{"id":2458,"date":"2020-11-01T14:25:43","date_gmt":"2020-11-01T20:25:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/firstlutheranri.org\/?p=2458"},"modified":"2020-11-01T14:25:43","modified_gmt":"2020-11-01T20:25:43","slug":"a-service-of-prayer-for-this-election-season-1-november-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/firstlutheranri.org\/?p=2458","title":{"rendered":"A Service of Prayer for this Election Season: 1 November 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"680\" src=\"http:\/\/firstlutheranri.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/ThinkstockPhotos-holy-spirit-seedbed-dot-com-1024x680.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2462\" srcset=\"http:\/\/firstlutheranri.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/ThinkstockPhotos-holy-spirit-seedbed-dot-com-1024x680.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/firstlutheranri.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/ThinkstockPhotos-holy-spirit-seedbed-dot-com-300x199.jpg 300w, http:\/\/firstlutheranri.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/ThinkstockPhotos-holy-spirit-seedbed-dot-com-768x510.jpg 768w, http:\/\/firstlutheranri.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/ThinkstockPhotos-holy-spirit-seedbed-dot-com-1536x1020.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/firstlutheranri.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/ThinkstockPhotos-holy-spirit-seedbed-dot-com-2048x1360.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Stained glass picture of Outpouring of the Holy Spirit.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;It is both my conviction and part of our baptismal promises<br>(live with them among God&#8217;s faithful people, care for others and the<br>world God made, and work for justice and peace) to pray for our leadership<br>and be involved in the civil affairs of our country. As you prayerfully<br>consider your vote and voice in our civil affairs, or even if you have<br>already voted, we offer you this opportunity to surround our leaders, the<br>election, election workers and the general welfare of our nation with<br>prayer and God&#8217;s abounding love. This video is also available through the First Lutheran, Rock Island Facebook site.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Peace, Pastor Chris Lee<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Facebook link to<em> A Service of Prayer for this Election Season<\/em>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/190629367619921\/videos\/1006322979845314\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/190629367619921\/videos\/1006322979845314<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Image credit: ThinkstockPhotos, Holy Spirit image, seedbed.com<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Music credits:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Shepherd Me O God.&#8221; ELW 780. Text: Marty Haugen, b. 1950, based on Psalm 23. Music: Marty Haugen. Text and music copyright 1986 GIA Publications, Inc.. All rights reserved. Permission to podcast\/stream the music in this service obtained from One License with license #A-704843.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;There is a Balm in Gilead.&#8221; ELW 614. Text: African American spiritual. Public domain. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;When Peace Like a River&#8221; (&#8220;It is Well With My Soul.&#8221;) ELW 785. Text: Horatio G. Spafford, 1828 &#8211; 1888. Music: Philip P. Bliss, 1838 &#8211; 1876. Public domain. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;It is both my conviction and part of our baptismal promises(live with them among God&#8217;s faithful people, care for others and theworld God made, and work for justice and peace) to pray for our leadershipand be involved in the civil affairs of our country. As you prayerfullyconsider your vote and voice in our civil affairs, &#8230; <span class=\"more\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/firstlutheranri.org\/?p=2458\">[Read more&#8230;]<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"entry","1":"post","2":"publish","3":"author-flcadmin","4":"post-2458","6":"format-standard","7":"category-uncategorized"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/firstlutheranri.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2458","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/firstlutheranri.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/firstlutheranri.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/firstlutheranri.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/firstlutheranri.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2458"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"http:\/\/firstlutheranri.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2458\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2545,"href":"http:\/\/firstlutheranri.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2458\/revisions\/2545"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/firstlutheranri.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2458"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/firstlutheranri.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2458"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/firstlutheranri.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2458"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}