{"id":152909,"date":"2024-08-14T14:36:43","date_gmt":"2024-08-14T12:36:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sds.mt\/?post_type=events&p=152909"},"modified":"2024-09-18T22:45:21","modified_gmt":"2024-09-18T20:45:21","slug":"prayer-spaces-session-at-summer-club-in-zabbar-2024","status":"publish","type":"events","link":"https:\/\/sds.mt\/mt\/events\/prayer-spaces-session-at-summer-club-in-zabbar-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Prayer Spaces Session at Summer Club in \u017babbar – 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The SDS team set up and animated prayer spaces for about 70 children and adolescents who participated in the Summer Club organised by \u017babbar parish. The group was divided into 2 age groups, each into groups of 5 children. They all participated joyfully in the various prayer activities. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The prayer activities included:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

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Be Still: Prayer Word<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n

During this time one is inivted to be still and meditate on ma-ra-na-ta. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\t\t\t<\/td>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t

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Refugee Backpack<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n

During this prayer space one reflects on refugees – people who leave their countries for good due to varied reasons and what the real essentials in one’s life.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t<\/td>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t

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Forgiveness Stones<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n

In this prayer space one reflects on the good feeling of letting go and forgiving someone who caused pain.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t<\/td>\n\t\t<\/tr>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t

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Bubbles of Wishes<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n

This prayer space allows one to ask God for a dream or a wish to come true.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t<\/td>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t

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Building Blocks<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n

In this prayer space one is asked to relfect on one’s daily actions and how such actions are helping to build a better world.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t<\/td>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t

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Hula Hoop Hop<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n

This prayer space helps the participant to acknowledge one’s challenges, act them out through hopping and talk to God about them.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t<\/td>\n\t\t<\/tr>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t

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Bus Blessings<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n

During this prayer activity, the participant can appreciate the relationships with their families and friends and be grateful to God and for them.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t<\/td>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t

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Shoal of Fish<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n

In this prayer space one and reflects and prays for unity and peace every place one is. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\t\t\t<\/td>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t

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Pipe Cleaner People<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n

This prayer space encourages one to think about, and if they want to, pray for someone special in thier lives in a fun and creative way by making a \u2018pipe cleaner model\u2019.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\t\t\t<\/td>\n\t\t<\/tr>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t

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Olympic Rings<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n

This prayer space, inspired by the interlocking rings of the Olympic Games, invites one to pray for oneself and those around.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t<\/td>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t

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Mobile Call<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n

This prayer space motivtes one to call a family member or friend and check up on them, and then reflect if they had to call God, how would the conversation look.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t<\/td>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t

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Mirror<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n

This prayer activity encourages one to identify the positive aspects of oneself as one looks at one’s own self-image created on the image of God in the mirror.
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This Prayer Space session was supported by the National Literacy Agency.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":152790,"template":"","event-category":[410],"class_list":["post-152909","events","type-events","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","event-category-prayerspaces"],"toolset-meta":{"event-details":{"event-starting-date":{"type":"date","raw":"1724198400","formatted":"21\/08\/2024"},"event-end-date":{"type":"date","raw":"","formatted":null},"event-location":{"type":"textfield","raw":"\u017babbar"},"event-audience":{"type":"textfield","raw":"Summer Club children and their leaders"},"event-time":{"type":"textfield","raw":"7:15pm - 8:30pm"},"event-short-details":{"type":"textfield","raw":"Prayer Spaces will be prepared for the children participating in the summer club organised by the \u017babbar parish."},"maps-location":{"type":"google_address","raw":"{35.8757611,14.5361741}"},"map-location-description":{"type":"textfield","raw":"Dar Sagra Familja, \u017babbar"},"event-registration-text":{"type":"textfield","raw":"Register"},"event-registration-link":{"type":"url","raw":""},"languages":{"type":"textfield","raw":"Maltese"}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sds.mt\/mt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/events\/152909","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sds.mt\/mt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/events"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sds.mt\/mt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/events"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/sds.mt\/mt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/events\/152909\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":227038,"href":"https:\/\/sds.mt\/mt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/events\/152909\/revisions\/227038"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sds.mt\/mt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/152790"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sds.mt\/mt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=152909"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"event-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sds.mt\/mt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event-category?post=152909"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}