{"id":21983,"date":"2019-08-30T16:07:04","date_gmt":"2019-08-30T20:07:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/?p=21983"},"modified":"2019-10-08T09:45:38","modified_gmt":"2019-10-08T13:45:38","slug":"why-are-we-talkin-baseball-instead-of-jesus-camp-meeting-8-25-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/?p=21983","title":{"rendered":"Why Are We Talkin’ Baseball instead of Jesus? (Camp Meeting, 8\/25\/19)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Before entering the ministry, Pastor Bret Walker was a life-long member of Pitman United Methodist Church.\u00a0 Like many of us, he felt the touch of Jesus’ touch salvation in his life.\u00a0 Like some of us, he felt a call to enter professional ministry, and he became a local pastor.\u00a0 He is currently the pastor of two churches:\u00a0 The
\nHudson UMC <\/a>( in Pedricktown) ,\u00a0 and the Ebenezer UMC<\/a> ( in Auburn).\"\"<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

Before entering the ministry, Bret lived in Pitman and was a regular attender of the Pitman Camp Meeting services.\u00a0 He developed a love for the “old time gospel music” that is sung from our Camp Meeting hymnals.\u00a0 He also developed an awe for the history of the Camp Meeting; to stand in the same place where Billy Sunday once preached and C. Austin Miles once sang is like standing on hallowed ground.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

As a pastor and speaker, Bret brings his love of Jesus, connection with music, and respect for heritage to the pulpit.\u00a0 All of this was present when Pastor Bret brought us his witness in music and word on Sunday 8\/25\/19.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

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Music…<\/span><\/h3>\n

In the Pitman Camp Meeting tradition, the speaker’s church is designated as the “Host Church” and they supply the special music for the service.\u00a0 In this case, Bret, with his voice and ukulele, provided the worship through music.\u00a0 He opened the service with the 1858 hymn “I Gave My Life for Thee<\/a>“, and then moved into some more familiar songs:<\/p>\n