{"id":4738,"date":"2016-02-23T14:57:04","date_gmt":"2016-02-23T19:57:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.brethren.org\/?p=4738"},"modified":"2016-02-23T14:57:04","modified_gmt":"2016-02-23T19:57:04","slug":"accepting-gods-gift-of-grace-eyns-theme-for-the-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/blogtest\/2016\/02\/23\/accepting-gods-gift-of-grace-eyns-theme-for-the-year\/","title":{"rendered":"ACCEPTING GOD&#8217;S GIFT OF GRACE  &#8211; EYN&#8217;s Theme for the Year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/blog\/?attachment_id=4739\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4739\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-4739\" src=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/accepting-the-gift-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"accepting the gift\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><\/em>In January, each EYN church usually chooses a theme for the year. It is based on Scripture and a banner is made and hung in the church for that year.\u00a0 This year at the request of Dr. Samuel Dali and EYN leaders, every church has been asked to use the same theme; <strong>Accepting God\u2019s Gift of Grace.<\/strong> The theme is based on 2 Corinthians 6:1 \u201cWorking together with him, then, we entreat you not to accept the grace of God in vain.\u201d (RSV) The theme is designed to remind churches that there is a responsibility involved when we accept God\u2019s gift of grace. Individuals and churches are encouraged to continue as ambassadors for Christ (2 Cor 5:20) and to spread the good news of God\u2019s grace to all. Dr. Samuel Dali is encouraging EYN to make the most of the new opportunities brought about by the insurgency of Boko Haram. As EYN members have been scattered across Nigeria, the hope is that they continue to share about Jesus Christ and bring the message of peace and reconciliation wherever they are located.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4740\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4740\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/blog\/?attachment_id=4740\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4740\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-4740\" src=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Picture14-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Banner in Abuja\" width=\"300\" height=\"395\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4740\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Banner in Abuja<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In January, each EYN church usually chooses a theme for the year. It is based on Scripture and a banner is made and hung in the church for that year.\u00a0 This year at the request of Dr. Samuel Dali and EYN leaders, every church has been asked to use the same theme; Accepting God\u2019s Gift<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[370,419,521,813,814,882,921],"class_list":["post-4738","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nigeria","tag-ekklesiyar-yanuwa-a-nigeria","tag-eyn","tag-grace","tag-nigeria","tag-nigeria-crisis","tag-peace","tag-prayer"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/blogtest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4738","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/blogtest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/blogtest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/blogtest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/blogtest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4738"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/blogtest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4738\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/blogtest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4738"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/blogtest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4738"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/blogtest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4738"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}