{"id":18102,"date":"2025-05-09T13:57:00","date_gmt":"2025-05-09T17:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/slechurch.org\/?page_id=18102"},"modified":"2025-05-19T14:35:51","modified_gmt":"2025-05-19T18:35:51","slug":"brian-difeo","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/slechurch.org\/?page_id=18102","title":{"rendered":"Brian DiFeo"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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My family and I are relatively new to Montclair, having moved here in 2020. Our son Maxwell was 3 years old then, and my wife Rowan and I had been discussing that we wanted to connect with a religious community in our new home. Church was a big part of our childhoods; I grew up attending St. Catherine\u2019s Catholic Grammar School in Spring Lake, NJ, and my family, grandparents, and cousins were all very involved in the parish for decades.\u00a0<\/div>
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Once we settled into our new home, we didn\u2019t have a chance to explore Montclair’s various religious communities, because in a way, St. Luke\u2019s found us first. We live two blocks away and I walk our dog by St. Luke\u2019s every day. It didn\u2019t take long for me to \u201cget to know” Pastor John because we often exchanged hellos or waves. Shortly thereafter, our son\u2019s school visited the church, and then we all visited the pumpkin patch. It was actually Max who first suggested we explore the church more deeply, and the Celebrate service was a perfect introduction.\u00a0<\/div>
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We quickly became Sunday regulars, and Rowan started volunteering with Toni\u2019s Kitchen. The most striking impression I got, and continue to get with each visit, is a special sense of warmth, comfort, and belonging that exudes from St. Luke\u2019s. This has drawn me to the many community events as well as coffee hour, where I continue to deepen friendships and make new ones.\u00a0<\/div>
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I didn\u2019t realize it when I first joined, but I needed St. Luke\u2019s more than I ever imagined, and for that I am eager to give back. I wholehearted support St. Luke\u2019s values and mission, and I would be honored to serve as candidate for Convention Deputy.\u00a0<\/div>\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\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Click to send an email to Brian. 2025 Convention Deputy, Alternate My family and I are relatively new to Montclair, having moved here in 2020. Our son Maxwell was 3 years old then, and my wife Rowan and I had been discussing that we wanted to connect with a religious community in our new home. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"no-sidebar","site-content-layout":"page-builder","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":"disabled","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":"","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-18102","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/slechurch.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/18102","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/slechurch.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/slechurch.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/slechurch.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/slechurch.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=18102"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/slechurch.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/18102\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18269,"href":"https:\/\/slechurch.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/18102\/revisions\/18269"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/slechurch.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18102"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}