{"id":4893,"date":"2016-12-22T15:42:41","date_gmt":"2016-12-22T19:42:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/?p=4893"},"modified":"2016-12-23T10:21:33","modified_gmt":"2016-12-23T14:21:33","slug":"new-years-eve-silent-communion-123114","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/?p=4893","title":{"rendered":"New Years Eve Silent Communion (12\/31\/16)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Milestones such as New Year&#8217;s Eve can be helpful reminders of re-assessing your relationship with God.\u00a0 How have you grown?\u00a0 How has your faith been tested?\u00a0 When did you fail to heed God&#8217;s call to discipleship?\u00a0 How can you be a better disciple in the future?<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-8328\" src=\"https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/road-251987__180.jpg\" alt=\"road-251987__180\" width=\"270\" height=\"180\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/road-251987__180.jpg 270w, https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/road-251987__180-140x94.jpg 140w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 270px) 100vw, 270px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Not only do we need to hold each other accountable, but we also need to hold ourselves accountable. Small groups and &#8220;Emmaus Reunion Groups&#8221; are important accountability tools.\u00a0 But, we still need to come to the Father on our own and spend some time for personal reflection and prayer.<\/p>\n<p>On the evening of December 31, before joining with friends to celebrate the holiday, consider spending a few moments celebrating and evaluating your relationship with God.<\/p>\n<p>On December 31, between 6:00 and 8:00PM our sanctuary will be open for silent reflection, and communion will be offered.<\/p>\n<p>Stay as long as you need; take part in the sacrament of holy communion if you want.\u00a0 But take advantage of the milestone of New Year&#8217;s to grow closer to God.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Milestones such as New Year&#8217;s Eve can be helpful reminders of re-assessing your relationship with God.\u00a0 How have you grown?\u00a0 How has your faith been tested?\u00a0 When did you fail to heed God&#8217;s call to discipleship?\u00a0 How can you be a better disciple in the future? Not only do we need to hold each other [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":936,"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":[9,14],"tags":[138,107],"class_list":["post-4893","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-evann","category-worship","tag-communion","tag-prayer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4893","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=4893"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4893\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13433,"href":"https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4893\/revisions\/13433"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/936"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4893"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4893"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4893"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}