{"id":4844,"date":"2019-12-05T22:59:05","date_gmt":"2019-12-06T02:59:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/?p=4844"},"modified":"2019-12-11T10:36:35","modified_gmt":"2019-12-11T14:36:35","slug":"christmas-star-tree-to-brighten-the-day-for-local-kids-121414","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/?p=4844","title":{"rendered":"Christmas Star Tree to Brighten the Day for Local Kids (12\/21\/19)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">One of the long held Christmas traditions in our church is the Christmas Star Tree.\u00a0 A special Christmas tree is in our narthex.\u00a0 The tree is decorated with stars&#8230; lots of them.\u00a0 Each\u00a0\u00a0star on the Star Tree represents a child in need from our town, and gift suggestions for that child have been written on the star.\u00a0 Donors can remove a star with the child\u2019s name on it and purchase a gift for that child. Wrapped gifts will be brought into the church and placed under the Star Tree. <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-22725\" src=\"https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/StarTree19-_IMG_3741-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/StarTree19-_IMG_3741-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/StarTree19-_IMG_3741.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><br \/>\n<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p>More than just a Christmas decoration, the gifts under this tree will be\u00a0a miracle for some\u00a0local kids.\u00a0 Christmas is a miracle; God became a man and lived among us!\u00a0 That&#8217;s a major miracle!\u00a0 \u00a0For needy families going through a rough stretch, the provision of some Christmas gifts is a miracle of God&#8217;s love.<\/p>\n<p>To be part of this miracle, note the following dates and details:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">December 15<\/span><\/strong>:\u00a0 Deadline for submission of gifts.\u00a0 Wrap the gift and identify it by taping the star on the package.\u00a0 A second star is attached to each tree star.\u00a0 Use this to identify yourself so you can be reached if there&#8217;s a problem.\u00a0 Place this star in the basket under the tree.<\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">December 21<\/span><\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0 Families receive gifts.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class='et-box et-info'>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class='et-box-content'><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> If you find yourself in a position where you could use some help this year in bringing Christmas gifts to your child(-ren) this year, the Star Tree is there for you!\u00a0 PUMC would love to brighten your Christmas. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Contact the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/?page_id=619\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">church office<\/a><\/span>.<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #003300;\"><em><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Be part of a miracle this Christmas!\u00a0 God extends\u00a0His miracle of love both to\u00a0givers and receivers.<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A special Christmas tree is located in our Narthex.  Many Christmas Trees adorn our church this time of year, but this tree isn&#8217;t just there for decoration.  The Star Tree is there to provide some peace for families who can&#8217;t afford to give their children Christmas Gifts this year.  If you can help,or if you need help, find out more about our Star Tree.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":9598,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,55],"tags":[123,80],"class_list":["post-4844","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-evann","category-mission-aroundtowns","tag-christmas","tag-poor"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4844","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=4844"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4844\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22728,"href":"https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4844\/revisions\/22728"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/9598"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4844"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4844"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4844"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}