{"id":4184,"date":"2024-09-28T12:30:10","date_gmt":"2024-09-28T12:30:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.stbartshhk.com\/?p=4184"},"modified":"2024-09-28T12:33:51","modified_gmt":"2024-09-28T12:33:51","slug":"call-to-prayer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stbartshhk.com\/?p=4184","title":{"rendered":"Call to Prayer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;We find ourselves called by Jesus to dwell in a community characterized by forgiveness, restoration, and mutual encouragement\u2014a fellowship that mirrors the essence of our foundational scripture from the book of James. This summons invites us to live in a way that shares, blesses, and cares for others, transcending time and place. Implicit in these actions is the notion of a supportive community, one that envelops and sustains its members in their individual needs.<\/p>\n<p>James specifically instructs us to \u201ccall for the elders\u201d when seeking prayer and the laying on of hands. This call bridges the gap between all individuals, regardless of their social or economic standing. The prayers of the righteous, James reminds us, possess remarkable power and efficacy. Indeed, prayer remains a transformative force\u2014it changes circumstances and transforms hearts. And when we find ourselves unable to pray, we can be grateful for the prayer warriors who encircle us, lifting our petitions to God on our behalf.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Join us on Sunday as we travel through the Gospel message from Mark focusing on the power of prayer.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>We begin worship at 10 am.\u00a0 All are welcome either in-person or on-line.\u00a0 \u00a0The bulletin can be found on this website in the virtual bulletin tab. We look forward to seeing you!\u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stbartshhk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/James-5-13-If-Suffering-Pray.-If-Cheerful-Sing-Praises-yellow.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4185\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stbartshhk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/James-5-13-If-Suffering-Pray.-If-Cheerful-Sing-Praises-yellow-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.stbartshhk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/James-5-13-If-Suffering-Pray.-If-Cheerful-Sing-Praises-yellow-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.stbartshhk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/James-5-13-If-Suffering-Pray.-If-Cheerful-Sing-Praises-yellow.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;We find ourselves called by Jesus to dwell in a community characterized by forgiveness, restoration, and mutual encouragement\u2014a fellowship that mirrors the essence of our foundational scripture from the book of James. This summons invites us to live in a &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stbartshhk.com\/?p=4184\">Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4186,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4184","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-save-the-date"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stbartshhk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4184","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stbartshhk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stbartshhk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stbartshhk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stbartshhk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4184"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.stbartshhk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4184\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4187,"href":"https:\/\/www.stbartshhk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4184\/revisions\/4187"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stbartshhk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4186"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stbartshhk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4184"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stbartshhk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4184"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stbartshhk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4184"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}