{"id":201,"date":"2023-05-21T03:10:35","date_gmt":"2023-05-21T03:10:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/clintonave.mycorphs.com\/?page_id=201"},"modified":"2024-02-19T12:34:28","modified_gmt":"2024-02-19T17:34:28","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/clintonave.mycorphs.com\/index.php\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"201\" class=\"elementor elementor-201\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1e861d9f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1e861d9f\" 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-55a4137b\" data-id=\"55a4137b\" 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-67621342 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"67621342\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.19.0 - 07-02-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">About Us &#8211; English<\/h3>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\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-b4da36d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b4da36d\" 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-3e0de80\" data-id=\"3e0de80\" 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-d9bb64f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d9bb64f\" 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<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><strong><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-723 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/clintonave.mycorphs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Mark-Ennis-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/clintonave.mycorphs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Mark-Ennis-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/clintonave.mycorphs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Mark-Ennis-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/clintonave.mycorphs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Mark-Ennis-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/clintonave.mycorphs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Mark-Ennis-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/clintonave.mycorphs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Mark-Ennis-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/>Pastor Mark Ennis <br \/>Biographical Summary<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Pastor Mark grew up in church and felt called to be a minister since before he was in school although at that time he could not articulate the term \u201ccall.\u201d His church work began when he stood next to his grandmother as a greeter at church. His first communion service was celebrated when he was in kindergarten when he served communion to his stuffed tiger, using Ritz crackers and milk.\u00a0 Communion was expanded to include baptisms and his stuffed tiger was baptized numerous times in the bathroom sink. He always knew that he would enter ministry and spent his early life preparing for this.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">During his school years he had a variety of jobs; cleaning a dentist office, being a summer sexton at his church, a summer camp counselor, a waiter, cooks helper and a banquet catering manager.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Pastor Mark has been an ordained minister since 1984 and has been the pastor of Clinton Avenue Reformed Church in Bergenfield, NJ since September of 2006. This is the third congregation that he has pastored. He is a graduate of Hope College in Holland, Mi and New Brunswick Theological Seminary in New Brunswick, N.J.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">In addition, he has taken additional training in pastoral counseling and Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE) at two separate hospital settings. In addition, he hold a certificate as a mediator with the Lombard Mennonite Peace Center.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Mark has most recently completed training as a Crisis Counselor and a Disaster Victim Chaplain for Bergen County and the State of New Jersey. He was one of the chaplains deployed at the opening of the National 911 Memorial Museum in New York City where he ministered to survivors, first responders and their families.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">In this time of the Corona virus pandemic, he was a telephone counselor for the state of New Jersey, responding to calls from citizens who were anxious during the time of lockdown.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Pastor Mark\u2019s first book, \u201cThe Circle of Seven; when his servants are weak,\u201d was published in December of 2018.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">His second book, \u201cOut of the Wilderness: Honoring His Abusive Christian Father and Mother,\u201d is expected to be published soon.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">His hobbies include reading, writing, renovating his vacation cabin and doing background extra work for movies and television shows. 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