{"id":405560,"date":"2024-02-08T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-02-08T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=405560"},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-29T14:00:00","slug":"PMCC-members-hold-Beach-Road-cleanup-drive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/PMCC-members-hold-Beach-Road-cleanup-drive\/","title":{"rendered":"PMCC members hold Beach Road cleanup drive"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Members of the Pentecostal Missionary Church of Christ (4th Watch) held a cleanup drive last Sunday by picking up trash along Beach Road on Saipan.<\/p>\n<p>The cleanup drive was spearheaded by PMCC pastors Marcos and Arbie De Vera, along with their children, to kick off the congregation\u2019s Family Month initiative.<\/p>\n<p>Members of the congregation cleaned up the section of Beach Road starting from the Quarter Master Road to the United Filipino Organization pavilion in Garapan.<\/p>\n<p>Pastor Marcos De Vera said the cleanup drive has been part of the ministry\u2019s tradition spanning over two decades since its inception on Saipan.<\/p>\n<p>De Vera said the tradition symbolizes the congregation\u2019s commitment to environmental stewardship and community service.<\/p>\n<p>He said the members\u2019 families gather yearly to give back to the community by participating in beach cleanups, adopting and renovating bus stop shelters, and embracing beach pavilion projects.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s not just about cleaning up the beaches; it\u2019s about strengthening the ties that bind us as a community and fostering a sense of responsibility towards our environment,\u201d De Vera said. <strong><em>(PR)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 480px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/images\/imgupload\/08d7aab07212d976b75318ec2e02ad70.jpg\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/p>\n<p>Members of the Pentecostal Missionary Church of Christ (4th Watch) gather for a group photo after completing their cleanup drive along Beach Road on Saipan last Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>-CONTRIBUTED PHOTO<br \/><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Members of the Pentecostal Missionary Church of Christ (4th Watch) held a cleanup drive last&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-405560","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-local-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/405560","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=405560"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/405560\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=405560"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=405560"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=405560"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}