{"id":13824,"date":"2023-12-04T14:39:30","date_gmt":"2023-12-04T14:39:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cmm.org.uk\/?p=13824"},"modified":"2024-06-03T09:05:46","modified_gmt":"2024-06-03T08:05:46","slug":"yuletide-felicitations-from-cmm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cmm.org.uk\/index.php\/2023\/12\/04\/yuletide-felicitations-from-cmm\/","title":{"rendered":"Yuletide Felicitations from CMM"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Dear Friends<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We are now in Advent, one of my favourite seasons of the year, when we prepare to celebrate the coming of Jesus, the \u201cword made flesh\u201d. I love the excitement, the expectancy, not to forget the lights, the decorations and the wonderful Carols. Don\u2019t forget CMM has a huge catalogue of Advent, Christmas and Epiphany material. Just look at our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cmm.org.uk\/shop\/index.php?catid=1\" title=\"\">online shop.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But we also think at this time of the Second Coming of Jesus, when all will be put to right, and every eye will see him. How about using \u201cComing with the Clouds\u201d? \u00a0It reminds us to re-align our priorities, to always be prepared for him and open to his presence. I recommend reading Mark 13 (the whole chapter!) and especially vs 26-27\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>At that time people will see the Son of Man coming in clouds with great power and glory. 27 And he will send his angels and gather his elect from the four winds, from the ends of the earth to the ends of the heavens.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>CMM at CRE 2023<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>CMM at CRE 2023 (Christian Resources Exhibition) \u2013 we led two seminars and a performance of SAINTS ALIVE!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"CMM at the Christian Resources Exhibition 2023\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JUJTJsnOGCM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>SingalongaSheep<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sheep! \u2013 My fairly light-hearted song from \u201dWhile Shepherds Watched\u201d, but with an important question: \u201cIs there anything more than \u2026 ?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Sheep!  A singalong video.\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GNAfb_mjzME?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Please have a look and subscribe to our YouTube Channel. By doing so there\u2019s no cost or commitment but will help towards reaching our target of 1000 subscribers!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Do keep looking at our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cmm.org.uk\/downloads\/events\/cmmdiary.pdf\" title=\"\">Online Diary.<\/a>  You\u2019ll see there are many exciting things coming up in 2024, including Music Weeks, the Appledore Christian Music Festival, and much more. (NB. Still some more CMM choir performances of THE INN CROWD. Have you let us know about your productions of CMM musicals and materials? We\u2019d love to publicise them.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Maranatha<\/em> \u2013 Amen! Come, Lord Jesus!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dear Friends We are now in Advent, one of my favourite seasons of the year, when we prepare to celebrate the coming of Jesus, the \u201cword made flesh\u201d. I love the excitement, the expectancy, not to forget the lights, the decorations and the wonderful Carols. Don\u2019t forget CMM has a huge catalogue of Advent, Christmas [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":11372,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13824","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cmm-blog"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cmm.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13824","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cmm.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cmm.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cmm.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cmm.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13824"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cmm.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13824\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cmm.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11372"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cmm.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13824"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cmm.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13824"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cmm.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13824"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}