{"id":1707,"date":"2014-05-06T14:30:34","date_gmt":"2014-05-06T18:30:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/?p=1707"},"modified":"2014-05-08T14:59:52","modified_gmt":"2014-05-08T18:59:52","slug":"pumc-celebrates-the-life-of-dr-ed-blackman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/?p=1707","title":{"rendered":"PUMC Celebrates the Life of Dr. Ed Blackman (5\/7\/14)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1709\" style=\"width: 118px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Blackman-EdMarge.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1709\" class=\" wp-image-1709\" src=\"https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Blackman-EdMarge-259x300.jpg\" alt=\"Ed and Marge Blackman\" width=\"108\" height=\"125\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Blackman-EdMarge-259x300.jpg 259w, https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Blackman-EdMarge.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 108px) 100vw, 108px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1709\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ed and Marge Blackman<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Our church lost one of it&#8217;s &#8220;pillars&#8221; when Ed Blackman went home to be with his Lord on Friday May 2 (<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/obits.nj.com\/obituaries\/southjerseytimes\/obituary.aspx?n=edward-d-blackman&amp;pid=170912710&amp;fhid=9359\" target=\"_blank\">obituary<\/a><\/span>).\u00a0 He is survived by his wife Marge.\u00a0 Ed and his wife Marge were long time members of our church and led in many capacities over the years.\u00a0 They have led not only in official office capacities and in organized ministries, but both of them have and continue to touch the lives of so many of our members.\u00a0 Most of us carry memories of Ed&#8217;s witness and influence on our lives, and all of us thank God for his life.\u00a0 We are certainly surrounded by a &#8220;great cloud of witnesses.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">On Wednesday May 7 we will celebrate Ed&#8217;s life and praise God for the opportunity to have been touched by this, His faithful servant.\u00a0 The service will be held in our sanctuary, and it will start at 7:00PM.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Our church lost one of it&#8217;s &#8220;pillars&#8221; when Ed Blackman went home to be with his Lord on Friday May 2 (obituary).\u00a0 He is survived by his wife Marge.\u00a0 Ed and his wife Marge were long time members of our church and led in many capacities over the years.\u00a0 They have led not only [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,14],"tags":[72,63,87,73],"class_list":["post-1707","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-evann","category-worship","tag-family","tag-newlife","tag-victory","tag-witness"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1707","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1707"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1707\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1711,"href":"https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1707\/revisions\/1711"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1707"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1707"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1707"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}