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Sing ‘N Celebrate, January 6, 2013

We will begin our 17^th year of Sing ‘N Celebrate with an opportunity to look back, as Christians, at our personal relationships with our Lord in 2012 – hoping that a fresh focus on strengthening these relationships will be realized and maintained during the New Year.

Even if we feel determined to keep our relationships with the Lord fresh and thriving, ALL Christians can fall short of where we expected to be in our spiritual walks. Andy Murphy will return to our Pender Stage as he portrays this circumstance which can enter our lives. But at any given time, we can start afresh, empowered by grace to return to an even deeper, more memorable, eternal life.

Join us as we come together with the full realization that Jesus couldn’t care more about our relationships with Him!!

Learn more about Sing ‘N Celebrate at http://www.penderumc.org//pages/page.asp?page_id=72469

Christmas Music, Part 24 – O Holy Night

24 Dec

“O Holy Night” (“Cantique de Noël”) is a well-known Christmas carol composed by Adolphe Adam in 1847 to the French poem “Minuit, chrétiens” (Midnight, Christians) by Placide Cappeau (1808–1877).

Cappeau, a wine merchant and poet, had been asked by a parish priest to write a Christmas poem. Unitarian minister John Sullivan Dwight, editor of Dwight’s Journal of Music, created a singing edition based on Cappeau’s French text in 1855.

In both the French original and in the two familiar English versions of the carol, the text reflects on the birth of Jesus and of mankind’s redemption.

O Holy Night sung by the Mormon Tabernacle Choir

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Posted by MaryO on December 24, 2012 in Christmas Music, Posts of Interest, Videos

Tags: Adolphe Adam, Cantique de Noël, carol, Christmas, Jesus, Mormon Tabernacle Choir, O Holy Night, Placide Cappeau

Christmas Music, Part 23 – The Birthday of a King

23 Dec

Words and music by William Harold Neidlinger (1863-1924), circa 1890. Neidlinger was a composer, conductor, organist at St. Michael’s Church, New York City, and voice teacher, but his main interest was working with retarded children, and he founded a school for this purpose in East Orange, N.J. Originally published in 1912 in Neidlinger’s native Brooklyn, the song has been popular ever since, particularly as a baritone solo, since it shows off the voice quite well and is not difficult to sing.

1. In the little village of Bethlehem,
There lay a Child one day;
And the sky was bright with a holy light
Over the place where Jesus lay.

Refrain
Alleluia! O how the angels sang.
Alleluia! How it rang!
And the sky was bright with a holy light
‘Twas the birthday of a King.

2. ‘Twas a humble birthplace,
But O how much God gave to us that day,
From the manger bed what a path has led,
What a perfect, holy way. Refrain

Beautiful song of God’s love for His creation.
Done beautifully by The Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir.

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Posted by MaryO on December 23, 2012 in Christmas Music, Posts of Interest

Tags: Bethlehem, Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir, Jesus, The Birthday of a King, William Harold Neidlinger

Journey to Bethlehem

22 Dec

Advent Sermon Series ~ Journey to Bethlehem

Each Christmas is a journey! We make it from wherever we are to the manger. Mary and Joseph journeyed from Nazareth to Bethlehem on the First Christmas. What will our journey be like? Are there helps along the way? How do we really prepare to receive the King? Let’s see how we might journey together so that this Christmas we find the true meaning of Christmas – the Christ child.

Dec. 23 – From Nazareth to Bethlehem – Journey to a Manger – Luke 2:1-7

You can’t have Christmas without Bethlehem’s manger. For in it we find the reason for the season-the Christ child! As you have moved from store to store, house to house, party to party have you come to a manger yet? It took Mary and Joseph a long time to make that 90 mile trek, how long will it take us? Let’s talk about where to find Jesus this Christmas. Without him we have nothing but X-mas!

Read the Christmas Story… with Everyone in the World

12 Dec

The story of our Savior’s birth has been told and retold for thousands of years, but this year, for the first time, you’ll be able to see how many people are actually reading it.

The Christmas Story Tracker is a fun live map we created to watch the world read about the birth of Jesus. When someone uses the Bible App to read a verse about the Christmas story, the map lights a star on their country. A counter at the top right shows the total number of readings from the YouVersion community since December 1.

Whether you’re reading a Christmas Bible Plan or just a verse about Jesus’ birth, you’ll light up a star on the map and add to the running tally. And it’s easy to get your friends in on the fun: look for the Facebook and Twitter icons.

Go check out christmas.youversion.com!