{"id":10136,"date":"2015-04-09T00:29:05","date_gmt":"2015-04-09T07:29:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pnwumc.org\/news\/?p=10136"},"modified":"2015-04-09T00:29:19","modified_gmt":"2015-04-09T07:29:19","slug":"musical-offerings-at-church-for-all-people","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pnwumc.org\/news\/musical-offerings-at-church-for-all-people\/","title":{"rendered":"Musical Offerings at Church for All People"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>By Kristina Gonzalez |\u00a0Director of Leadership Development for an Inclusive Church<\/h4>\n<p>I am very\u00a0excited for\u00a0the event, <strong>Church for All People: Engaging the Mission Field,<\/strong>\u00a0which will take place\u00a0April 24 and 25 at Seattle <a href=\"http:\/\/firstchurchseattle.org\" target=\"_blank\">First United Methodist Church<\/a> in the heart of Seattle, Washington. I hope you are considering this event for a team from your church.<\/p>\n<p>Whether your congregation is large or small, urban, suburban or rural, the learning from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.4allpeople.org\" target=\"_blank\">Church for All People<\/a>\u00a0will help you to think differently about engaging the community around the church.<\/p>\n<p>Our goal with this event is to engage you team spiritually, intellectually, and emotionally. Together with a welcome from Bishop Grant Hagiya and many learning opportunities with leaders from the\u00a0Church for All People, we also have three forms of music to experience during the event:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Worship in the\u00a0Taize style will be offered on Friday evening by Robert Wright and Rev.\u00a0Katie Stickney. Together, they have lent their gifts to a monthly Taize\u00a0service at <a href=\"http:\/\/redmondchurch.org\" target=\"_blank\">Redmond United Methodist<\/a> for several years now.<\/li>\n<li>Saturday morning devotion with the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.marysplaceseattle.org\" target=\"_blank\">Mary&#8217;s Place<\/a> Choir. Mary&#8217;s Place is\u00a0a leading voice in Seattle for homeless women, children, and families in emergency situations.<\/li>\n<li class=\"\">Our closing music will be led by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.totalexperiencegospelchoir.org\/home.html\" target=\"_blank\">Pat Wright and the Total Experience\u00a0Gospel Choir<\/a>. The choir, bursting with love, joy and enthusiasm, is hailed as one of the Pacific Northwest&#8217;s finest soulful\u00a0ensembles. You will be inspired by the gift of their music.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>All this will take place at\u00a0Seattle First United Methodist Church\u00a0which\u00a0is\u00a0opening its doors to us for this event. We\u00a0look forward to experiencing hospitality and learning in this setting.<\/p>\n<p>If you have already registered for this event &#8211; thank you. If you haven&#8217;t already done so, I hope you will consider registering and bringing a team of persons for whom engaging ministry locally is a passion. Scholarships for teams are available, but applications for financial assistance need to be received\u00a0no later than April 10.<\/p>\n<h5><a href=\"http:\/\/goo.gl\/dnhXkn\" target=\"_blank\">Click here for information and to register online.<\/a><\/h5>\n<p>Please don&#8217;t hesitate to contact me with questions at <a href=\"mailto:kgonzalez@pnwumc.org\">kgonzalez@pnwumc.org.<\/a>\u00a0I look forward to seeing you at this important event!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Kristina Gonzalez |\u00a0Director of Leadership Development for an Inclusive Church I am very\u00a0excited for\u00a0the event, Church for All People: Engaging the Mission Field,\u00a0which will take place\u00a0April 24 and 25 at Seattle First United Methodist Church in the heart of Seattle, Washington. I hope you are considering this event for a team from your church. 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