{"id":226,"date":"2010-12-05T14:55:18","date_gmt":"2010-12-05T19:55:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/eastmaidenbaptist.org\/wordpress\/?p=226"},"modified":"2010-12-05T14:55:18","modified_gmt":"2010-12-05T19:55:18","slug":"a-christmas-service-of-remembrance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eastmaidenbaptist.org\/wordpress\/a-christmas-service-of-remembrance\/","title":{"rendered":"A Christmas Service of Remembrance&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/eastmaidenbaptist.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/a-bright-and-happy-christmas-angel.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-227\" title=\"a-bright-and-happy-christmas-angel\" src=\"http:\/\/eastmaidenbaptist.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/a-bright-and-happy-christmas-angel-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a>The Christmas season is one of hope, peace, joy, and love. \u00a0There are parties to attend and lights to see. \u00a0We put up decorations and buy gifts. \u00a0Yet, for all of us, this time of year recalls within us loved ones who no longer celebrate Christmas as we do. \u00a0We remember loved ones whose earthly presence is but a memory.<\/p>\n<p>As a time to give these memories their due place in our Christmas celebrations, East Maiden will host a Christmas Service of Remembrance on Sunday, December 12. \u00a0Worship will begin at 6:30 PM with singing &amp; the spoken word. \u00a0A Tree of Remembrance will be placed in the sanctuary and, during the service, you &amp; your family will be given the opportunity to remember your loved one(s) by hanging an ornament on the tree. \u00a0East Maiden will provide ornaments for those who wish to use them. \u00a0You may also use a personal ornament from your family&#8217;s collection if you wish.<\/p>\n<p>If you would like to remember your loved one(s) this Christmas through this service, please contact our church office by Wednesday, December 8.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Christmas season is one of hope, peace, joy, and love. \u00a0There are parties to attend and lights to see. \u00a0We put up decorations and buy gifts. \u00a0Yet, for all of us, this time of year recalls within us loved ones who no longer celebrate Christmas as we do. \u00a0We remember loved ones whose earthly [&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\/226"}],"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=226"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/eastmaidenbaptist.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/226\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":230,"href":"https:\/\/eastmaidenbaptist.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/226\/revisions\/230"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastmaidenbaptist.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=226"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastmaidenbaptist.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=226"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastmaidenbaptist.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=226"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}