{"id":71,"date":"2025-01-25T19:51:36","date_gmt":"2025-01-26T01:51:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/westernkoshkonong.org\/?page_id=71"},"modified":"2026-04-17T20:34:54","modified_gmt":"2026-04-18T02:34:54","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/westernkoshkonong.org\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome to Western Koshkonong"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-accent-6-background-color has-background has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-80fb368b wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"border-radius:30px;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30)\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Divine Service<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Sunday mornings at 9:30 am<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:35px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:35%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"345\" height=\"345\" src=\"https:\/\/westernkoshkonong.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Collection-Easter-03.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-321\" srcset=\"https:\/\/westernkoshkonong.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Collection-Easter-03.jpg 345w, https:\/\/westernkoshkonong.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Collection-Easter-03-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/westernkoshkonong.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Collection-Easter-03-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 345px) 100vw, 345px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Sunday, April 19, 2026<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">The Third Sunday of Easter<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">The Good Shepherd<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignfull size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"115\" src=\"https:\/\/westernkoshkonong.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/video-banner-3-1024x115.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-262\" srcset=\"https:\/\/westernkoshkonong.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/video-banner-3-1024x115.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/westernkoshkonong.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/video-banner-3-300x34.jpg 300w, https:\/\/westernkoshkonong.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/video-banner-3-768x86.jpg 768w, https:\/\/westernkoshkonong.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/video-banner-3-1536x173.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/westernkoshkonong.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/video-banner-3.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60)\">Recent Videos and Audio Sermons<\/h2>\n\n\n<ul style=\"padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);\" class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__list has-dates alignwide wp-block-latest-posts\"><li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/westernkoshkonong.org\/index.php\/2026\/04\/19\/the-third-sunday-of-easter\/\">The Third Sunday of Easter<\/a><time datetime=\"2026-04-19T00:30:00-06:00\" class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-date\">April 19, 2026<\/time><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">&#8220;I am the good shepherd; and I know My sheep, and am known by My own.&#8221;<\/div><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/westernkoshkonong.org\/index.php\/2026\/04\/12\/the-second-sunday-of-easter\/\">The Second Sunday of Easter<\/a><time datetime=\"2026-04-12T00:30:00-06:00\" class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-date\">April 12, 2026<\/time><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">\u201cReach your finger here, and look at My hands; and reach your hand here, and put it into My side. Do not be unbelieving, but believing.\u201d<\/div><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/westernkoshkonong.org\/index.php\/2026\/04\/05\/easter-sunday\/\">Easter Sunday<\/a><time datetime=\"2026-04-05T00:30:00-06:00\" class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-date\">April 5, 2026<\/time><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">But now Christ is risen from the dead, and has become the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep. For since by man came death, by Man also came the resurrection of the dead.<\/div><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/westernkoshkonong.org\/index.php\/2026\/03\/29\/palm-sunday\/\">Palm Sunday<\/a><time datetime=\"2026-03-29T00:30:00-06:00\" class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-date\">March 29, 2026<\/time><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus, who, being in the form of God, did not consider it robbery to be equal with God, but made Himself of no reputation, taking the form of a bondservant, and coming in the likeness of men.<\/div><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/westernkoshkonong.org\/index.php\/2026\/03\/22\/the-fifth-sunday-in-lent\/\">The Fifth Sunday in Lent<\/a><time datetime=\"2026-03-22T00:30:00-06:00\" class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-date\">March 22, 2026<\/time><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">&#8220;I will make you a great nation; I will bless you and make your name great; and you shall be a blessing. I will bless those who bless you, and I will curse him who curses you; and in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed.\u201d<\/div><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote alignfull has-accent-5-background-color has-background\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--80);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--80)\"><blockquote><p>In 1844, a worship service with communion was held in the western portion of the Koshkonong settlement under two oak trees.<\/p><cite>Western Koshkonong history<\/cite><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-43e038dc 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