{"id":60058,"date":"2023-11-17T14:32:18","date_gmt":"2023-11-17T19:32:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.easternmennonite.org\/?p=60058"},"modified":"2023-11-17T14:37:20","modified_gmt":"2023-11-17T19:37:20","slug":"2023-christmas-concerts-at-ems","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.easternmennonite.org\/es\/2023\/11\/2023-christmas-concerts-at-ems\/","title":{"rendered":"2023 Christmas concerts at EMS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Every Christmas, our learning community comes together to sing and make melody with our hearts. We speak to one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs \u2013 loosely paraphrased from Ephesians 5:19 NASB. Join us! All programs will take place in the auditorium behind the upper building at 801 Parkwood Drive, Harrisonburg.<\/p>\n<h3>Christmas programs<\/h3>\n<p>Thursday. Nov. 30, 7 p.m. \u2014 G.F. Handel\u2019s Messiah, a Christmas worship service featuring singers from EMS Touring Choir, Concert Choir, and Middle School Chorale.\u00a0 <em>donations are welcome and benefit touring choir summer \u201924 trip to Europe.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Tuesday, Dec. 5, 7 p.m. \u2014 Middle school instrumental Christmas concert<\/p>\n<p>Thursday. Dec. 7, 6:30 p.m. \u2014 Elementary Christmas program featuring songs with dance and musical instruments of the season<\/p>\n<p>Sunday, Dec. 10, 7 p.m. \u2014 The Walking Roots Band, in partnership with the VA Mennonite Relief Sale, presents Singing Light,\u00a0 a Christmas music benefit concert to support MCC\u2019s relief and development efforts around the world.\u00a0 Admission is free.<\/p>\n<p>Tuesday, Dec. 12,\u00a0 7 p.m. \u2014 Instrumental Christmas Concert featuring the EMHS Symphonic Band, String Orchestra, Symphonic Orchestra, and Jazz Band performing music of the season.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Christmas Fund Drive\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>The 2023 Christmas Fund Drive launches Nov. 20 as we celebrate 75 years of generous giving.\u00a0Since 1948 students have led the drive. Funds raised during this drive support our\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.easternmennonite.org\/es\/support\/2nd-century-fund\/\">Fondo del siglo II<\/a>, making up the difference between tuition investments and the actual cost of an EMS education. The fund also supports financial aid for many students, making the EMS experience possible for more families.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.easternmennonite.org\/es\/support\/christmas-fund-drive\/\">Read more<\/a> and consider supporting the drive!<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Every Christmas, our learning community comes together to sing and make melody with our hearts. We speak to one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs \u2013 loosely paraphrased from Ephesians 5:19 NASB. Join us! All programs will take place in the auditorium behind the upper building at 801 Parkwood Drive, Harrisonburg. Christmas programs\u2026<\/p>","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":60059,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-60058","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.easternmennonite.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60058","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.easternmennonite.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.easternmennonite.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.easternmennonite.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.easternmennonite.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=60058"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.easternmennonite.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60058\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.easternmennonite.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/60059"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.easternmennonite.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=60058"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.easternmennonite.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=60058"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.easternmennonite.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=60058"}],"curies":[{"name":"gracias","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}