{"id":1314,"date":"2011-12-11T21:43:45","date_gmt":"2011-12-12T05:43:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.peacelutheranseattle.org\/?p=1314"},"modified":"2013-12-26T11:44:29","modified_gmt":"2013-12-26T19:44:29","slug":"christmas-season-worship-opportunities-at-peace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.peacelutheranseattle.org\/?p=1314","title":{"rendered":"Advent &#038; Christmas Season Worship at Peace"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>10:30 am FOURTH SUNDAY OF ADVENT, DECEMBER 22.<\/strong>\u00a0 On this final Sunday of Advent, Isaiah speaks of a pregnant young woman who is a sign that God is afoot in the world in a marvelous new way.\u00a0 Matthew&#8217;s gospel then takes us behind the scenes to Joseph&#8217;s struggle and, finally, his decision to stand by Mary, his betrothed.\u00a0 The angel&#8217;s message to him, DO NOT FEAR, shapes our understanding of what Emmanuel&#8217;s birth\u00a0will mean for all the vulnerable least ones of the world.<\/p>\n<p><strong>5:00 pm CHRISTMAS EVE FAMILY SERVICE. <\/strong><strong>This service, geared particularly for families with children, is less than an hour in length and leaves plenty of time for families to return home to special dinners and family traditions.\u00a0<\/strong>It\u00a0includes the singing of carols and a telling of the Christmas story with the participation of the children who are present.\u00a0 Costumes are provided, and all who wish to have a role in the drama are welcome to participate! Please come early so your child can be fitted for a costume.\u00a0\u00a0We end with candles, singing <em>Silent Night<\/em>.\u00a0\u00a0Bring your neighbor and visiting guests along for a memorable and\u00a0joy-filled experience.<\/p>\n<p><strong>10:00pm\u00a0\u00a0CHRISTMAS EVE\u00a0CANDLELIGHT SERVICE. <\/strong>Our Candlelight Service with Holy Communion is a traditional service, full of singing and special music by both choir and soloists.\u00a0 This year we&#8217;re joined by harpist Susan McLain.\u00a0\u00a0Join us as we light candles against the darkness, rekindle hope and faith in Emmanuel&#8211;God with us&#8211;and proclaim the birth of the Christ Child\u2014whose light no darkness can overcome.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>10:30 am FOURTH SUNDAY OF ADVENT, DECEMBER 22.\u00a0 On this final Sunday of Advent, Isaiah speaks of a pregnant young woman who is a sign that God is afoot in the world in a marvelous new way.\u00a0 Matthew&#8217;s gospel then takes us behind the scenes to Joseph&#8217;s struggle and, finally, his decision to stand by [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1314","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-archive","category-newsletter"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.peacelutheranseattle.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1314","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.peacelutheranseattle.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.peacelutheranseattle.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peacelutheranseattle.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peacelutheranseattle.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1314"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.peacelutheranseattle.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1314\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1598,"href":"https:\/\/www.peacelutheranseattle.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1314\/revisions\/1598"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.peacelutheranseattle.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1314"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peacelutheranseattle.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1314"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peacelutheranseattle.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1314"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}