EPISODE · Dec 5, 2023 · 49 MIN
ADVENT PODCAST Ep. 2: MUSIC // What Makes Christmas, Christmas?
from The Oak Grove UMC Podcast
Episode 2 (Season 2) of The Oak Grove UMC Podcast 🎙️✨ : "What Makes Christmas, Christmas?" with guests Atticus Hicks (Director of Modern Worship) and John Cowden (Director of Traditional Music) along with host Rev. Dr. Joseph McBrayer (Pastor for Connection and Digital Ministry) In this episode, John and Atticus talk through how music makes the Christmas season for them and so many of us. We'll talk through some of the Advent and Christmas music here at Oak Grove and about how music and memory coincide to help us feel more connected and loved at Christmas. Contacts: John Cowden: [email protected] Atticus Hicks: [email protected] In Season 2 of the Oak Grove UMC Podcast we are exploring "What Makes Christmas, Christmas?" looking at the themes of Advent and Christmas: anticipating the incarnation of God – God being born in human form in Jesus. We have a great lineup of guests for this season and we’ll be looking at themes of generosity, mutuality in mission and service, and how music, and family make Christmas, Christmas. As usual, episodes will release on Tuesdays and we’re also going to be trying something new with what we’re calling “Digital Contemplative Practices” which come out on the Podcast feed every Thursday. These visual and audio meditations will invite you to take a few minutes, breathe, and enjoy a quiet, meditative practice with supporting visuals from around our neighborhoods – some weeks it might be walking along a wooded stream with Nature Sounds and other weeks it might be a guided meditation on the theme of the week. Be sure to subscribe to the Oak Grove Podcast on + Spotify https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ogumc + Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-oak-grove-umc-podcast/id1695962000 + Video version on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@OGUMC/podcasts We’ll see you next Tuesday, December 12th on the 3nd Episode with Virginia Sowell (OGUMC Mobile Soup Kitchen) and Pastor Chad Hyatt (Mercy Community Church) in conversation about how mutual mission and service makes Christmas, Christmas! #ngumc #umc #advent #christmas #adventpodcast #churchpodcast
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Episode 2 (Season 2) of The Oak Grove UMC Podcast 🎙️✨ : "What Makes Christmas, Christmas?" with guests Atticus Hicks (Director of Modern Worship) and John Cowden (Director of Traditional Music) along with host Rev. Dr. Joseph McBrayer (Pastor for Connection and Digital Ministry) In this episode, John and Atticus talk through how music makes the Christmas season for them and so many of us. We'll talk through some of the Advent and Christmas music here at Oak Grove and about how music and memory coincide to help us feel more connected and loved at Christmas. Contacts: John Cowden: [email protected] Atticus Hicks: [email protected] In Season 2 of the Oak Grove UMC Podcast we are exploring "What Makes Christmas, Christmas?" looking at the themes of Advent and Christmas: anticipating the incarnation of God – God being born in human form in Jesus. We have a great lineup of guests for this season and we’ll be looking at themes of generosity, mutuality in mission and service, and how music, and family make Christmas, Christmas. As usual, episodes will release on Tuesdays and we’re also going to be trying something new with what we’re calling “Digital Contemplative Practices” which come out on the Podcast feed every Thursday. These visual and audio meditations will invite you to take a few minutes, breathe, and enjoy a quiet, meditative practice with supporting visuals from around our neighborhoods – some weeks it might be walking along a wooded stream with Nature Sounds and other weeks it might be a guided meditation on the theme of the week. Be sure to subscribe to the Oak Grove Podcast on + Spotify https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ogumc + Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-oak-grove-umc-podcast/id1695962000 + Video version on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@OGUMC/podcasts We’ll see you next Tuesday, December 12th on the 3nd Episode with Virginia Sowell (OGUMC Mobile Soup Kitchen) and Pastor Chad Hyatt (Mercy Community Church) in conversation about how mutual mission and service makes Christmas, Christmas! #ngumc #umc #advent #christmas #adventpodcast #churchpodcast
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