{"id":17425,"date":"2018-03-26T09:06:05","date_gmt":"2018-03-26T13:06:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/?p=17425"},"modified":"2018-04-16T11:31:39","modified_gmt":"2018-04-16T15:31:39","slug":"choirs-to-present-love-on-palm-sunday-2-25-18","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/?p=17425","title":{"rendered":"Choirs Present Love on Palm Sunday! (3\/25\/18)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Palm Sunday:\u00a0 It conjures up images of Spring, children waving palm branches, singing “Hosanna”, and images of buying Easter candy and getting ready for the big Sunday next week.\"\"<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

But imagine entering a burning building knowing that you won’t come out alive, and yet assured that you will save some lives?<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

When Jesus entered Jerusalem on that Palm Sunday, He knew what was going to happen to Him.\u00a0 And yet, He chose to endure the cross “for the Joy set before Him…”\u00a0 <\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

On Palm Sunday of 2018, we celebrated that love.\u00a0 First by waving the palm branches and singing “Hosanna”, but then by worshiping through the gift of music as the choirs lead us through the cantata “Here is Love (written by Larry Shackley).<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

Enter the door, and grab a taste of our morning worship…
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Palms<\/span><\/h3>\n

Our service on this special Sunday was a “united” service; normally we hold two services (9:30 & 11:00), but on this week we choose to hold only one service (at 10:15).\u00a0 When you enter our sanctuary on a Palm Sunday, the ushers hand you a palm branch. \u00a0<\/p>\n

The Palm Sunday service always opens with the singing a piece called The\u00a0Palms<\/span><\/a> (written by Jean Baptiste Faure).\u00a0 During the singing of this processional (a long time PUMC tradition for Palm Sunday),\u00a0 the children wander through the pews to lead the congregation in the waving of their palm branches…<\/p>\n\n\t\t