{"id":26298,"date":"2020-12-17T11:54:56","date_gmt":"2020-12-17T16:54:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/?p=26298"},"modified":"2020-12-29T14:19:25","modified_gmt":"2020-12-29T19:19:25","slug":"2020-cantata-to-looks-to-jesus-12-20-20","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/?p=26298","title":{"rendered":"2020 Cantata to Looks to Jesus (12\/20\/20)"},"content":{"rendered":"

When the year 2020 opened, many assumed that there would be plenty of ploys on “20\/20 Vision.” Little did we know that COVID-19 would take over everything, and the “20\/20” jokes vanished from sight…<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

During this pandemic, we’ve learned to continue our traditions and ministries despite the “social distancing” restrictions.\u00a0 We’ve learned new ways of doing things, and we’ve even developed new ministries which will continue after this pandemic is behind us.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

But all along, we’ve learned that God is with us.\u00a0 It’s not so much about what you have or what you can accomplish.\u00a0 It’s about what you do with what you have.\u00a0 Faith and love overcome the circumstances.\u00a0 Even with “social distancing” and “virtual worshiping”, we’ve see over and over again that God is close to us and real in our lives.\u00a0 We reshape our celebrations, not so much to keep traditions, but to continue seeking out our God.\u00a0 Despite the changing circumstances, we keep pressing on to grow closer to our Savior; to serve and to worship Him.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

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Annual Candlelight Christmas Cantata<\/span><\/h3>\n

The annual cantata starts at 4:15 PM.\u00a0 Always.\u00a0 It has every year.\u00a0 Maybe the time was originally selected for a practical purpose (twilight?), but now we hold the cantata at 4:15 “because we’ve always done it that way.”\"\"<\/p>\n

We’re having a cantata this year.\u00a0 Yeah, “we’ve always done it that way,” but the purpose is the same as it always is: to worship God and to wonder in the amazing grace of the coming of His Son Jesus.\u00a0 God somehow became a human… it boggles our minds and we need to pause every year (every minute!) and just marvel at what He has done.<\/p>\n

The circumstances and presentation will be different this year, but the purpose is the same.\u00a0<\/p>\n

This year’s cantata will be a mixture of live music (Praise Team, Soloists, Bell choir) and videos from past years.\u00a0 A restricted In-Person congregation\u00a0 will be invited, and it will be presented on our Live Stream.\u00a0 The cantata is entitled “A Concert of Carols,”\u00a0 and it will use a string of familiar songs to help us worship in these unfamiliar times.\u00a0 The word “Concert” doesn’t simply designate a bunch of songs. Instead, the word “concert” invites us to join together in worship.<\/p>\n

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A Concert of Carols<\/span><\/h4>\n

WHEN:\u00a0<\/span><\/strong> Sunday 12\/20\/20<\/span><\/p>\n

TIME:<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 4:15 PM<\/span><\/p>\n

HOW?:<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 A mixture of live music and videos from past years<\/span><\/p>\n

WHERE:<\/span><\/strong> \u00a0 Live Stream and limited in-person<\/span><\/p>\n

Use the below buttons for further details…<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

Live Stream<\/span><\/a> In-Person Worship<\/span><\/a> Online Bulletin<\/span><\/a> \u00a0<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n

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For more information about our Music Ministry, click this button:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Music Ministry<\/span><\/a> \u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The circumstances surrounding this year’s Christmas Cantata change the presentation, but not the purpose. This year’s cantata will be a mixture of live music and videos from past years. It will be live-streamed on Sunday 12\/20 at 4:15 PM.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":22767,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[28,9,14],"tags":[123,89],"class_list":["post-26298","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mus","category-evann","category-worship","tag-christmas","tag-worship-2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26298","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=26298"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26298\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26305,"href":"https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26298\/revisions\/26305"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/22767"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=26298"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=26298"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=26298"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}