{"id":2749,"date":"2023-12-23T10:13:26","date_gmt":"2023-12-23T10:13:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/broughtybaptist.org\/wpsite\/?p=2749"},"modified":"2023-12-23T10:13:26","modified_gmt":"2023-12-23T10:13:26","slug":"wise-men","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/broughtybaptist.org\/wpsite\/?p=2749","title":{"rendered":"Wise Men"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>JAM is our S1-S4 youth programme which runs on a Sunday morning, during the second part of the service. On 10th December in JAM we explored the story of the wise men in Matthew 2:1-12. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The young people then made Wise men Nativity decorations using various craft materials, with a &#8216;wise&#8217; Proverb glued to each one, such as<em>: &#8220;Those who guard their lips preserve their lives, but those who speak rashly will come to ruin.&#8221;<\/em> Proverbs 13:3 NIV<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Earlier in the month we made Advent calendars. The theme for these sessions was &#8216;wisdom and generosity&#8217;. We discussed topics such as &#8220;think of one way you could be generous to someone this Christmas with your time, talent, or treasure?&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Christian speaker Cheryl Nembhard says, &#8220;<em>Generosity is a reflection of the heart if God. In a world where we have become isolated and divided, the act of generosity can transform lives, break barriers and connect us in deep ways during the Advent season.<\/em>&#8220;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You are very welcome to join us for our Christmas services:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Christmas Eve 10.30am and 6.30pm<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Christmas Day 10.30am<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-id=\"2754\" src=\"https:\/\/broughtybaptist.org\/wpsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/20231210_115645-1-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2754\" srcset=\"https:\/\/broughtybaptist.org\/wpsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/20231210_115645-1-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/broughtybaptist.org\/wpsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/20231210_115645-1-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/broughtybaptist.org\/wpsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/20231210_115645-1-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/broughtybaptist.org\/wpsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/20231210_115645-1-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/broughtybaptist.org\/wpsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/20231210_115645-1-2048x1536.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-id=\"2755\" src=\"https:\/\/broughtybaptist.org\/wpsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/20231210_115635-1-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2755\" srcset=\"https:\/\/broughtybaptist.org\/wpsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/20231210_115635-1-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/broughtybaptist.org\/wpsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/20231210_115635-1-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/broughtybaptist.org\/wpsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/20231210_115635-1-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/broughtybaptist.org\/wpsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/20231210_115635-1-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/broughtybaptist.org\/wpsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/20231210_115635-1-2048x1536.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-id=\"2756\" src=\"https:\/\/broughtybaptist.org\/wpsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/20231210_115641-1-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2756\" srcset=\"https:\/\/broughtybaptist.org\/wpsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/20231210_115641-1-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/broughtybaptist.org\/wpsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/20231210_115641-1-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/broughtybaptist.org\/wpsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/20231210_115641-1-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/broughtybaptist.org\/wpsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/20231210_115641-1-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/broughtybaptist.org\/wpsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/20231210_115641-1-2048x1536.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-id=\"2757\" src=\"https:\/\/broughtybaptist.org\/wpsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/20231210_115638-1-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2757\" srcset=\"https:\/\/broughtybaptist.org\/wpsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/20231210_115638-1-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/broughtybaptist.org\/wpsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/20231210_115638-1-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/broughtybaptist.org\/wpsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/20231210_115638-1-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/broughtybaptist.org\/wpsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/20231210_115638-1-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/broughtybaptist.org\/wpsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/20231210_115638-1-2048x1536.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>JAM is our S1-S4 youth programme which runs on a Sunday morning, during the second part of the service. On 10th December in JAM we explored the story of the wise men in Matthew 2:1-12. The young people then made Wise men Nativity decorations using various craft materials, with a &#8216;wise&#8217; Proverb glued to each &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/broughtybaptist.org\/wpsite\/?p=2749\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Wise Men<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2749","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorised"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/broughtybaptist.org\/wpsite\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2749","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/broughtybaptist.org\/wpsite\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/broughtybaptist.org\/wpsite\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/broughtybaptist.org\/wpsite\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/broughtybaptist.org\/wpsite\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2749"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/broughtybaptist.org\/wpsite\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2749\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2758,"href":"https:\/\/broughtybaptist.org\/wpsite\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2749\/revisions\/2758"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/broughtybaptist.org\/wpsite\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2749"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/broughtybaptist.org\/wpsite\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2749"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/broughtybaptist.org\/wpsite\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2749"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}