{"id":2157,"date":"2023-12-07T17:28:14","date_gmt":"2023-12-07T17:28:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/congregationalucc.com\/website\/?page_id=2157"},"modified":"2023-12-11T18:42:02","modified_gmt":"2023-12-11T18:42:02","slug":"gift-giving","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/congregationalucc.com\/website\/serve\/creation-justice\/think-before-you-buy\/gift-giving\/","title":{"rendered":"Gift Giving"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"708\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/congregationalucc.com\/website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Gift-ideas-png-1-708x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2162\" style=\"width:939px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/congregationalucc.com\/website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Gift-ideas-png-1-708x1024.png 708w, https:\/\/congregationalucc.com\/website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Gift-ideas-png-1-207x300.png 207w, https:\/\/congregationalucc.com\/website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Gift-ideas-png-1-768x1111.png 768w, https:\/\/congregationalucc.com\/website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Gift-ideas-png-1-17x24.png 17w, https:\/\/congregationalucc.com\/website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Gift-ideas-png-1-25x36.png 25w, https:\/\/congregationalucc.com\/website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Gift-ideas-png-1-33x48.png 33w, https:\/\/congregationalucc.com\/website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Gift-ideas-png-1.png 850w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 708px) 100vw, 708px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"998\" height=\"1002\" src=\"https:\/\/congregationalucc.com\/website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/75210682_907543849629504_5289254939443331072_o.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2164\" srcset=\"https:\/\/congregationalucc.com\/website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/75210682_907543849629504_5289254939443331072_o.png 998w, https:\/\/congregationalucc.com\/website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/75210682_907543849629504_5289254939443331072_o-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/congregationalucc.com\/website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/75210682_907543849629504_5289254939443331072_o-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/congregationalucc.com\/website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/75210682_907543849629504_5289254939443331072_o-768x771.png 768w, https:\/\/congregationalucc.com\/website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/75210682_907543849629504_5289254939443331072_o-24x24.png 24w, https:\/\/congregationalucc.com\/website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/75210682_907543849629504_5289254939443331072_o-36x36.png 36w, https:\/\/congregationalucc.com\/website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/75210682_907543849629504_5289254939443331072_o-48x48.png 48w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 998px) 100vw, 998px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Why Folks Might Want to UnStuff\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2022 Consumerism\/materialism and ethical and environmental concerns&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2022 Spending too much money or going into debt&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2022 Realization that owning a lot of material goods doesn\u2019t equal happiness&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2022 Fed up with the ridiculous dance of buying presents for people that they may or may not like or&nbsp; want (and vice versa)&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2022 Minimalism\u2014owning less and really loving what you have&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2022 Gift-giving isn\u2019t fun anymore\u2014it\u2019s become more of an obligation&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2022 Releasing the need to people please\u2014am I buying gifts because I don\u2019t want to rock the boat? \u2022 Dispel the notion that the more expensive your gift, the more you love someone \u2022 Tired of feeling the societal pressure to \u201ckeep up\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2022 Desire to live intentionally and on-purpose&nbsp;&nbsp;\u2022 WHAT ELSE?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"926\" height=\"944\" src=\"https:\/\/congregationalucc.com\/website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/FM7ta0oUYAcRy1k.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2165\" srcset=\"https:\/\/congregationalucc.com\/website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/FM7ta0oUYAcRy1k.jpeg 926w, https:\/\/congregationalucc.com\/website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/FM7ta0oUYAcRy1k-294x300.jpeg 294w, https:\/\/congregationalucc.com\/website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/FM7ta0oUYAcRy1k-768x783.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/congregationalucc.com\/website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/FM7ta0oUYAcRy1k-24x24.jpeg 24w, https:\/\/congregationalucc.com\/website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/FM7ta0oUYAcRy1k-36x36.jpeg 36w, https:\/\/congregationalucc.com\/website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/FM7ta0oUYAcRy1k-48x48.jpeg 48w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 926px) 100vw, 926px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Why Folks Might Want to UnStuff\u00a0 \u2022 Consumerism\/materialism and ethical and environmental concerns&nbsp;&nbsp; \u2022 Spending too much money or going into debt&nbsp; \u2022 Realization that owning a lot of material goods doesn\u2019t equal happiness&nbsp; \u2022 Fed up with the ridiculous dance of buying presents for people that they may or may not like or&nbsp; want [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":1960,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2157","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/congregationalucc.com\/website\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2157","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/congregationalucc.com\/website\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/congregationalucc.com\/website\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/congregationalucc.com\/website\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/congregationalucc.com\/website\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2157"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/congregationalucc.com\/website\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2157\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2173,"href":"https:\/\/congregationalucc.com\/website\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2157\/revisions\/2173"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/congregationalucc.com\/website\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1960"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/congregationalucc.com\/website\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2157"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}