{"id":86346,"date":"2017-04-11T21:26:36","date_gmt":"2017-04-12T02:26:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=86346"},"modified":"2017-04-11T21:27:12","modified_gmt":"2017-04-12T02:27:12","slug":"happy-easter-from-the-niswonger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2017\/04\/11\/happy-easter-from-the-niswonger\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Happy Easter’ from the Niswonger"},"content":{"rendered":"

I recently heard a TV announcer proclaim that Holy Week and Easter are the most important holidays on the Christian calendar.\u00a0It seems of late that Easter does not get the same recognition I just stated.\u00a0I understand that Easter is not celebrated by all, but for America being predominantly a Christian nation, I believe it is still a very popular event on the calendar.<\/span><\/p>\n

As a child, I used to look forward to Easter because of the Easter basket I would receive filled with all kinds of sweet goodies.\u00a0Of course, we would all dress up and even occasionally get a new suit for Easter.\u00a0Back then, we used to think dressing up was important when going to God\u2019s house.\u00a0Some of us still feel that way.<\/span><\/p>\n

Remember all the fun songs we would sing about the Easter bunny; songs like \u201cThe Easter Parade,\u201d and \u201cHere Comes Peter Cottontail?\u201d\u00a0And then we would always color eggs and mark them up with crayons or whatever marker we could find.\u00a0Pickled eggs were and still are my favorite<\/span><\/p>\n

As one gets older, you realize the real celebration surrounding Easter and the meaning of Holy Week. Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, and Easter take on poignant and joyful meaning for those of us who are Christian.<\/span><\/p>\n

I was very honored and pleased when I received a phone call from an agent who said that David Phelps wanted to return to the Niswonger to do a special Good Friday concert.\u00a0We had just presented him for Christmas last year and the whole audience really enjoyed his wonderful voice.\u00a0It was not at all difficult to tell him yes, we would love to have him give a Good Friday concert.<\/span><\/p>\n

Well, that time is just about here.\u00a0This Friday is Good Friday and I can\u2019t imagine anyone I would rather hear sing about the Holy Week and Easter celebration.\u00a0David Phelps, or \u201cDP\u201d as my friend and David Phelps enthusiast, JoAnne Wolford, refers to him as, is one of the most gifted tenors in the world.\u00a0His power, control, and emotion he can put into a song are unmeasured.<\/span><\/p>\n

This Good Friday concert at our Niswonger Performing Arts Center, I believe, will have even more passion and emotion than any other concert on his current tour he entitles \u201cA Journey of Faith through Hymns.\u201d\u00a0Singing about Jesus and God, the Father on Good Friday will certainly stir the soul of audience members.\u00a0Add to the timeframe of this concert, the added fact that this phenomenal tenor loves to sing in the acoustic friendly Saltzgaber Music Hall and those in attendance will be in for a very special night.<\/span><\/p>\n

As I look now, there are 37 seats yet available.\u00a0Don\u2019t miss this one if possible.\u00a0You will find out that Easter is much better than \u201cThe Easter Parade,\u201d \u201cPeter Cottontail,\u201d peeps, chocolate bunnies, and yes, even better than pickled eggs!<\/span><\/p>\n

Happy Easter to all!\u00a0I look forward to sharing David Phelps concert with you this Friday night, and may you be blessed as you journey through this Holy Week and celebrate Easter in the church of your choice this Sunday.<\/span><\/p>\n

FIN\u00c9.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I recently heard a TV announcer proclaim that Holy Week and Easter are the most important holidays on the Christian calendar.\u00a0It seems of late that Easter does not get the same recognition I just stated.\u00a0I understand that Easter is not celebrated by all, but for America being predominantly a Christian nation, I believe it is […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-86346","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-04 09:03:13","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86346","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=86346"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86346\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=86346"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=86346"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=86346"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}