{"id":3039,"date":"2025-09-18T19:40:17","date_gmt":"2025-09-18T19:40:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/livinghopeorillia.com\/?page_id=3039"},"modified":"2025-09-18T19:45:50","modified_gmt":"2025-09-18T19:45:50","slug":"our-staff","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/livinghopeorillia.com\/?page_id=3039","title":{"rendered":"Our Staff"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"3039\" class=\"elementor elementor-3039\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-328ead0 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"328ead0\" data-element_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-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d01156d\" data-id=\"d01156d\" data-element_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-eeed2aa elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"eeed2aa\" data-element_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\">Pastor Anthony Elenbaas<\/h2>\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-ebdf0cc elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ebdf0cc\" data-element_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-f474c91\" data-id=\"f474c91\" data-element_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-93e2bce elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"93e2bce\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1536\" src=\"https:\/\/livinghopeorillia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/ICRC-86.jpg\" class=\"attachment-1536x1536 size-1536x1536 wp-image-2974\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\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-8cdc1c0\" data-id=\"8cdc1c0\" data-element_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-39ba1ff elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"39ba1ff\" data-element_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>Living Hope CRC is blessed to be led by Pastor Anthony Elenbaas, who began serving as our full-time pastor in April 2025.\u00a0<\/p><p data-start=\"255\" data-end=\"622\">Born in McBain, Michigan, Pastor Anthony studied <strong data-start=\"304\" data-end=\"341\">Religious Studies at Alma College<\/strong> and earned a <strong data-start=\"355\" data-end=\"410\">Master of Divinity from Calvin Theological Seminary<\/strong>. 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