{"id":61118,"date":"2015-04-01T08:00:02","date_gmt":"2015-04-01T12:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=61118"},"modified":"2015-03-31T19:23:50","modified_gmt":"2015-03-31T23:23:50","slug":"first-presbyterian-church-host-special-holy-week-services","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=61118","title":{"rendered":"First Presbyterian Church Host Special Holy Week Services"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/031.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-61119\" src=\"http:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/031.jpg\" alt=\"031\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/031.jpg 400w, https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/031-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/031-150x113.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a>(Oneida, NY &#8211; April 2015) \u00a0Some of Christianity&#8217;s most significant events\u00a0 will be brought to life as the First Presbyterian Church of Oneida presents an interactive Holy Thursday worship service on Thursday, April 2\u00a0at 7 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>The service will begin with the celebration of the Lord\u2019 s Supper followed by a reenactment of the events that preceded Christ\u2019s crucifixion on Good Friday.<\/p>\n<p>The music, worship, poignant monologues, and historical recreations will help enlighten your soul and prepare you for the celebration of Easter \u2013 Christianity\u2019s most significant day.<\/p>\n<p>According to Virginia Drake, who has choreographed this reenactment for this special service, this format for the Holy Service remembrance began about four years ago.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe started using actors as pantomimes to help tell the story of the events of Holy Thursday,\u201d Drake said. \u00a0&#8220;Over the past few years the service has expanded to include vocal dramatizations.\u00a0 The number of people who attend this service has also more than doubled during this time.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>At 10 a.m. a Special Easter Service will be delivered by Pastor Stuart Wattles.<\/p>\n<p>Three trumpet players will accompany the service music providing the bright brass sound that so compliments the Spirit of Easter.<\/p>\n<p>The entire community is cordially invited to both of these services.<\/p>\n<p>The First Presbyterian Church of Oneida is located on the corner of Broad and Stone Streets in Oneida.<\/p>\n<p>The Church is accessible to those with physical limitations.\u00a0 For additional information, individuals can\u00a0 contact the church offices at 363-7590.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Oneida, NY &#8211; April 2015) \u00a0Some of Christianity&#8217;s most significant events\u00a0 will be brought to life as the First Presbyterian Church of Oneida presents an interactive Holy Thursday worship service on Thursday, April 2\u00a0at 7 p.m. The service will begin with the celebration of the Lord\u2019 s Supper followed by a reenactment of the events [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":61119,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-61118","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61118","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=61118"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61118\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/61119"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=61118"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=61118"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=61118"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}