{"id":1485,"date":"2013-10-12T13:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-10-12T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.glenshawchurch.org\/wp\/?p=1485"},"modified":"2026-11-03T15:07:37","modified_gmt":"2026-11-03T20:07:37","slug":"hanging-of-the-greens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.glenshawchurch.org\/?p=1485","title":{"rendered":"Hanging of the Greens"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"display: inline-block;\">\n<p>It is time to decorate our church for the Season of Advent.\u00a0 We will meet on Saturday, November 28 at 9:30 AM in the narthex. After enjoying some coffee, tea, and muffins, we will break up into small groups and decorate various areas of the church with trees, garlands, wreaths and candles.\u00a0 With enough helping hands, we should be done in an hour or so.<\/p>\n<p>Please RSVP to Diana Long at 412-486-1789 if you are willing and able to volunteer for this event.\u00a0 Thanks for your help!<!--\nHere's the schedule:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>4:45 PM<\/strong>\nMeet in the sanctuary for welcome and instructions<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>4:55 PM<\/strong>\nBreak into groups for decorating the church\nChildren will go to the church library to decorate cards for homebound members<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>5:30 PM<\/strong>\nGather in the parlor for a light supper<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<strong>6:10 PM<\/strong>\nOrgan prelude to Evensong begins\n\n<strong>6:30 PM<\/strong>\nEvensong\n\nEvensong, otherwise known as Evening Prayer, is a worship service that was developed from the Daily Office (canonical hours). The Canonical Hours mark the hours of the day with special prayer services, a tradition going back to the early monastic orders of the Roman church and is still practiced to this day. The Daily Office is specific to the Anglican church, which includes Morning prayer (Matins) and Evening Prayer (Evensong). Both the Roman Catholic and Lutheran churches celebrate similar Evening Prayer services, known as Vespers. Many other reformed churches (including the Presbyterian Church) have adopted their own versions of this worship service.\n\nWhether called Evening Prayer, Vespers, or Evensong, this liturgy is one of hymns, prayers, and scripture. There is no sermon offered, but rather the focus of the worship is on personal prayer to God. During this service we will experience the transition from day into evening, and prayer for protection as we enter into darkness, reminded that Jesus Christ is our everlasting light.\n\nOur Evensong will be led by a women\u2019s ensemble, singing anthems as part of the liturgy. This specific practice comes from the Anglican church, which uses choral singing as a foundational part of its liturgical practice. This Evensong will be our first worship service in our newly decorated church. We will gather together to prepare our worship space for Christmas, and subsequently celebrate our first worship in the space that same day. We will welcome all to this special service to prayer and worship with us as we enter into the Advent season.\n--><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We will decorate our church for the Season of Advent on Saturday, November 28 at 9:30 AM.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2003,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1485","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.glenshawchurch.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1485","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.glenshawchurch.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.glenshawchurch.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.glenshawchurch.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.glenshawchurch.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1485"}],"version-history":[{"count":24,"href":"https:\/\/www.glenshawchurch.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1485\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6703,"href":"https:\/\/www.glenshawchurch.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1485\/revisions\/6703"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.glenshawchurch.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2003"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.glenshawchurch.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1485"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.glenshawchurch.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1485"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.glenshawchurch.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1485"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}