{"id":78522,"date":"2021-06-08T15:46:01","date_gmt":"2021-06-08T23:46:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/ennounce\/?p=78522"},"modified":"2021-06-08T15:46:03","modified_gmt":"2021-06-08T23:46:03","slug":"university-sets-aside-wednesday-june-16-as-a-day-of-prayer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/ennounce\/2021\/06\/08\/university-sets-aside-wednesday-june-16-as-a-day-of-prayer\/","title":{"rendered":"University sets aside Wednesday, June 16, as a Day of Prayer"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>On&nbsp;<strong>Wednesday, June 16<\/strong>, the employee community will be observing a Day of Prayer. The two-fold purpose for this day is:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>To begin the new fiscal year and academic year prayerfully attentive to God\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s direction<\/li><li>To encourage the spiritual well-being of the employee community<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Details:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Employees are encouraged to spend their usual work hours on Wednesday, June 16, in prayer and spiritual retreat.<\/li><li>Employees are welcome to enjoy their prayer retreat on campus, off campus, in their homes, or at an alternate site.&nbsp;<\/li><li>The university pastors will provide an optional video which can be used at the beginning of an employee\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s prayer retreat as well as a devotional to guide employees through the Day of Prayer.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>During the Day of Prayer, employees are encouraged to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Have conversation with God about their work<\/li><li>Pray for their colleagues, students and the university<\/li><li>Attend to their personal soul care, talking with God about their own lives of faith, and experiencing the ministry of the Spirit<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>During the Day of Prayer, employees are discouraged from:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Using this prayer retreat day for team meetings\/in-services<\/li><li>Doing other work (responding to emails, working on projects, meeting with people, etc.)<\/li><li>Keeping their cell phones on\/active<\/li><li>Using the day as a vacation day.&nbsp;This is a soul care day, which may look a lot like a vacation day (a walk in the woods, journaling, reading, etc.) but should have an intentional spiritual formation focus and be directed by God.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>If you have any questions, please contact the Office for Spiritual Life at&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:spirituallife@georgefox.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">spirituallife@georgefox.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On&nbsp;Wednesday, June 16, the employee community will be observing a Day of Prayer. 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