{"id":4205,"date":"2024-10-19T11:46:29","date_gmt":"2024-10-19T11:46:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.stbartshhk.com\/?p=4205"},"modified":"2024-10-19T11:47:26","modified_gmt":"2024-10-19T11:47:26","slug":"4205","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stbartshhk.com\/?p=4205","title":{"rendered":"In Everything&#8230;Give Thanks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In the apostle Paul\u2019s First Letter to the Thessalonians he writes, \u201cbe thankful in all circumstances\u201d (5:18).<\/p>\n<p>Believing in a constant, unwavering divine presence, especially during the tough times, can transform us and help us to have a deeper experience of gratitude. We can rely on the promises of Jesus to be with us until the end of the age and that offers a profound source of comfort. Reflecting on these moments where faith sustains us can indeed cultivate a heart of gratitude. It&#8217;s about finding those glimmers of grace even in the midst of trials. How do you personally remind yourself of Jesus&#8217; presence when you&#8217;re facing life&#8217;s challenges?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Join us on Sunday as we continue our stewardship study on the power of gratitude.<\/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<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stbartshhk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/1-thessalonians-5-16-18-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-4206 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stbartshhk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/1-thessalonians-5-16-18-2-300x157.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"472\" height=\"247\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.stbartshhk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/1-thessalonians-5-16-18-2-300x157.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.stbartshhk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/1-thessalonians-5-16-18-2-1024x536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.stbartshhk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/1-thessalonians-5-16-18-2-768x402.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.stbartshhk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/1-thessalonians-5-16-18-2.jpg 1376w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 472px) 100vw, 472px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the apostle Paul\u2019s First Letter to the Thessalonians he writes, \u201cbe thankful in all circumstances\u201d (5:18). Believing in a constant, unwavering divine presence, especially during the tough times, can transform us and help us to have a deeper experience &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stbartshhk.com\/?p=4205\">Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4208,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4205","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\/4205","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=4205"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.stbartshhk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4205\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4210,"href":"https:\/\/www.stbartshhk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4205\/revisions\/4210"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stbartshhk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4208"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stbartshhk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4205"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stbartshhk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4205"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stbartshhk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4205"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}