{"id":11243,"date":"2023-11-10T12:24:40","date_gmt":"2023-11-10T12:24:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.christchurchswindon.co.uk\/blog\/?p=11243"},"modified":"2023-11-10T13:59:33","modified_gmt":"2023-11-10T13:59:33","slug":"swindon-borough-remembrance-commemorations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.christchurchswindon.co.uk\/blog\/2023\/11\/swindon-borough-remembrance-commemorations\/","title":{"rendered":"Swindon Borough Remembrance Commemorations"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1518.4px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\" style=\"--awb-text-transform:none;\"><h3>Services of Remembrance this weekend in Swindon and The Lydiard Park Field of Remembrance<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.christchurchswindon.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/S1.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload alignnone size-large wp-image-11244\" src=\"https:\/\/www.christchurchswindon.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/S1-450x600.png\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.christchurchswindon.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/S1-450x600.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27450%27%20height%3D%27600%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20450%20600%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27450%27%20height%3D%27600%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.christchurchswindon.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/S1-150x200.png 150w, https:\/\/www.christchurchswindon.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/S1-200x267.png 200w, https:\/\/www.christchurchswindon.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/S1-400x533.png 400w, https:\/\/www.christchurchswindon.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/S1-450x600.png 450w, https:\/\/www.christchurchswindon.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/S1-600x800.png 600w, https:\/\/www.christchurchswindon.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/S1.png 768w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In the absence of a Bishop of Swindon this year, Simon has been asked by the Bishop of Bristol to lead the townwide services of Remembrance in his capacity as Mayor\u2019s Chaplain.<\/p>\n<p>Please remember our Mayor, Councillor Barbara Parry in your prayers along with all those taking part.<\/p>\n<p>There are two services at The Cenotaph, firstly on Armistice Day Saturday 11th November at 11am and secondly on Remembrance Sunday 12th November.<\/p>\n<p>Please gather from 10.30am for the services.<\/p>\n<p>We also have our 10am Family Holy Communion with Act of Remembrance at Christ Church this Sunday\u00a0 \u2013 led by The Revd.<br \/>\nNorma McKemey with Genny Williams preaching<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.christchurchswindon.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/S3.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload alignnone size-large wp-image-11246\" src=\"https:\/\/www.christchurchswindon.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/S3-600x450.png\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.christchurchswindon.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/S3-600x450.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27600%27%20height%3D%27450%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20600%20450%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27600%27%20height%3D%27450%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.christchurchswindon.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/S3-200x150.png 200w, https:\/\/www.christchurchswindon.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/S3-400x300.png 400w, https:\/\/www.christchurchswindon.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/S3-600x450.png 600w, https:\/\/www.christchurchswindon.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/S3-768x576.png 768w, https:\/\/www.christchurchswindon.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/S3-800x600.png 800w, https:\/\/www.christchurchswindon.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/S3.png 1024w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In addition, please can I encourage you to visit the Field of Remembrance at Lydiard Park any time over the next fortnight. It is an amazing site. There are short services every afternoon at 2pm. This was featured on Points West on Wednesday 1st November.<\/p>\n<p>Please remember our colleagues Clive Deverell and Trevor Day in your prayers as they lead this outreach.<\/p>\n<p>You can find out more about the Fields of Remembrance at:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.britishlegion.org.uk\/get-involved\/ways-to-give\/remember-a-loved-one\/fields-of-remembrance\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.britishlegion.org.uk\/get-involved\/ways-to-give\/remember-a-loved-one\/fields-of-remembrance<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Thank you gratefully, Simon.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.christchurchswindon.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/S2.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload alignnone size-large wp-image-11245\" src=\"https:\/\/www.christchurchswindon.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/S2-450x600.png\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.christchurchswindon.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/S2-450x600.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27450%27%20height%3D%27600%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20450%20600%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27450%27%20height%3D%27600%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.christchurchswindon.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/S2-150x200.png 150w, https:\/\/www.christchurchswindon.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/S2-200x267.png 200w, https:\/\/www.christchurchswindon.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/S2-400x533.png 400w, https:\/\/www.christchurchswindon.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/S2-450x600.png 450w, https:\/\/www.christchurchswindon.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/S2-600x800.png 600w, https:\/\/www.christchurchswindon.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/S2.png 768w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>#christchurchswindon #remembranceweek2023<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11243","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cc-home-page"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.christchurchswindon.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11243","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.christchurchswindon.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.christchurchswindon.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.christchurchswindon.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.christchurchswindon.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11243"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.christchurchswindon.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11243\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11254,"href":"https:\/\/www.christchurchswindon.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11243\/revisions\/11254"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.christchurchswindon.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11243"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.christchurchswindon.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11243"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.christchurchswindon.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11243"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}