{"id":31950,"date":"2023-03-01T10:49:55","date_gmt":"2023-03-01T15:49:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/?p=31950"},"modified":"2023-04-13T15:14:13","modified_gmt":"2023-04-13T19:14:13","slug":"sweet-treasures-planned-for-2023-easter-egg-hunt-4-8-23","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/?p=31950","title":{"rendered":"Sweet Treasures Planned for 2023 Easter Egg Hunt (4\/8\/23)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Easter eggs&#8230; Really?<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Eggs represent life, and new life comes from the Resurrection of Jesus Christ.\u00a0 So we&#8217;re going to use the symbol of Easter Eggs to help teach our children about the true meaning of Easter&#8230; and to have a little fun while we&#8217;re at it!<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Let&#8217;s make some joyful noise on &#8220;Silent Saturday!&#8221;\u00a0 On Saturday,<strong><span style=\"color: #993300;\"> April 8<\/span><\/strong>, we will host our 14th annual Easter Egg Hunt.\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Here are the details&#8230;<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<div class='et-box et-info'>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class='et-box-content'><h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">2023 Easter Egg Hunt<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #008000;\">WHEN<\/span><\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 Saturday April 8, 2023\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #008000;\">TIME<\/span><\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Starts at 11:00 AM. <span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><em><span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\">Ends when all of the eggs have been gathered! (1 &#8216;ish)<\/span><\/em><\/span>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #008000;\">WHERE:<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0 Pitman United Methodist Church (indoors and on our south lawn)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #008000;\">WHO:<\/span><\/strong> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Ages 0 through\u00a0 ??? (there will be goodies for the grownups too!)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #008000;\">RAIN OR SHINE<\/span><\/strong>:\u00a0 We&#8217;ll move inside if a major storm comes up<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #008000;\">COST<\/span><\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 You&#8217;ve gotta be kidding!!! Absolutely free!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">For directions to PUMC, click this button: <a href='https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/?page_id=609' class='small-button smallred' target=\"_blank\">Directions<\/a> \u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #800000;\">A Tradition Continues&#8230;<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> This is PUMC&#8217;s 14th annual Easter Egg hunt!\u00a0 The pandemic interrupted it in 2020, scaled it back in 2021, but the Hunt returned in full force last year.\u00a0 Last April over 300 children (&#8220;of all ages&#8221;) collected a couple thousand plastic eggs filled with goodies.\u00a0 Here&#8217;s a glimpse of last year&#8217;s Egg Hunt (<em><span style=\"color: #ff6600; font-size: 10pt;\">click the title to open the post, then click your browser&#8217;s &#8220;back&#8221; button to return to this post<\/span><\/em>):\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div class='et-box et-shadow'>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class='et-box-content'><blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"IavA9sszGp\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/?p=29733\">Easter Egg Hunt Reveals God&#8217;s Love! (4\/16\/22)<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;Easter Egg Hunt Reveals God&#8217;s Love! (4\/16\/22)&#8221; &#8212; pitmanumc.org\" src=\"https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/?p=29733&#038;embed=true#?secret=9enKVRsCF6#?secret=IavA9sszGp\" data-secret=\"IavA9sszGp\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p><\/div><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #800000;\">God&#8217;s Love is Continuous&#8230;<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Yes, gathering eggs, taking them home, and enjoying the goodies is a fun tradition.\u00a0 But there is a message behind it!\u00a0 Easter continues long after the &#8220;candy has been eaten.&#8221;\u00a0 Consider the following as you watch your kids scramble to collect the eggs&#8230;<\/p>\n<div class='et-box et-info'>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class='et-box-content'><h4><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>What Treasure are You Looking For?<\/em><\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Easter egg hunts are a fun way for families to spend time together. And, they also provide a great teaching opportunity. Through the death of Christ on the cross, God is offering us something much more valuable than candy inside a plastic egg. He urges us to seek for the Spiritual things that bring us closer to God.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Consider these words of Jesus&#8230;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\">\u00a0&#8220;The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field. When a man found it, he hid it again, and then in his joy went and sold all he had and bought that field. <\/span>\n<span style=\"color: #000080;\">\u00a0&#8220;Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant looking for fine pearls.\u00a0 When he found one of great value, he went away and sold everything he had and bought it.<\/span>\n<em>Matt 13:44-46<\/em>,\u00a0 NIV<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\">So do not worry, saying, &#8216;What shall we eat?&#8217; or &#8216;What shall we drink?&#8217; or &#8216;What shall we wear?&#8217; For the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them.\u00a0 But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.<\/span>\nMatt 6:31-34, NIV<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0Enjoy the Easter Egg Hunt!\u00a0 But use this opportunity to teach your children about the Real Treasures that God is offering us.\u00a0 &#8220;Seek and Ye shall find&#8230;&#8221;\n<\/span><\/p><\/div><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Why Eggs?????<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Eggs are symbolic of Life, and Easter Egg Hunts have long been part of the local church&#8217;s tradition.\u00a0<span style=\"color: #000000;\"> Check out the following video that was posted on the <\/span><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.umc.org\/en\/content\/the-importance-of-the-egg-children-and-easter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">UMC.org website<\/a><\/span><\/span><em><span style=\"color: #800080;\">:<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<div class='et-box et-shadow'>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class='et-box-content'><p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Importance of the Egg: Children and Easter (UMTV)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Gv8bCsS5dz4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p><\/div><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #008000;\">==============================<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>\u00a0<\/h3>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #800000;\">What&#8217;s Next???<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>As we prepare for the Easter Egg Hunt we also prepare for Easter&#8217;s celebration of the Resurrection&#8230;\u00a0 Life.\u00a0 This is the Treasure that God offers to all of us.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>For more info on how PUMC is preparing for Easter during this season of Lent, check out the events that are listed in the &#8220;Lent 2023&#8221; sidebar (to your right).\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The &#8220;Eggcitement&#8221; doesn&#8217;t end with Easter!\u00a0 All Egg Hunters are invited back to PUMC in June for our &#8220;out of this world&#8221; Vacation Bible School!<\/p>\n<p>Here are the details (click on the title to open the VBS post)::<\/p>\n<div class='et-box et-shadow'>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class='et-box-content'><blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"OiC4SrijEJ\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/?p=31963\">2023 Vacation Bible School to Shine a Light on God&#8217;s Love! (6\/26\/23)<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;2023 Vacation Bible School to Shine a Light on God&#8217;s Love! 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Thousands of plastic eggs are being filled with all sorts of sweet goodies and they&#8217;ll be scattered on our lawn.  Starting at 11AM everyone will have a chance to collect the eggs (while celebrating the treasure of God&#8217;s Love).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":29958,"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":[9,23,15,182,31],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-31950","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-evann","category-kids","category-go-community","category-neighbors","category-ssk"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31950","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=31950"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31950\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32108,"href":"https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31950\/revisions\/32108"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/29958"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=31950"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=31950"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=31950"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}