{"id":16471,"date":"2020-09-03T07:21:58","date_gmt":"2020-09-03T10:21:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thelaker.ca\/?p=16471"},"modified":"2020-09-03T07:21:58","modified_gmt":"2020-09-03T10:21:58","slug":"new-electronic-sign-coming-for-st-thomas-anglican","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/?p=16471","title":{"rendered":"New electronic sign coming for St. Thomas Anglican"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;79&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"VIDEO AD   Wamback 2\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Try7xT2Oh5w?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong><em>The above video is an advertisement<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>FALL RIVER:<\/strong> The big green sign at St. Thomas Anglican Church is getting a makeover.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As a result of funding support from HRM, presented to them by Mayor Mike Savage and Councillor Steve Streatch during a visit on Aug. 31, a new electronic sign will replace the sign that requires it to be changed manually.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rev. Carl Fraser spoke about how the new sign will help the volunteers at the church be able to keep the community more well informed of not only events at the church, but in and throughout the community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt now means we have the capacity to support the community more in terms of not just promoting our own stuff, but the activities and volunteering of other groups in the community,\u201d said Rev. Fraser. \u201cOur church is not just in the community; we want to be a greater part of the community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cBeing able to support them is really a key part of that as we move into the future.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;31&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/IMG_1996-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16474\"\/><figcaption>The members on hand at St. Thomas Anglican Church accept the cheque in this photo that is done as best as possible with social distancing in mind. (Healey photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;81&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The church has been undertaking a Strategic Review of the future of the church, especially in a post-COVID19 world, and they have identified the sign\u2019s importance as one of their priorities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cObviously, it will be used, in part, for promoting activities in the Church, but we envision it in use as a community resource as well,\u201d said Church Warden Linda Chapman.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rev. Fraser said the electronic sign will be much simpler to work with and less time consuming for their volunteers. He said the sign was being installed this week, and it is hoped they can have the approval for it to be a sign that changes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt will be so much faster, and more options in terms of how we do things,\u201d he said. \u201cIt provides us with a bigger canvas to have more impact in the community.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate group=&#8221;7&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One of the advantages of the electronic sign is the frequency it can be changed, said Chapman.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe feel that the provision of this sign will go a long way towards promoting a better-informed community, as well as reaching out ourselves into our community, one of our stated aims and intentions,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;34&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate group=&#8221;6&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate group=&#8221;7&#8243;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The above video is an advertisement FALL RIVER: The big green sign at St. Thomas Anglican Church is getting a makeover. As a result of funding support from HRM, presented to them by Mayor Mike Savage and Councillor Steve Streatch during a visit on Aug. 31, a new electronic sign will replace the sign that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":16473,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,957],"tags":[2,1388,1389,57],"class_list":["post-16471","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-news","tag-fall-river","tag-mayor-mike-savage","tag-st-thomas-anglican-church","tag-steve-streatch"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16471","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=16471"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16471\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16471"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16471"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16471"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}