{"id":19030,"date":"2025-11-08T00:01:36","date_gmt":"2025-11-08T00:01:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mwib.org.uk\/?p=19030"},"modified":"2025-11-10T13:37:36","modified_gmt":"2025-11-10T13:37:36","slug":"prayer-for-the-week-saturday-8th-november-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mwib.org.uk\/index.php\/2025\/11\/08\/prayer-for-the-week-saturday-8th-november-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Prayer for the Week &#8211; Saturday 8th November 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><span style=\"font-size: xx-large;\"><b>8<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0November<\/b><br \/>\n<\/span><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<div>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: xx-large;\">Prepared by Sylvia White, MWIB Empowerment Gifts and Berwick Network Group<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: xx-large;\">Photograph taken by Sylvia White<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: xx-large;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: xx-large;\"><b>Bible Reading<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 1 Corinthians 12 v27\u2013 You are the Body of Christ and each one of you is part of it<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: xx-large;\"><b>Hymn<\/b>\u00a0132 \u2013 O God Our Help In Ages Past chosen by Sylvia<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: xx-large;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span style=\"font-size: xx-large;\">Remembrance<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: xx-large;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: xx-large;\">When the Sycamore Gap tree was deliberately cut down it caused dismay among many folk, there was hope that something good could come out of the destruction. It was decided that the tree would be salvaged and used in a way that gave honour to it. The seeds and shoots were taken to try and re-grow sycamore trees and the tree stump taken until it was decided what to do to commemorate it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: xx-large;\">\u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: xx-large;\">There is now an Installation, designed by Artist Charlie Whinney, at The Sill National Landscape Centre, Northumberland which has been created to remember all that the tree has meant to those who visited it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: xx-large;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: xx-large;\">As we think of Remembrance Sunday we too remember those who will be thinking of loved ones today\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: xx-large;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: xx-large;\">We shared our memories of the 1st and 2nd World Wars at our recent Network meeting and we remember that there are still conflicts around the world.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: xx-large;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span style=\"font-size: xx-large;\">Prayer<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: xx-large;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: xx-large;\">We pray for peace across all parts of our world and thank God for all those who serve their country in the Army, Air Force, Navy, as Chaplains and in Support Groups. Amen<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: xx-large;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: xx-large;\">The branch below created from the Sycamore Gap tree says \u2018<b>Heart, Strong, Shoots<\/b>\u2019.\u00a0 Help us to be strong in all that you call us to do.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: xx-large;\">\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/mwib.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/SW2-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-19031\" src=\"https:\/\/mwib.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/SW2-226x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"226\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mwib.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/SW2-226x300.jpg 226w, https:\/\/mwib.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/SW2-771x1024.jpg 771w, https:\/\/mwib.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/SW2-768x1020.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mwib.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/SW2-1157x1536.jpg 1157w, https:\/\/mwib.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/SW2-1542x2048.jpg 1542w, https:\/\/mwib.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/SW2-scaled.jpg 1928w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 226px) 100vw, 226px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>8th\u00a0November Prepared by Sylvia White, MWIB Empowerment Gifts and Berwick Network Group Photograph taken by Sylvia White \u00a0 Bible Reading\u00a0\u2013 1 Corinthians 12 v27\u2013 You are the Body of Christ and each one of you is part of it Hymn\u00a0132 \u2013 O God Our Help In Ages Past chosen by Sylvia \u00a0 Remembrance \u00a0 When the Sycamore Gap tree was [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9120,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[349,44],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19030","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-prayer","category-prayer-for-the-week"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-15 04:29:06","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mwib.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19030","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mwib.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mwib.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mwib.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9120"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mwib.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19030"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mwib.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19030\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mwib.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19030"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mwib.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19030"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mwib.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19030"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}