{"id":545,"date":"2017-01-04T12:26:03","date_gmt":"2017-01-04T12:26:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/standrewsconiston.org.uk\/encounter\/?p=545"},"modified":"2017-01-04T12:26:03","modified_gmt":"2017-01-04T12:26:03","slug":"signs-and-wonders-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/standrewsconiston.org.uk\/encounter\/archives\/545","title":{"rendered":"Signs and Wonders"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When it finally came, who knew in advance? \u00a0Though the moment had been foretold through the ages, did anyone recognise it when the day arrived? \u00a0And how did it come? \u00a0A visitation. \u00a0A scandal. \u00a0A promise. \u00a0The birth of a child. \u00a0A manger. \u00a0Miraculous signs to shepherds. \u00a0A star to help wise men find their way.<\/p>\n<p>This year in Coniston we relived the signs and wonders of Christmas. \u00a0A community project but seemingly without direction. \u00a0A phone call to the Mother&#8217;s Union. \u00a0Will you take on the Promise? \u00a0Then a letter arrived with instructions. \u00a0Similar soundings came to the Methodist Church, the Catholic Church and the Fellowship with instructions. \u00a0No-one knew who else would be there when they arrived. \u00a0A date and time were supplied. \u00a0All arriving together to play their part. \u00a0Knowing one side only. \u00a0Having no visibility of what else would happen at the same time.<\/p>\n<p>We have heard it said that God works in mysterious ways. \u00a0Reliving the signs and wonders of Christmas\u00a0was more vivid and beautiful than ever before this year as joyful expectation builds for what will come in 2017.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_546\" style=\"width: 279px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/standrewsconiston.org.uk\/encounter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/walking2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-546\" class=\" wp-image-546\" src=\"https:\/\/standrewsconiston.org.uk\/encounter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/walking2-169x300.jpg\" alt=\"A school group follows the signs and wonders of Christmas in Coniston\" width=\"269\" height=\"478\" srcset=\"https:\/\/standrewsconiston.org.uk\/encounter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/walking2-169x300.jpg 169w, https:\/\/standrewsconiston.org.uk\/encounter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/walking2.jpg 252w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 269px) 100vw, 269px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-546\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A school group follows the signs and wonders of Christmas in Coniston<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When it finally came, who knew in advance? \u00a0Though the moment had been foretold through the ages, did anyone recognise it when the day arrived? \u00a0And how did it come? \u00a0A visitation. \u00a0A scandal. \u00a0A promise. \u00a0The birth of a &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/standrewsconiston.org.uk\/encounter\/archives\/545\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-545","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-signs-and-wonders"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/standrewsconiston.org.uk\/encounter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/545","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/standrewsconiston.org.uk\/encounter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/standrewsconiston.org.uk\/encounter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/standrewsconiston.org.uk\/encounter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/standrewsconiston.org.uk\/encounter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=545"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/standrewsconiston.org.uk\/encounter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/545\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":547,"href":"https:\/\/standrewsconiston.org.uk\/encounter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/545\/revisions\/547"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/standrewsconiston.org.uk\/encounter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=545"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/standrewsconiston.org.uk\/encounter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=545"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/standrewsconiston.org.uk\/encounter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=545"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}