{"id":20345,"date":"2022-12-24T11:15:00","date_gmt":"2022-12-24T11:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mailchi.mp\/urc\/christmas-blessings"},"modified":"2022-12-24T11:15:00","modified_gmt":"2022-12-24T11:15:00","slug":"christmas-blessings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.trinitywimbledon.org\/index.php\/christmas-blessings\/","title":{"rendered":"Christmas Blessings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Christmas Blessings<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Dear&nbsp;&lt;&lt;First Name&gt;&gt;<\/p>\n<p>The last few years have been difficult with seasonal Covid restrictions; this year is hard with the soaring energy prices, war abroad, and political instability at home.&nbsp; Prices rise faster than wages, pensions, and benefits; many feel the need to strike to try and get better terms and conditions and, it seems, the NHS needs rather more than a weekly round of applause.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>We live in gloomy times, yet as Christians we rejoice that God is with us.&nbsp; In Jesus, God became one with us, sharing our life &#8211; with all its pain and joy, its tragedy and glory.&nbsp; In these days we give thanks for all that is good in our lives &#8211; our friends, family, church communities and, above all, the loving kindness of our God who visits us like the dawn from on high.<\/p>\n<p>I hope that you have a happy and holy Christmas and that the new year brings us all better times.<\/p>\n<p>with every good wish<\/p>\n<p><em>Andy<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The Rev&#8217;d Andy Braunston<br \/>Minister for Digital Worship <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Christmas Blessings Dear&nbsp;&lt;&lt;First Name&gt;&gt; The last few years have been difficult with seasonal Covid restrictions; this year is hard with the soaring energy prices, war abroad, and political instability at home.&nbsp; Prices rise faster than wages, pensions, and benefits; many feel the need to strike to try and get better terms and conditions and, it &hellip; <\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.trinitywimbledon.org\/index.php\/christmas-blessings\/\" class=\"button more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Christmas Blessings&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20345","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.trinitywimbledon.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20345","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.trinitywimbledon.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.trinitywimbledon.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.trinitywimbledon.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.trinitywimbledon.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20345"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.trinitywimbledon.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20345\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.trinitywimbledon.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20345"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.trinitywimbledon.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20345"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.trinitywimbledon.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20345"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}