{"id":14000,"date":"2019-08-20T00:00:15","date_gmt":"2019-08-20T04:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/?p=14000"},"modified":"2022-02-12T08:17:20","modified_gmt":"2022-02-12T13:17:20","slug":"singers-needed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/?p=14000","title":{"rendered":"Singers Needed!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The signboard said&#8230;<\/p>\n<table class=\" aligncenter\" style=\"width: 521.717px; height: 245px;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"height: 236.733px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 239px; height: 236.733px;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">SINGERS NEEDED,<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">IN CHOIR WITHIN<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 265.717px; height: 236.733px;\">\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Signboard-Singers-Needed-2017-02-18-_IMG_4038.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-13999\" src=\"https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Signboard-Singers-Needed-2017-02-18-_IMG_4038-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Signboard-Singers-Needed-2017-02-18-_IMG_4038-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Signboard-Singers-Needed-2017-02-18-_IMG_4038.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In no way is this to be considered a knock against our choir.\u00a0 Even though we&#8217;re always open to new voices in the loft, we already do have some great singers.<a href=\"https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Christmas-Eve15-choir-_IMG_1460-copySM.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright  wp-image-9969\" src=\"https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Christmas-Eve15-choir-_IMG_1460-copySM-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"249\" height=\"187\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Christmas-Eve15-choir-_IMG_1460-copySM-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Christmas-Eve15-choir-_IMG_1460-copySM.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 249px) 100vw, 249px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>No, this isn&#8217;t specifically about the loft.\u00a0 Singers are needed in the pews.\u00a0 Singers are needed in the conference room.\u00a0 Singers are needed in the office.\u00a0 Singers are needed in the Sunday School rooms, in the Fellowship Hall, in the parking lot&#8230; everywhere.\u00a0 Singers are needed in the world.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>You don&#8217;t have to wear a choir robe to be a singer.\u00a0 You don&#8217;t even have to have a good voice.\u00a0 The singers we really need are the ones who sing with their hearts; the ones who have such a deep love of God that their voices and actions ring out with praise.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Tune Your Hearts to Sing His Praise<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Someone made a sign that currently decorates the Music Room.\u00a0 It says, &#8220;Tune my heart to sing Thy Grace.&#8221;\u00a0 This verse is from the hymn, &#8220;Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing&#8221;&#8230;<\/p>\n<div class='et-box et-shadow'>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class='et-box-content'><a href=\"https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Sign-Music-Tune-My-Heart-_IMG_1540.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright  wp-image-5516\" src=\"https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Sign-Music-Tune-My-Heart-_IMG_1540-221x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"180\" height=\"244\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Sign-Music-Tune-My-Heart-_IMG_1540-221x300.jpg 221w, https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Sign-Music-Tune-My-Heart-_IMG_1540.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 180px) 100vw, 180px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000; font-size: 14pt;\">Come Thou Fount of every blessing, Tune my heart to sing they grace.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000; font-size: 14pt;\">Streams of mercy, never ceasing, call for songs of loudest praise.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000; font-size: 14pt;\">Teach me some melodious sonnet, sung by flaming tongues above.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000; font-size: 14pt;\">Praise the Mount!\u00a0 I&#8217;m fixed upon it, mount of Thy redeeming love.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>God gave us music, poetry, and art in general so that we could use it to express our wonder and praise.\u00a0 God is too big for words!\u00a0 Our priorities, passions, and actions must keep pointing to God.\u00a0 Check out the following verses:<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t<div class='et-tabs-container et_sliderfx_fade et_sliderauto_false et_sliderauto_speed_5000 et_slidertype_top_tabs'>\n\t\t\t\t<ul class='et-tabs-control'>\n\t\t\t<li><a href='#'>\n\t\t\tEx 15\n\t\t<\/a><\/li> \n\t\t<li><a href='#'>\n\t\t\t1 Chron 16\n\t\t<\/a><\/li> \n\t\t<li><a href='#'>\n\t\t\tPs 30\n\t\t<\/a><\/li> \n\t\t<li><a href='#'>\n\t\t\tPs 98\n\t\t<\/a><\/li> \n\t\t<li><a href='#'>\n\t\t\tPs 146\n\t\t<\/a><\/li> \n\t\t<li><a href='#'>\n\t\t\tIsa 44\n\t\t<\/a><\/li> \n\t\t<li><a href='#'>\n\t\t\t1 Cor 14\n\t\t<\/a><\/li> \n\t\t<li><a href='#'>\n\t\t\tCol 3\n\t\t<\/a><\/li> \n\t\t<li><a href='#'>\n\t\t\tJames 5\n\t\t<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t<\/ul> <!-- .et-tabs-control --> \n\t\t<div class='et-tabs-content'>\n\t\t\t<div class='et-tabs-content-main-wrap'>\n\t\t\t\t<div class='et-tabs-content-wrapper'>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class='et_slidecontent'>\n\t\t\t<strong><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Exodus 15: 1<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0 &#8220;I will <span style=\"background-color: #ffff99;\">sing<\/span> to the Lord, for he is highly exalted. The horse and its rider he has hurled into the sea.\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<div class='et_slidecontent'>\n\t\t\t<strong><span style=\"color: #800000;\">1 Chronicles 16:8-10<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0 Give thanks to the Lord, call on his name; make known among the nations what he has done.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"background-color: #ffff99;\">Sing<\/span> to him, <span style=\"background-color: #ffff99;\">sing<\/span> praise to him; tell of all his wonderful acts. Glory in his holy name; let the hearts of those who seek the Lord rejoice.\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<div class='et_slidecontent'>\n\t\t\t<strong><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Psalm\u00a0 30:4-5<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0 <span style=\"background-color: #ffff99;\">Sing<\/span> to the Lord, you saints of his;\u00a0 praise his holy name.<\/p>\n<p>For his anger lasts only a moment,\u00a0 but his favor lasts a lifetime;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>weeping may remain for a night, but rejoicing comes in the morning.\u00a0\u00a0\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<div class='et_slidecontent'>\n\t\t\t<strong><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Psalm\u00a0 98:1-2\u00a0<\/span><\/strong> <span style=\"background-color: #ffff99;\">Sing<\/span> to the Lord a new song, for he has done marvelous things; his right hand and his holy arm have worked salvation for him.<\/p>\n<p>The Lord has made his salvation known and revealed his righteousness to the nations.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<div class='et_slidecontent'>\n\t\t\t<strong><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Psalm 146:2<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0 I will praise the Lord all my life;\u00a0 I will <span style=\"background-color: #ffff99;\">sing<\/span> praise to my God as long as I live.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<div class='et_slidecontent'>\n\t\t\t<strong><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Isaiah 44:23<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0 <span style=\"background-color: #ffff99;\">Sing<\/span> for joy, O heavens, for the Lord has done this; shout aloud, O earth beneath.<\/p>\n<p>Burst into song, you mountains, you forests and all your trees, for the Lord has redeemed Jacob, he displays his glory in Israel. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<div class='et_slidecontent'>\n\t\t\t<strong><span style=\"color: #800000;\">1 Corinthians\u00a0 14:15<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0 So what shall I do? I will pray with my spirit, but I will also pray with my mind; I will <span style=\"background-color: #ffff99;\">sing<\/span> with my spirit,<\/p>\n<p>but I will also<span style=\"background-color: #ffff99;\"> sing<\/span> with my mind.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<div class='et_slidecontent'>\n\t\t\t<strong><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Colossians 3:16-17<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0 Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom,<\/p>\n<p>and as you <span style=\"background-color: #ffff99;\">sing<\/span> psalms, hymns and spiritual songs with gratitude in your hearts to God.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>And whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.\u00a0<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<div class='et_slidecontent'>\n\t\t\t<strong><span style=\"color: #800000;\">James 5:13<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0 Is any one of you in trouble? He should pray. Is anyone happy? Let him <span style=\"background-color: #ffff99;\">sing<\/span> songs of praise.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div> <!-- .et-tabs-container -->\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #800000;\">God&#8217;s Help Wanted Sign&#8230;<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Over and over again, the Bible calls us towards Singing- in song and in every other form. \u00a0 Are we using our voices, our talents, and even our hands and feet to act out our love for God?\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>God wants more Singers.\u00a0 Tune your hearts and sing His Grace and Praise!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><div class='et-box et-info'>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class='et-box-content'><span style=\"color: #000000;\">For more info about the choirs:\u00a0 <a href='https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/?page_id=166' class='icon-button rss-icon' target=\"_blank\">Music<span class='et-icon'><\/span><\/a> \u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><\/div><\/div><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #008000;\">+\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 +\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 +\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 +\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 +\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 +\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 +\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 +<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Click this button to see more Signboard Messages:\u00a0\u00a0 <a href='https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/?cat=51' class='small-button smallorange'><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Signboard<\/span><\/a> \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Singers Needed, In Choir Within!&#8221;  Singers are needed everywhere; not just in the choir loft.  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