{"id":860,"date":"2014-03-07T01:43:42","date_gmt":"2014-03-07T05:43:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/?p=860"},"modified":"2014-05-24T12:16:19","modified_gmt":"2014-05-24T16:16:19","slug":"world-day-of-prayer-3714-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/?p=860","title":{"rendered":"World Day of Prayer (3\/7\/14)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Our church hosted the annual World Day of Prayer observance on Friday March 7.\u00a0 This is an ecumenical event that is supported by many of the churches in Pitman; about 50 people attended this afternoon\u00a0 service.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1012\" style=\"width: 126px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/WDP14-Streams_1945.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1012\" class=\" wp-image-1012\" src=\"https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/WDP14-Streams_1945-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Streams in the Desert (World Day of Prayer, 3\/7\/14)\" width=\"116\" height=\"116\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/WDP14-Streams_1945-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/WDP14-Streams_1945-178x178.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/WDP14-Streams_1945-184x184.jpg 184w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 116px) 100vw, 116px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1012\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Streams in the Desert (World Day of Prayer, 3\/7\/14)<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The program theme was entitled &#8220;Streams in the Desert,&#8221; and it revolved around the encounter of Jesus and the Samaritan women at the well (as related in John 4:1-42).\u00a0 The World Day of Prayer website gives more information about this year&#8217;s theme (<span style=\"color: #000080;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.worlddayofprayer.net\/eventWDP.php\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #000080; text-decoration: underline;\">Click Here<\/span><\/a><\/span>)<\/span>.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><em>Read about the encounter between Jesus and the Samaritan women at the well:<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<a href='http:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=john+4%3A3-42&#038;version=NIV' class='small-button smallorange' target=\"_blank\">John 4:3-42<\/a>\n<div class='et-box et-info'>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class='et-box-content'><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The message challenged us to consider the &#8220;deserts&#8221; in our lives; areas which wear us out and make us thirsty.\u00a0 Think about your own &#8220;desert&#8221; periods in your life.\u00a0 How did your faith help you through those periods?\u00a0 Did your faith waiver? \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">But then consider Jesus&#8217; promise to supply &#8220;Living Water&#8221; which can help us through the &#8220;deserts.&#8221; Jesus&#8217; Living Water not only helps us survive the desert periods, but it also provides true fulfillment in life instead of fixes which last for only a short time. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Reflect on times where God has met you in the desert, and consider how you can go back to your friends and neighbors and carry the good news of God&#8217;s sustaining grace and forgiveness<\/span>.<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our church hosted the annual World Day of Prayer observance on Friday March 7.\u00a0 This is an ecumenical event that is supported by many of the churches in Pitman; about 50 people attended this afternoon\u00a0 service. &nbsp; The program theme was entitled &#8220;Streams in the Desert,&#8221; and it revolved around the encounter of Jesus and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,14],"tags":[107],"class_list":["post-860","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-evrpt","category-worship","tag-prayer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/860","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=860"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/860\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1928,"href":"https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/860\/revisions\/1928"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=860"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=860"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=860"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}