{"id":11714,"date":"2015-07-25T12:00:37","date_gmt":"2015-07-25T16:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/?p=11714"},"modified":"2015-07-23T10:58:33","modified_gmt":"2015-07-23T14:58:33","slug":"lifetree-discusses-if-prayer-really-works","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/lifetree-discusses-if-prayer-really-works\/","title":{"rendered":"Lifetree Discusses if Prayer Really Works"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Eblast.How-Does-Prayer-Work.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11715\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Eblast.How-Does-Prayer-Work.jpg?resize=371%2C230\" alt=\"Eblast.How Does Prayer Work\" width=\"371\" height=\"230\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The impact of prayer on people\u2019s everyday lives will be explored at Lifetree Caf\u00e9 on Thursday, July 23, from 7:00- 8:00 p.m.<br \/>\nThe program, titled \u201cHow Does Prayer Work? Exploring the Mystery of Connecting With God,\u201d features filmed interviews with Nathan Matz and Tosha Williams, two people who pray daily, but in very different ways.<br \/>\n\u201cI originally thought prayer was about pleading to God like he was a genie in a bottle,\u201d says Matz. \u201cPrayer to me now is about trust. When I pray, sometimes I\u2019m crying, sometimes I\u2019m laughing, sometimes I\u2019m screaming, and sometimes I\u2019m angry. When I pray, I find God continuously pushing me into deeper waters.\u201d<br \/>\nAdmission to the 60-minute event is free. Snacks and beverages are available. Lifetree Caf\u00e9 is located in The Bachwell at 116 N. Washington Street, Van Wert, OH. Enter through the Court Street entrance. Parking is available in the courthouse lots.<br \/>\nLifetree Caf\u00e9 is a place where people gather for conversation about life and faith in a casual coffeehouse-type setting. Questions about Lifetree may be directed to First United Methodist Church at 419-238-0631or firstchurch@wcoil.com.<br \/>\nTopic for July 30 is \u201cWhen He Becomes She.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The impact of prayer on people\u2019s everyday lives will be explored at Lifetree Caf\u00e9 on Thursday, July 23, from 7:00-<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"colormag_page_container_layout":"default_layout","colormag_page_sidebar_layout":"default_layout","nf_dc_page":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[3872,603,4009,4008,739,4007,3871,4010,998,3627,2320,4011,715,1398,1399,845,791],"class_list":["post-11714","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-churches","tag-cafe","tag-church","tag-coffeehouse","tag-does","tag-first","tag-how","tag-lifetree","tag-matz","tag-methodist","tag-nathan","tag-prayer","tag-tosha","tag-united","tag-van","tag-wert","tag-williams","tag-work"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2YQd9-32W","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-27 05:06:00","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11714","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11714"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11714\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11714"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11714"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11714"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}