{"id":2405,"date":"2017-10-06T21:32:52","date_gmt":"2017-10-06T19:32:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/?page_id=2405"},"modified":"2020-12-26T19:32:32","modified_gmt":"2020-12-26T18:32:32","slug":"theme-october-2017-together","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/theme-october-2017-together\/","title":{"rendered":"Theme for October 2017: Together"},"content":{"rendered":"<style type='text\/css' media='all'>#rt-tpg-container-476658824 .rt-holder .rt-woo-info .price{color:#0367bf;}body .rt-tpg-container .rt-tpg-isotope-buttons .selected,\n\t\t\t\t\t#rt-tpg-container-476658824 .layout12 .rt-holder:hover .rt-detail,\n\t\t\t\t\t#rt-tpg-container-476658824 .isotope8 .rt-holder:hover .rt-detail,\n\t\t\t\t\t#rt-tpg-container-476658824 .carousel8 .rt-holder:hover .rt-detail,\n\t\t\t\t\t#rt-tpg-container-476658824 .layout13 .rt-holder .overlay .post-info,\n\t\t\t\t\t#rt-tpg-container-476658824 .isotope9 .rt-holder .overlay .post-info,\n\t\t\t\t\t#rt-tpg-container-476658824.rt-tpg-container .layout4 .rt-holder .rt-detail,\n\t\t\t\t\t.rt-modal-476658824 .md-content,\n\t\t\t\t\t.rt-modal-476658824 .md-content > .rt-md-content-holder .rt-md-content,\n\t\t\t\t\t.rt-popup-wrap-476658824.rt-popup-wrap .rt-popup-navigation-wrap,\n\t\t\t\t\t#rt-tpg-container-476658824 .carousel9 .rt-holder .overlay .post-info{background-color:#0367bf;}#rt-tpg-container-476658824 .layout5 .rt-holder .overlay, #rt-tpg-container-476658824 .isotope2 .rt-holder .overlay, #rt-tpg-container-476658824 .carousel2 .rt-holder .overlay,#rt-tpg-container-476658824 .layout15 .rt-holder h3, #rt-tpg-container-476658824 .isotope11 .rt-holder h3, #rt-tpg-container-476658824 .carousel11 .rt-holder h3, #rt-tpg-container-476658824 .layout16 .rt-holder h3,\n\t\t\t\t\t#rt-tpg-container-476658824 .isotope12 .rt-holder h3, #rt-tpg-container-476658824 .carousel12 .rt-holder h3 {background-color:rgba(3,103,191,0.8);}#rt-tpg-container-476658824 .read-more a{border-radius:px;}#rt-tpg-container-476658824 .rt-img-holder img.rt-img-responsive,#rt-tpg-container-476658824 .rt-img-holder,\n\t\t\t\t\t#rt-tpg-container-476658824 .rt-post-overlay .post-img,\n\t\t\t\t\t#rt-tpg-container-476658824 .post-sm .post-img,\n\t\t\t\t\t#rt-tpg-container-476658824 .rt-post-grid .post-img,\n\t\t\t\t\t#rt-tpg-container-476658824 .post-img img {border-radius:px;}<\/style><div class='rt-container-fluid rt-tpg-container tpg-shortcode-main-wrapper ' id='rt-tpg-container-476658824'   data-layout='layout1' data-grid-style='even' data-desktop-col='2'  data-tab-col='2'  data-mobile-col='1' data-sc-id='2660'><div data-title='Loading ...' class='rt-row rt-content-loader   layout1 tpg-even '><div class=\"rt-col-md-6 rt-col-sm-6 rt-col-xs-12 even-grid-item rt-grid-item\" data-id=\"2767\"><div class=\"rt-holder\"><div class=\"rt-detail\"><h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a data-id=\"2767\" class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/2017\/10\/30\/called-into-community\/\">Theme: Called into community<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"tpg-excerpt\">PDF version &nbsp; This prayer sheet is inspired by the October 2017 theme of the month: Together. In these prayers we look to God in community to help us to be a community of faith, hope, love, joy and peace. For personal use or to share...<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"rt-col-md-6 rt-col-sm-6 rt-col-xs-12 even-grid-item rt-grid-item\" data-id=\"2775\"><div class=\"rt-holder\"><div class=\"rt-img-holder\"><a data-id=\"2775\" class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/2017\/10\/26\/3-prayers-to-the-sacred-three\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"rt-img-responsive \" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/autumn_leaves.jpg?resize=800%2C600&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" alt=\"3 Prayers to the Sacred Trinity\" \/><\/a><\/div><div class=\"rt-detail\"><h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a data-id=\"2775\" class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/2017\/10\/26\/3-prayers-to-the-sacred-three\/\">3 Prayers to the Sacred Trinity<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"tpg-excerpt\">Outside St Andrews Scots Kirk, Lausanne (Photo: Irene Bom) &nbsp; Here are 3 short prayers affirming our communion with the holy and glorious Trinity and seeking to deepen that relationship of love and trust. Loved To God the Father, who first loved us, and made us accepted in the Beloved; To God the Son, who &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/2017\/10\/26\/3-prayers-to-the-sacred-three\/\">Continue reading \"3 Prayers to the Sacred Trinity\"<\/a>...<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"rt-col-md-6 rt-col-sm-6 rt-col-xs-12 even-grid-item rt-grid-item\" data-id=\"2717\"><div class=\"rt-holder\"><div class=\"rt-img-holder\"><a data-id=\"2717\" class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/2017\/10\/21\/together-we-pray\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"rt-img-responsive \" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/together_we_pray_national_day_of_prayer.png?resize=800%2C489&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"800\" height=\"489\" alt=\"Together we pray\" \/><\/a><\/div><div class=\"rt-detail\"><h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a data-id=\"2717\" class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/2017\/10\/21\/together-we-pray\/\">Together we pray<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"tpg-excerpt\">Have you heard? This year, the General Assembly asked the Church to focus on prayer and particularly to pray as the Church thinks about its priorities for the future. Source: http:\/\/www.churchofscotland.org.uk\/connect\/together_we_pray Back story In 2016 a series of meetings were held around Scotland a) to listen to the hopes and concerns of church members and &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/2017\/10\/21\/together-we-pray\/\">Continue reading \"Together we pray\"<\/a>...<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"rt-col-md-6 rt-col-sm-6 rt-col-xs-12 even-grid-item rt-grid-item\" data-id=\"2704\"><div class=\"rt-holder\"><div class=\"rt-img-holder\"><a data-id=\"2704\" class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/2017\/10\/18\/from-generation-to-generation\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"rt-img-responsive \" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/ministers_st_andrews_gibraltar.jpg?resize=800%2C600&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" alt=\"From generation to generation\" \/><\/a><\/div><div class=\"rt-detail\"><h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a data-id=\"2704\" class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/2017\/10\/18\/from-generation-to-generation\/\">From generation to generation<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"tpg-excerpt\">Do you recognize any of the names? I certainly recognize a few &#8230; This weekend I was part of a Presbytery Local Church Review team to St Andrews Church, Gibraltar. On Saturday, at the close our meeting with the church leaders, I read this benediction based on Psalm 103: As you go from here, remember &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/2017\/10\/18\/from-generation-to-generation\/\">Continue reading \"From generation to generation\"<\/a>...<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"rt-col-md-6 rt-col-sm-6 rt-col-xs-12 even-grid-item rt-grid-item\" data-id=\"2574\"><div class=\"rt-holder\"><div class=\"rt-img-holder\"><a data-id=\"2574\" class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/2017\/10\/12\/school-of-prayer-anselm\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"rt-img-responsive \" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/pillars.jpg?resize=800%2C600&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" alt=\"In the school of prayer with Anselm\" \/><\/a><\/div><div class=\"rt-detail\"><h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a data-id=\"2574\" class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/2017\/10\/12\/school-of-prayer-anselm\/\">In the school of prayer with Anselm<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"tpg-excerpt\">Anselm of Canterbury, also called Anselm of Aosta after his birthplace and Anselm of Bec after his monastery, was a Benedictine monk, abbot, philosopher and theologian of the Catholic Church, who held the office of archbishop of Canterbury from 1093 till his death in 1109. (Wikipedia) In 2015 the current Archbishop of Canterbury, set up &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/2017\/10\/12\/school-of-prayer-anselm\/\">Continue reading \"In the school of prayer with Anselm\"<\/a>...<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<hr\/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2405","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Theme for October 2017: Together - Prayer matters<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, 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