{"id":114,"date":"2021-03-16T09:42:05","date_gmt":"2021-03-16T09:42:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/crosstownservices.co.uk\/readingabbey\/?p=114"},"modified":"2026-07-21T07:23:07","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T07:23:07","slug":"recent-prayer-and-worship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/crosstownservices.co.uk\/readingabbey\/2021\/03\/16\/recent-prayer-and-worship\/","title":{"rendered":"Prayer and Worship (2015)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Church leaders in Reading meet weekly to pray together. These photos represent one specific morning when we ere privileged to pray in &#8220;The Blade&#8221; which sits on the ground where Reading Boiler Room stood.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"626\" src=\"http:\/\/crosstownservices.co.uk\/readingabbey\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/03\/RCN-Forbury.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-115\" srcset=\"https:\/\/crosstownservices.co.uk\/readingabbey\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/03\/RCN-Forbury.jpg 960w, https:\/\/crosstownservices.co.uk\/readingabbey\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/03\/RCN-Forbury-300x195.jpg 300w, https:\/\/crosstownservices.co.uk\/readingabbey\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/03\/RCN-Forbury-768x501.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In 2015 the prayer group was called &#8220;Reading Christian Network&#8221; (RCN) by the 2020&#8217;s it had been renamed &#8220;Transform Reading&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"422\" src=\"http:\/\/crosstownservices.co.uk\/readingabbey\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/03\/Nov-2020-3a-1024x422.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-117\" srcset=\"https:\/\/crosstownservices.co.uk\/readingabbey\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/03\/Nov-2020-3a-1024x422.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/crosstownservices.co.uk\/readingabbey\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/03\/Nov-2020-3a-300x124.jpg 300w, https:\/\/crosstownservices.co.uk\/readingabbey\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/03\/Nov-2020-3a-768x317.jpg 768w, https:\/\/crosstownservices.co.uk\/readingabbey\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/03\/Nov-2020-3a-1536x633.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/crosstownservices.co.uk\/readingabbey\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/03\/Nov-2020-3a-2048x844.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Inside the dormitory area of the Abbey.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"512\" src=\"http:\/\/crosstownservices.co.uk\/readingabbey\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/03\/Nov-2020-2-1024x512.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-118\" srcset=\"https:\/\/crosstownservices.co.uk\/readingabbey\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/03\/Nov-2020-2-1024x512.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/crosstownservices.co.uk\/readingabbey\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/03\/Nov-2020-2-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/crosstownservices.co.uk\/readingabbey\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/03\/Nov-2020-2-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/crosstownservices.co.uk\/readingabbey\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/03\/Nov-2020-2-1536x768.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/crosstownservices.co.uk\/readingabbey\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/03\/Nov-2020-2.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Old and new.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"512\" src=\"http:\/\/crosstownservices.co.uk\/readingabbey\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/03\/IMG_20200129_121857-1024x512.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-119\" srcset=\"https:\/\/crosstownservices.co.uk\/readingabbey\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/03\/IMG_20200129_121857-1024x512.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/crosstownservices.co.uk\/readingabbey\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/03\/IMG_20200129_121857-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/crosstownservices.co.uk\/readingabbey\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/03\/IMG_20200129_121857-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/crosstownservices.co.uk\/readingabbey\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/03\/IMG_20200129_121857-1536x768.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/crosstownservices.co.uk\/readingabbey\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/03\/IMG_20200129_121857.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Reading Prison through the Chapter House.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"http:\/\/crosstownservices.co.uk\/readingabbey\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/03\/IMG_20200129_121647-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-120\" srcset=\"https:\/\/crosstownservices.co.uk\/readingabbey\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/03\/IMG_20200129_121647-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/crosstownservices.co.uk\/readingabbey\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/03\/IMG_20200129_121647-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/crosstownservices.co.uk\/readingabbey\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/03\/IMG_20200129_121647-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/crosstownservices.co.uk\/readingabbey\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/03\/IMG_20200129_121647-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/crosstownservices.co.uk\/readingabbey\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/03\/IMG_20200129_121647-135x75.jpg 135w, https:\/\/crosstownservices.co.uk\/readingabbey\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/03\/IMG_20200129_121647.jpg 1885w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\">Prayer often occurs in the grounds of the Abbey.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"512\" src=\"http:\/\/crosstownservices.co.uk\/readingabbey\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/03\/IMG_20200129_123517-1024x512.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-121\" srcset=\"https:\/\/crosstownservices.co.uk\/readingabbey\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/03\/IMG_20200129_123517-1024x512.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/crosstownservices.co.uk\/readingabbey\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/03\/IMG_20200129_123517-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/crosstownservices.co.uk\/readingabbey\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/03\/IMG_20200129_123517-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/crosstownservices.co.uk\/readingabbey\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/03\/IMG_20200129_123517-1536x768.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/crosstownservices.co.uk\/readingabbey\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/03\/IMG_20200129_123517.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Church and Ministry leaders pray in the Forbury.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"422\" src=\"http:\/\/crosstownservices.co.uk\/readingabbey\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/03\/forbury-prayer-June-2013-2-1024x422.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-122\" srcset=\"https:\/\/crosstownservices.co.uk\/readingabbey\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/03\/forbury-prayer-June-2013-2-1024x422.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/crosstownservices.co.uk\/readingabbey\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/03\/forbury-prayer-June-2013-2-300x124.jpg 300w, https:\/\/crosstownservices.co.uk\/readingabbey\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/03\/forbury-prayer-June-2013-2-768x317.jpg 768w, https:\/\/crosstownservices.co.uk\/readingabbey\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/03\/forbury-prayer-June-2013-2-1536x634.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/crosstownservices.co.uk\/readingabbey\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/03\/forbury-prayer-June-2013-2-2048x845.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Prayer on the Forbury mound where John Wesley once preached.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"512\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/crosstownservices.co.uk\/readingabbey\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/03\/2019-09-26-13.09.55-1-512x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-126\" srcset=\"https:\/\/crosstownservices.co.uk\/readingabbey\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/03\/2019-09-26-13.09.55-1-512x1024.jpg 512w, https:\/\/crosstownservices.co.uk\/readingabbey\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/03\/2019-09-26-13.09.55-1-150x300.jpg 150w, https:\/\/crosstownservices.co.uk\/readingabbey\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/03\/2019-09-26-13.09.55-1-768x1536.jpg 768w, https:\/\/crosstownservices.co.uk\/readingabbey\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/03\/2019-09-26-13.09.55-1.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 85vw, 512px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\">The <strong>Blade <\/strong>stands on the very spot that was <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/crosstownservices.co.uk\/readingboilerroom\/2017\/06\/29\/hello-world\/\">Reading Boiler Room<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"286\" src=\"http:\/\/crosstownservices.co.uk\/readingabbey\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/03\/2019-10-09-08.55.01-1024x286.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-123\" srcset=\"https:\/\/crosstownservices.co.uk\/readingabbey\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/03\/2019-10-09-08.55.01-1024x286.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/crosstownservices.co.uk\/readingabbey\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/03\/2019-10-09-08.55.01-300x84.jpg 300w, https:\/\/crosstownservices.co.uk\/readingabbey\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/03\/2019-10-09-08.55.01-768x214.jpg 768w, 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These photos represent one specific morning when we ere privileged to pray in &#8220;The Blade&#8221; which sits on the ground where Reading Boiler Room stood. In 2015 the prayer group was called &#8220;Reading Christian Network&#8221; (RCN) by the 2020&#8217;s it had been renamed &#8220;Transform Reading&#8221;. Inside &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/crosstownservices.co.uk\/readingabbey\/2021\/03\/16\/recent-prayer-and-worship\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Prayer and Worship (2015)&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,4,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-114","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-prayer","category-reading-abbey","category-the-forbury-gardens"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/crosstownservices.co.uk\/readingabbey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/crosstownservices.co.uk\/readingabbey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/crosstownservices.co.uk\/readingabbey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crosstownservices.co.uk\/readingabbey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crosstownservices.co.uk\/readingabbey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=114"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/crosstownservices.co.uk\/readingabbey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":152,"href":"https:\/\/crosstownservices.co.uk\/readingabbey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114\/revisions\/152"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/crosstownservices.co.uk\/readingabbey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=114"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crosstownservices.co.uk\/readingabbey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=114"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crosstownservices.co.uk\/readingabbey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=114"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}