{"id":5530,"date":"2026-01-15T11:53:47","date_gmt":"2026-01-15T11:53:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.stjamesyeovil.org.uk\/?page_id=5530"},"modified":"2026-03-17T16:10:46","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T16:10:46","slug":"prayer","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.stjamesyeovil.org.uk\/?page_id=5530","title":{"rendered":"Prayer"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Prayer is integral to our life as Christians. Prayer involves listening and talking to God, anytime, anywhere. It helps us grow closer to God and hear God\u2019s desires for our world, our communities and ourselves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During 2026, we are having an especial focus on prayer, building on our 24-hour Wave of Prayer in September 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:31% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/www.stjamesyeovil.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Prayers-1024x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5616 size-full\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.stjamesyeovil.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Prayers-1024x1024.png 1024w, http:\/\/www.stjamesyeovil.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Prayers-300x300.png 300w, http:\/\/www.stjamesyeovil.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Prayers-150x150.png 150w, http:\/\/www.stjamesyeovil.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Prayers-1536x1536.png 1536w, http:\/\/www.stjamesyeovil.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Prayers-2048x2048.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">\u201cAcross our diocese of Bath and Wells I would like to make 2026 a year of especial focus on prayer. To be clear, this is not because I think we\u2019re not praying. We are. But could we learn to pray better and pray more? I think we could. Might we do better if we sought to learn from each other? Almost definitely. Might focusing more on prayer shape us to become the people God has created us to be? Certainly. Could we\u00a0become the answer to our prayers? In God\u2019s good grace I hope so.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Bishop Michael<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Prayer Ministry<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Intercessory Prayer<\/strong> Tuesdays 4-4.30 at St James&#8217;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Prayers for Wider Westfield <\/strong>6.30pm 2nd Monday each month at St Peter&#8217;s<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Prayers for Lufton \/ Agusta Park <\/strong>7pm 2nd Tuesday each month at 30 Heather Way<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Prayers for St James&#8217; and the Community <\/strong>7.30pm 4th Tuesday each month at St James&#8217;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Thy Kingdom Come <\/strong>from Pentecost to Ascension including <strong>Day of Prayer<\/strong> Saturday 23rd May 10-4pm at St James&#8217;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prayer is integral to our life as Christians. Prayer involves listening and talking to God, anytime, anywhere. It helps us grow closer to God and hear God\u2019s desires for our world, our communities and ourselves. During 2026, we are having an especial focus on prayer, building on our 24-hour Wave of Prayer in September 2024. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-5530","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.stjamesyeovil.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5530","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.stjamesyeovil.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.stjamesyeovil.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.stjamesyeovil.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.stjamesyeovil.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5530"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"http:\/\/www.stjamesyeovil.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5530\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5618,"href":"http:\/\/www.stjamesyeovil.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5530\/revisions\/5618"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.stjamesyeovil.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5530"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}