{"id":64252,"date":"2025-03-27T14:42:07","date_gmt":"2025-03-27T14:42:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shefnews.co.uk\/?p=64252"},"modified":"2025-03-27T14:42:10","modified_gmt":"2025-03-27T14:42:10","slug":"christian-initiative-combines-litter-picking-with-prayer-to-tidy-up-sheffield-streets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shefnews.co.uk\/index.php\/2025\/03\/27\/christian-initiative-combines-litter-picking-with-prayer-to-tidy-up-sheffield-streets\/","title":{"rendered":"Christian Initiative Combines Litter Picking with Prayer to tidy Up Sheffield Streets"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A Christian organisation is aiming to cover every street of Sheffield with prayer this Easter. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Arise Sheffield&#8217;s Easter Mission unites over 1,000 Christians from 100 different churches across Sheffield through prayer walking. 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