{"id":910,"date":"2012-03-05T09:15:22","date_gmt":"2012-03-05T08:15:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/jcstoker\/?p=910"},"modified":"2012-03-05T09:15:22","modified_gmt":"2012-03-05T08:15:22","slug":"our-god-is-a-consuming-fire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/jcstoker\/2012\/03\/05\/our-god-is-a-consuming-fire\/","title":{"rendered":"Our God is a Consuming Fire"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_913\" style=\"width: 458px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2012\/03\/Prayer-Garden-comp.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-913\" class=\"size-full wp-image-913\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2012\/03\/Prayer-Garden-comp.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"448\" height=\"336\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/jcstoker\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2012\/03\/Prayer-Garden-comp.jpg 448w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/jcstoker\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2012\/03\/Prayer-Garden-comp-300x224.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 448px) 100vw, 448px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-913\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Entry to the prayer garden in the late afternoon.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>This was the theme for the prayer and worship event held on Sunday evening at the RFIS prayer chapel and garden.\u00a0 It was originally intended (by the organizers) to be held around a blazing campfire.\u00a0 However late afternoon rain meant that the first portion of the event was inside the prayer chapel.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_911\" style=\"width: 458px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2012\/03\/worship-in-prayer-chapel.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-911\" class=\"size-full wp-image-911\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2012\/03\/worship-in-prayer-chapel.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"448\" height=\"336\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/jcstoker\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2012\/03\/worship-in-prayer-chapel.jpg 448w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/jcstoker\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2012\/03\/worship-in-prayer-chapel-300x224.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 448px) 100vw, 448px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-911\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Worship in the Prayer Chapel - many students, staff and community members joined us for the Sunday evening event.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>It was wonderful to sit in this chapel and worship together, as dusk fell.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_915\" style=\"width: 458px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2012\/03\/worship-at-fire-comp.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-915\" class=\"size-full wp-image-915\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2012\/03\/worship-at-fire-comp.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"448\" height=\"336\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/jcstoker\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2012\/03\/worship-at-fire-comp.jpg 448w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/jcstoker\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2012\/03\/worship-at-fire-comp-300x224.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 448px) 100vw, 448px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-915\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Worship moved to the firepit as darkness fell (and the rain stopped.) <\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Later since the rain had cleared the worship moved to the fire pit and ended with the making of smores.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_914\" style=\"width: 458px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2012\/03\/smore-making-comp.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-914\" class=\"size-full wp-image-914\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2012\/03\/smore-making-comp.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"448\" height=\"336\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/jcstoker\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2012\/03\/smore-making-comp.jpg 448w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/jcstoker\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2012\/03\/smore-making-comp-300x224.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 448px) 100vw, 448px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-914\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Making smores as the evening drew to a close.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Prayer chapel and garden have become a special place on the RFIS campus and they are well used by a large portion of the staff and students on a daily basis.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_912\" style=\"width: 458px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2012\/03\/prayer-chapel-lit-up-at-twilight.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-912\" class=\"size-full wp-image-912\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2012\/03\/prayer-chapel-lit-up-at-twilight.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"448\" height=\"336\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/jcstoker\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2012\/03\/prayer-chapel-lit-up-at-twilight.jpg 448w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/jcstoker\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2012\/03\/prayer-chapel-lit-up-at-twilight-300x224.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 448px) 100vw, 448px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-912\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Prayer Chapel lit up in the twilight<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-report-this\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/jcstoker?moderation_action=report_form&object_type=post&object_id=910&width=250&height=300\" class=\"thickbox\" title=\"Report This Post\">Report This Post<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 This was the theme for the prayer and worship event held on Sunday evening at the RFIS prayer chapel and garden.\u00a0 It was originally intended (by the organizers) to be held around a blazing campfire.\u00a0 However late afternoon rain &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/jcstoker\/2012\/03\/05\/our-god-is-a-consuming-fire\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":100,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-910","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - 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