{"id":31374,"date":"2022-12-05T14:56:43","date_gmt":"2022-12-05T19:56:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/?p=31374"},"modified":"2022-12-27T11:28:36","modified_gmt":"2022-12-27T16:28:36","slug":"poinsettias-bring-holiday-warmth-12-14-22","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/?p=31374","title":{"rendered":"Poinsettias Bring Holiday Warmth! (12\/14\/22)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Deck the Halls… or Deck the Sanctuary!\u00a0 Christmas is surrounded by traditions.\u00a0 One of our traditions is the Poinsettias trees which adorn the front of our Sanctuary.\u00a0 In order to fill the plywood stands which form the tree, we need pots of poinsettias!<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

Poinsettia orders are now being taken; the deadline is 12\/14\/22. \"\"<\/p>\n

If you want to help fill the Poinsettia Trees, print out the below form (or make a “reasonable facsimile” of it) and send your order to the church\u00a0office<\/a><\/span>. Your orders, with cash or check, can be placed in the offering plate on Sunday, left at the church office, or mailed.\u00a0 The deadline for ordering is Wednesday, December 14th.<\/p>\n

Please note that the number of white poinsettias is limited.<\/p>\n

Each pot costs $13.\u00a0 Make your check payable to “Pitman United Methodist Church” and put “poinsettia” in the memo line.<\/p>\n

If desired, you can purchase your poinsettia in memory of a loved one or in honor of someone special.\u00a0 Indicate the name (and your name) on the form, and the names will be included in the list which will be distributed with the bulletin.<\/p>\n

The plants will be removed from the “tree” after the Christmas Eve service, and you can take your poinsettia home at that time.\u00a0 Or, if you prefer, you can designate to have your poinsettia delivered to someone who is homebound (check that box).<\/p>\n

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Here’s the order form:<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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# of poinsettias @$13 White ___ Red ___ Total Due $ ___________<\/span><\/p>\n

\nIn memory of __________________________________________________<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0or<\/span>
\nIn honor of\u00a0 \u00a0 __________________________________________________<\/span><\/p>\n

\nName of Giver _________________________________________________________<\/span><\/p>\n

\n__\u00a0 Please give my poinsettia(s) to someone who is homebound<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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Why Poinsettias?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

One possible explanation of how Poinsettias became a tradition at Christmastime comes from the story of a poor Mexican girl who bemoaned that she had nothing to give Jesus at her church’s Christmas Eve service.\u00a0 So, along the way, she picked a bunch of weeds and laid them at the manger.\u00a0 Miraculously, the weeds sprouted beautiful red flowers.<\/span><\/p>\n

Click this button to read the full story:\u00a0<\/span> Poinsettia Beauty<\/span><\/strong><\/a> \u00a0<\/p>\n

The God who turned water into wine can turn our weeds into beauty.\u00a0 \u00a0Let the Poinsettia remind you that the only thing God wants is our hearts.\u00a0 Even if covered by sin and failures, God will turn it into something beautiful.<\/span><\/p><\/div><\/div>\n

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To learn more about Worship Experiences at PUMC, click this button:\u00a0 Worship<\/span><\/a> \u00a0<\/p>\n

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We’re taking orders for the Poinsettias which will adorn the front of the sanctuary. Orders must be received in the church office by 12\/14\/22. Open this post for details. Poinsettias remind us of the miraculous way in which God turns our simple gifts into powerful objects of beauty.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5102,"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":[9,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-31374","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-evann","category-worship"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31374","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=31374"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31374\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31382,"href":"https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31374\/revisions\/31382"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/5102"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=31374"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=31374"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=31374"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}