{"id":32440,"date":"2014-10-10T19:33:45","date_gmt":"2014-10-11T00:33:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.globalministries.org\/evangelical_reformed_church_10_10_2014_1233\/"},"modified":"2014-10-10T19:33:45","modified_gmt":"2014-10-11T00:33:45","slug":"evangelical_reformed_church_10_10_2014_1233","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.globalministries.org\/evangelical_reformed_church_10_10_2014_1233\/","title":{"rendered":"Evangelical Reformed Church of Poland issues statement of condolence"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Following the tragic plane crash killing the Polish president, his wife, and many political and military leaders, the Evangelical Reformed Church of Poland issued the following message of condolences:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The recent tragedy in Smolensk has come as a great shock to us all.\u00a0 Today, the Evangelical-Reformed Church in Poland has learned that the President of Poland, Prof. Dr. Lech Kaczynski and his beloved wife, Maria Kaczynka, perished along with many others who accompanied them in their last flight.\u00a0 We offer our condolences to those who are in\u00a0pain and sorrow:\u00a0 the families and friends of the passengers and of the flight crew.\u00a0 At this dramatic moment in the history of Poland, we lift our prayers to the Lord and ask for comfort for all those who are suffering from this loss.\u00a0 May God be close to those who have died, and may God grant our nation the will, the unity, and the power to survive this difficult period, disregarding any differences that may divide us. We must remind ourselves that &#8220;He will swallow up death forever. The Sovereign Lord will wipe away the tears from all their faces&#8221; (Isaiah 25:8a).&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.reformowani.pl\/index.php?option=com_content&amp;task=view&amp;id=200\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The original statement, in Polish, is available on the church&#8217;s website.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Following the tragic plane crash killing the Polish president, his wife, and many political and military leaders, the Evangelical Reformed Church of Poland issued the following message of condolences: &#8220;The recent tragedy in Smolensk has come as a great shock &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.globalministries.org\/evangelical_reformed_church_10_10_2014_1233\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20028,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false},"categories":[],"topic":[20237],"region":[20022,20057],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Evangelical Reformed Church of Poland issues statement of condolence - Global Ministries<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.globalministries.org\/evangelical_reformed_church_10_10_2014_1233\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Evangelical Reformed Church of Poland issues statement of condolence - Global Ministries\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Following the tragic plane crash killing the Polish president, his wife, and many political and military leaders, the Evangelical Reformed Church of Poland issued the following message of condolences: &#8220;The recent tragedy in Smolensk has come as a great shock &hellip; Read more\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.globalministries.org\/evangelical_reformed_church_10_10_2014_1233\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Global Ministries\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2014-10-11T00:33:45+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Global Ministries\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Global Ministries\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.globalministries.org\/evangelical_reformed_church_10_10_2014_1233\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.globalministries.org\/evangelical_reformed_church_10_10_2014_1233\/\",\"name\":\"Evangelical Reformed Church of Poland issues statement of condolence - Global Ministries\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.globalministries.org\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2014-10-11T00:33:45+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2014-10-11T00:33:45+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.globalministries.org\/#\/schema\/person\/7c86e9e8c57388e51d2f71f91268878f\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.globalministries.org\/evangelical_reformed_church_10_10_2014_1233\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.globalministries.org\/evangelical_reformed_church_10_10_2014_1233\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.globalministries.org\/evangelical_reformed_church_10_10_2014_1233\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.globalministries.org\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Evangelical Reformed Church of Poland issues statement of condolence\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.globalministries.org\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.globalministries.org\/\",\"name\":\"Global Ministries\",\"description\":\"Global Ministries is a common missional witness of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) and the United Church of Christ. 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