{"id":22598,"date":"2026-01-14T10:00:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-14T10:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/22598\/"},"modified":"2026-01-14T10:00:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T10:00:08","slug":"prayer-service-offers-guidance-and-hope-for-the-year-ahead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/22598\/","title":{"rendered":"Prayer Service Offers Guidance and Hope for The Year Ahead"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>God\u2019s Time Ministers International, in partnership with Intaba Yosizo Citizen\u2019s Prayer, hosted a prayer service at the start of the year aimed at offering spiritual support and encouragement to students, educators, workers and job seekers as they prepare for the year ahead.<\/p>\n<p>Strong community turnout in Shoba<\/p>\n<p>The service was held at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.citizen.co.za\/northern-natal-news\/news-headlines\/2022\/06\/11\/are-shoba-residents-entitled-to-basic-service-delivery\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Shoba<\/a> on Friday, drawing strong support from community members and local religious leaders. Mr Dlamini formally welcomed the attendees and introduced the pastors, while Ayanda Kubheka co-ordinated the programme for the day.<\/p>\n<p>Government departments and police address learners<\/p>\n<p>Kubheka invited representatives from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kznhealth.gov.za\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Departments of Health<\/a> and Education, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.saps.gov.za\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">South African Police Service\u00a0<\/a> and Community Policing Forum to address the students. The speakers offered guidance and counselling intended to support learners in navigating both their academic journeys and personal development.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-425143\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/bdbfb2ef-5e4a-4001-8bd3-2e6192986dc8-1-520x389.jpeg\" alt=\"Attendees come in numbers to attend the service\" width=\"520\" height=\"389\"\/>Attendees at a prayer service held at Shoba.\u00a0<br \/>\nMotivational message on discipline and responsibility<\/p>\n<p>Vryheid-based motivational speaker and author Mr SSS Mhlungu encouraged community members to embrace discipline and consistency, emphasising that hard work remains essential for success.<\/p>\n<p>Education values and access to opportunities highlighted<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.education.gov.za\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Department of Education<\/a> official Mrs Ntanzi highlighted the importance of core educational values, including care, integrity, professionalism and openness.<\/p>\n<p>Focus on mental health and youth challenges<\/p>\n<p>Addressing health and social challenges, Mr Shelembe from the Health Systems Trust spoke about self-acceptance, mental well-being and pressures faced by young people.<\/p>\n<p>Call for personal and spiritual growth in 2026<\/p>\n<p>The service concluded with a message from Pastor Gambushi, who encouraged attendees to develop their minds and commit to personal, spiritual and character growth throughout the year<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"4711\" data-end=\"4892\">The news provided to you in this link comes to you from the editorial staff of the Vryheid Herald, a sold newspaper distributed in the Vryheid area.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\tAt Caxton, we employ humans to generate daily fresh news, not AI intervention. Happy reading!\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"God\u2019s Time Ministers International, in partnership with Intaba Yosizo Citizen\u2019s Prayer, hosted a prayer service at the start&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":22599,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[55],"tags":[3097,152],"class_list":{"0":"post-22598","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tanzania","8":"tag-god","9":"tag-tanzania"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22598","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22598"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22598\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22599"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22598"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22598"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22598"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}