First test worked correctly.  We are able to have a static home page in WordPress that is not the blog.  I was able to create another page and “direct” the posts to it instead.

Now, the question is, can I modify that page using the Avada Child theme? More research to be done.

This is a test post for a using a blog as a potential online/digital version of our Bulletin.  If this works, this post will appear on a page I have created as a host.