{"id":33343,"date":"2024-06-17T16:15:16","date_gmt":"2024-06-17T20:15:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/?p=33343"},"modified":"2024-08-29T16:40:07","modified_gmt":"2024-08-29T20:40:07","slug":"pitman-camp-meeting-returns-for-the-2024-season-7-7-24","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/?p=33343","title":{"rendered":"Pitman Camp Meeting Returns for the 2024 Season! (7\/7\/24)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">The Pitman United Methodist Church has its roots in the Pitman Grove Camp Meeting.\u00a0 During the summer of 1871, a group of clergy from the New Jersey Annual Conference started the Pitman Grove Camp Meeting.\u00a0 They met every Sunday during the summer, but as the Camp Meeting grew, so did the number of year-round residents.\u00a0 \u00a0In 1885, the Pitman Grove Methodist Episcopal Church was founded.\u00a0 There have been several name and building changes over the years, but what started in 1885 is now our Pitman United Methodist Church.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Far more important than our history is that we are rooted in the Gospel of Jesus Christ.\u00a0 We have a Creator who made all of us and loves all of us.\u00a0 And through Jesus, we have an opportunity to restore and grow in our relationship with God.\u00a0 Our God is eternal; the celebration of God&#8217;s love and grace which started in 1871 is the same love and grace that we celebrate today.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>The Pitman Grove Camp Meeting tradition continues this summer.\u00a0 For the 153rd year, the Bible will be preached in the center of our town, in what is known as the Pitman Grove.\u00a0 During the months of July and August, Christians of several denominations will gather in the Grove on Sunday evenings.\u00a0 Through Music and Word, we will celebrate our God and listen for what He wants to tell us in our lives today.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class='et-box et-bio'>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class='et-box-content'><h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Pitman Camp Meeting<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #993366;\">WHO<\/span><\/strong>:\u00a0 Anyone!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #993366;\">WHERE<\/span><\/strong>:\u00a0 Pitman Grove Auditorium (<a href=\"https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/?page_id=7668\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">click here for directions<\/a>)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #993366;\">WHEN<\/span><\/strong>:\u00a0 \u00a0On Sunday evenings, starting July 7<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #993366;\">TIME<\/span><\/strong>:\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 7:30 PM<\/span><\/p><\/div><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Schedule&#8230;<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>The Camp Meeting will be held on eight consecutive Sunday evenings during July and August.\u00a0 Each night features a host church with featured music and a sermon.\u00a0 Here&#8217;s the lineup (click on each drop down box to see the details):<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class='et-learn-more clearfix'>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class='heading-more'>July 7<span class='et_learnmore_arrow'><span><\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class='learn-more-content'><p>Host Church: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.glassboromethodist.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">First UMC, Glassboro<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Music:\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Glassboro Praise and Worship Team (&#8220;Magnify&#8221;)<\/p>\n<p>Speaker:\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Rev. Tim Conaway (Sr. Pastor, FUMC)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-33349\" src=\"https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/CampMtg23-08-13-Tim-Conaway-_IMG_4447-_400x300-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/CampMtg23-08-13-Tim-Conaway-_IMG_4447-_400x300-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/CampMtg23-08-13-Tim-Conaway-_IMG_4447-_400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div> <div class='et-learn-more clearfix'>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class='heading-more'>July 14<span class='et_learnmore_arrow'><span><\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class='learn-more-content'><p>Music:\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jimhughesministries.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rev. Jim Hughes<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Speaker:\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Rev. Jim Hughes (Drama and Music)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-19001 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/CampMtg18-Jim-Hughes-_IMG_0891-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/CampMtg18-Jim-Hughes-_IMG_0891-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/CampMtg18-Jim-Hughes-_IMG_0891.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div> <div class='et-learn-more clearfix'>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class='heading-more'>July 21<span class='et_learnmore_arrow'><span><\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class='learn-more-content'><p>Host Church:\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joycf.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Joy Community Fellowship<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Music:\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Joy Community Fellowship<\/p>\n<p>Speaker:\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Rev. Jeff Crispin, Seek Him Ministries<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-21957 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/CMP19-08-18-Jeff-Crispin-_IMG_2773-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/CMP19-08-18-Jeff-Crispin-_IMG_2773-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/CMP19-08-18-Jeff-Crispin-_IMG_2773.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div> <div class='et-learn-more clearfix'>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class='heading-more'>July 28<span class='et_learnmore_arrow'><span><\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class='learn-more-content'><p>Music:\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Favourites Hymn Sing<\/p>\n<p>Speaker:\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Rev. Dr. Bill Wilson Sr (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.historicstgeorges.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">St. Georges UMC, Philadelphia<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-30699 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/CampMtg22-07-10-_Bill-Wilson-_IMG_3726-_400x300-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/CampMtg22-07-10-_Bill-Wilson-_IMG_3726-_400x300-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/CampMtg22-07-10-_Bill-Wilson-_IMG_3726-_400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div> <div class='et-learn-more clearfix'>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class='heading-more'>August 4<span class='et_learnmore_arrow'><span><\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class='learn-more-content'><p>Music &amp; Message:\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 John Keith Davis, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pantinghart.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Panting Hart Music<\/a>\u00a0 (Gospel Folk Music)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-21787 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/CMP19-7-28-John-Keith-Davis-_IMG_2601-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/CMP19-7-28-John-Keith-Davis-_IMG_2601-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/CMP19-7-28-John-Keith-Davis-_IMG_2601.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div> <div class='et-learn-more clearfix'>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class='heading-more'>August 11<span class='et_learnmore_arrow'><span><\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class='learn-more-content'><p>Host Church:\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.richwoodchurch.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Richwood United Methodist Church<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Music:\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Richwood Praise &amp; Worship, &#8220;Sanctified&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Speaker:\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Rev. Dr. Steve Herman (Sr. Pastor, Richwood UMC)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-18348 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Steve-Herman-_IMG_0798-400x300-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Steve-Herman-_IMG_0798-400x300-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Steve-Herman-_IMG_0798-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div> <div class='et-learn-more clearfix'>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class='heading-more'>August 18<span class='et_learnmore_arrow'><span><\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class='learn-more-content'><p>Host Church: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pitmanumc.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pitman United Methodist Church<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Music:\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Pitman UMC Praise &amp; Worship<\/p>\n<p>Speaker:\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Rev. Mike Chapman (Sr. Pastor, PUMC)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-33346\" src=\"https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/PastorMike-_GNJAC24-_IMG_1491-_400x300-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/PastorMike-_GNJAC24-_IMG_1491-_400x300-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/PastorMike-_GNJAC24-_IMG_1491-_400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div> <div class='et-learn-more clearfix'>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class='heading-more'>August 25<span class='et_learnmore_arrow'><span><\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class='learn-more-content'><p>Host Church: <a href=\"https:\/\/pitmannaz.churchtrac.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pitman Church of the Nazarene<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Music:\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Pitman Church of the Nazarene<\/p>\n<p>Speaker:\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/pitmannaz.churchtrac.com\/card\/23\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rev. Shane Ross\u00a0<\/a> (Lead Pastor, Pitman Church of the Nazarene)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-33347\" src=\"https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/ShaneRoss-Men24-_IMG_4663-_400x300-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/ShaneRoss-Men24-_IMG_4663-_400x300-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/ShaneRoss-Men24-_IMG_4663-_400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 50%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-33343 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-medium'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Grove-Auditorium-Right-Side-_-IMG_0677-300x225.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Grove-Auditorium-Right-Side-_-IMG_0677-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Grove-Auditorium-Right-Side-_-IMG_0677.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/CampMtg18-Grove-Auditorium-_sr-IMG_2692-300x225.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/CampMtg18-Grove-Auditorium-_sr-IMG_2692-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/CampMtg18-Grove-Auditorium-_sr-IMG_2692.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt; color: #008000;\">+\u00a0 \u00a0+\u00a0 \u00a0+\u00a0 \u00a0+\u00a0 \u00a0+\u00a0 \u00a0+\u00a0 \u00a0+\u00a0 \u00a0+<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>To learn more about the Pitman Camp Meeting (and for directions to the Pitman Grove Auditorium), click this button:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href='https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/?page_id=7668' class='small-button smallblue'><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Pitman Camp Meeting<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Pitman Camp Meeting will hold services in the Pitman Grove Auditorium every Sunday evening during the months of July and August.  These informal services are a summer tradition, but more importantly, they&#8217;re a chance to grow closer to our loving Creator-God.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":15384,"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":[9,113,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-33343","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-evann","category-pitman-camp-meeting","category-worship"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33343","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=33343"}],"version-history":[{"count":20,"href":"https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33343\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33657,"href":"https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33343\/revisions\/33657"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/15384"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=33343"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=33343"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=33343"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}