{"id":218,"date":"2010-11-28T16:39:38","date_gmt":"2010-11-28T21:39:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/eastmaidenbaptist.org\/wordpress\/?p=218"},"modified":"2010-11-28T16:40:07","modified_gmt":"2010-11-28T21:40:07","slug":"advent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eastmaidenbaptist.org\/wordpress\/advent\/","title":{"rendered":"A new take on Advent&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/eastmaidenbaptist.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/Advent.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-207\" title=\"Advent\" src=\"http:\/\/eastmaidenbaptist.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/Advent-300x201.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"201\" \/><\/a>Advent is a time of anticipation. \u00a0We anticipate the coming of the Messiah into our world. \u00a0Advent is a time of preparation. \u00a0We prepare our hearts, our homes, and our world for the coming of the one who comes in the name of the Lord. \u00a0Advent is the season of expressed hope, of heavenly peace, of uncontainable joy, and everlasting love.<\/p>\n<p>East Maiden celebrates the season of Advent as a community of faith forever changed by the birth of the Holy One of Israel into this world. \u00a0Our youth ministry (Thru-the-Roof Students) will bring a new dimension to our Advent experience this year. \u00a0Click on the <a href=\"http:\/\/eastmaidenbaptist.org\/wordpress\/?page_id=206\">Advent tab<\/a> (at the top of the home page) to see comments from several of our students writing as various characters from the Advent narrative found in the Gospels of Matthew &amp; Luke. \u00a0You will hear, read, and experience Advent through the eyes, hearts, and faiths of Elizabeth, Mary, Zechariah, Joseph, and others who find themselves on the journey to the birth of Jesus. \u00a0On\u00a0your\u00a0journey to Bethlehem experience the fears, joys, anxieties, and peace of those who have been used by God to bring &#8220;peace on earth and goodwill toward men.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Advent is a time of anticipation. \u00a0We anticipate the coming of the Messiah into our world. \u00a0Advent is a time of preparation. \u00a0We prepare our hearts, our homes, and our world for the coming of the one who comes in the name of the Lord. \u00a0Advent is the season of expressed hope, of heavenly peace, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastmaidenbaptist.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/218"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastmaidenbaptist.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastmaidenbaptist.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastmaidenbaptist.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastmaidenbaptist.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=218"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/eastmaidenbaptist.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/218\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":222,"href":"https:\/\/eastmaidenbaptist.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/218\/revisions\/222"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastmaidenbaptist.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=218"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastmaidenbaptist.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=218"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastmaidenbaptist.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=218"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}