road Highett, Hawthorne Road, Brighton East and East Boundary Road East Bentleigh. We see our buildings as a tool for our faith to spread forth rather than a cornerstone of our faith. Our Minister Rev Heeyoung Lim Rev Heeyoung Lim commenced at Leighmoor on December 1st 2020 Photo Gallery Previous Next<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"elementor_header_footer","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-372","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"rttpg_featured_image_url":null,"rttpg_author":{"display_name":"Leighmoor.Master","author_link":"https:\/\/www.leighmoorunitingchurch.org.au\/author\/leighmoor-master"},"rttpg_comment":0,"rttpg_category":null,"rttpg_excerpt":"Our Mission Leighmoor is a warm, vibrant and welcoming community whose worship is characterised by both traditional and contemporary elements. 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