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Category: Holiday

Lenten Hymn and Devotion, Week 4

March 22, 2023
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Lenten Hymn and Devotion 4, Beneath the Cross of Jesus Brian Stevenson, Pender UMC Director of Music, presents a series of hymn-based devotions on Wednesdays during Lent. The Fourth is Beneath the Cross of Jesus 1. Beneath the cross of Jesus I fain would take my stand, the shadow of a mighty rock within a […]

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Was Bach on Facebook!?!

March 21, 2023
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He’s the master of harmony and counterpoint, he could effortlessly compose an amazing concerto or cantata, but what if Johann Sebastian Bach was on social media? To celebrate the 333rd anniversary of the great composer’s birth (it’s either today or March 31, depending on Old Style and New Style dates), we’ve imagined what his Facebook […]

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Happy Birthday, J. S. Bach!

March 21, 2023
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  1685 ~ Johann Sebastian Bach, German composer birthday (Old Style) Bach’s Toccata and Fugue in d minor was featured in the Walt Disney movie Fantasia and the new Fantasia 2000 Read quotes by and about Bach More information about Bach Grammy winner  

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Happy Spring!

March 20, 2023
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Happy Saint Patrick’s Day!

March 17, 2023
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  Every year on March 17, the Irish and the Irish-at-heart across the globe observe St. Patrick’s Day. What began as a religious feast day for the patron saint of Ireland has become an international festival celebrating Irish culture with parades, dancing, special foods and a whole lot of green.      

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Lenten Hymn and Devotion, Week 3

March 15, 2023
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Brian Stevenson, Pender UMC Director of Music, presents a series of hymn-based devotions at noon on Wednesdays during Lent. The Third is When I Survey the Wondrous Cross 1. When I survey the wondrous cross on which the Prince of Glory died; my richest gain I count but loss, and pour contempt on all my […]

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Beware! The Ides of March

March 15, 2023
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Everyone knows we’re supposed to beware the Ides of March and may even remember they’re from William Shakespeare’s “Julius Caesar,” but what exactly do they mean? The Ides of March marked the day the Julius Caesar was assassinated by members of the Roman Senate in 44 B.C.E. A soothsayer, or psychic, warned Caesar to beware […]

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Happy Pi Day!

March 14, 2023
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Pi Symphony: The Ruse Performance Movement I. Pi Symphony orchestral performance in Ruse, Bulgaria, Nov. 19th, 2010 The melodies and rhythms are based on the numbers of π (3.14159…etc), which describes the ratio of a circle’s circumference to its diameter. To read more about how this came to be written, see http://www.pisymphony.com/gpage.html There is also another work based […]

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Mary O’Day!

March 10, 2023
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Even though the day is really for Mario, I like to think of it as MaryO day.  Since I’m Scottish, how about MaryO’Day? So, I bring you the new holiday…

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Mario/MaryO Day

March 10, 2023
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  Even though the day is really for Mario, I like to think of it as MaryO day.  Since I’m Scottish, how about MaryO’Day?   So, I bring you the new holiday…  

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