{"id":466,"date":"2018-11-28T15:27:02","date_gmt":"2018-11-28T15:27:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.billcoenmusic.com\/?p=466"},"modified":"2018-11-28T15:27:02","modified_gmt":"2018-11-28T15:27:02","slug":"christmas-celebration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.billcoenmusic.com\/?p=466","title":{"rendered":"Christmas Celebration ?"},"content":{"rendered":"

For the first time in thirty-eight years, I have not written nor am I directing a\u00a0nearly two hour Christmas Celebration.\u00a0 Do I miss the work, the stress, the several hundred singers, instrumentalists, the actors, dancers, large media team,\u00a0the sets, the\u00a0crowds, the JOY?\u00a0 Well….yes, yes I do. HOWEVER, this year I have the opportunity lead a totally marvelous and gracious family of singers and instrumentalist, The Poplar Springs Choir<\/strong>, \u00a0as we lead a very powerful and beautiful celebration, THE MIRACLE OF CHRISTMAS<\/strong>, at Poplar Springs Baptist Church, Lavonia, Georgia.<\/span>\u00a0 The Sunday morning, December 9th<\/span>, “music and the Word” worship service will be led by Pastor Bruce McGee.\u00a0 We will sing the Gospel and Bruce will speak the Gospel. \"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

After well over fifty years of ministry,\u00a0 the “next” opportunity is always the best<\/em> and Poplar Springs is my next opportunity as I am honored to serve as interim\u00a0music man.\u00a0 \u00a0 These dear folks join the several thousands singers, keyboard players, horn-blowers, drum beaters, camera operators, sound engineers, etc. that have partnered with me over the years\u00a0in\u00a0 sharing\u00a0the Gospel story of the birth of Christ.<\/p>\n

Regardless of the size of the church or the choir, the central theme is the love a grace God has poured on us in the person of Jesus Christ.\u00a0 Believers are weary of this “new world” that is\u00a0working hard to skirt and\u00a0even apologize for \u00a0the fact that Christmas is a celebration of the birth of Christ.\u00a0 Of course, the world has always rejected God, but it seems with all the world wide multiple media outlets, including social media, everyone who rejects Christ are on full-press attack. \u00a0The saddest thing this that too many believers, in the name of love, don’t want to upset and have become\u00a0introvert Christians, fearful to be the witness Christ has called us to be.\u00a0 It is not my job to attempt to force Christ on anyone.\u00a0 I simply hate to see people miss out on the amazing grace found in Jesus Christ.<\/p>\n

Now I don’t believe any believer\u00a0should be obnoxious, rude, or in-your-face, \u00a0but it is time\u00a0for us to unapologetically declare our faith in the shed blood of Christ that pour out on all who trust Him His love, grace, forgiveness, abundant and eternal life.\u00a0 Christmastime is an easy time to invite believes and unbelievers alike to special Christmas Celebrations, concerts, worship service, Christmas Eve candlelight services, and even cantatas.<\/p>\n

If your church is presenting a special Christmas program, be there, invite, and even bring<\/em> family and friends.\u00a0 One single event like this can revolutionize your Christmas and when you look into the eyes of the Baby Jesus, you will see the Risen Savior.\u00a0\u00a0 \"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

If\u00a0 you don’t have a church home and are even close to Northeast Georgia, join us a Poplar Springs, Sunday morning, December 9, 11:00.\u00a0 The entire month of December is focused on the Miracle of Christmas as Pastor Bruce shares each Lord’s Day from God Word.<\/p>\n

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For the first time in thirty-eight years, I have not written nor am I directing a\u00a0nearly two hour Christmas Celebration.\u00a0 Do I miss the work, the stress, the several hundred singers, instrumentalists, the actors, dancers, large media team,\u00a0the sets, the\u00a0crowds, the JOY?\u00a0 Well….yes, yes I do. HOWEVER, this year I have the opportunity lead a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-466","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.billcoenmusic.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/466","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.billcoenmusic.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.billcoenmusic.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.billcoenmusic.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.billcoenmusic.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=466"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.billcoenmusic.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/466\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":469,"href":"https:\/\/www.billcoenmusic.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/466\/revisions\/469"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.billcoenmusic.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=466"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.billcoenmusic.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=466"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.billcoenmusic.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=466"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}