{"id":35899,"date":"2019-12-17T07:56:58","date_gmt":"2019-12-17T13:56:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/?p=35899"},"modified":"2019-12-12T13:04:31","modified_gmt":"2019-12-12T19:04:31","slug":"a-trip-to-bethlehem-featured-at-minitonas-ladies-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/2019\/12\/17\/a-trip-to-bethlehem-featured-at-minitonas-ladies-program\/","title":{"rendered":"A Journey to Bethlehem at Minitonas Ladies Program"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/S0945411.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/S0945411-475x356.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"S0945411\" width=\"475\" height=\"356\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-35900\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/S0945411-475x356.jpg 475w, https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/S0945411-228x170.jpg 228w, https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/S0945411-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/S0945411.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 475px) 100vw, 475px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nSubmitted by: Minitonas Knox United Church <\/p>\n<p>The Minitonas Knox United Church presented their annual Ladies Christmas Program on December 2, 2019.  The program is held early in early December each year and, for many in the community, marks the start of the Christmas season.<\/p>\n<p>This year&#8217;s program told the Christmas story from the viewpoint of a letter written during a modern day journey to Bethlehem, filled with awe, wonder and bewilderment of experiencing, first hand, the birthplace of baby Jesus.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/S0645292.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/S0645292-475x267.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"S0645292\" width=\"475\" height=\"267\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-35901\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/S0645292-475x267.jpg 475w, https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/S0645292-228x128.jpg 228w, https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/S0645292-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/S0645292.jpg 1067w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 475px) 100vw, 475px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The journey included flashbacks to the stories of the innkeeper, shepherds and wismen, along with the singing of several Christmas carols.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/S0715308.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/S0715308-475x356.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"S0715308\" width=\"475\" height=\"356\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-35902\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/S0715308-475x356.jpg 475w, https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/S0715308-228x170.jpg 228w, https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/S0715308-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/S0715308.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 475px) 100vw, 475px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/S0835360.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/S0835360-475x267.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"S0835360\" width=\"475\" height=\"267\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-35903\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/S0835360-475x267.jpg 475w, https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/S0835360-228x128.jpg 228w, https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/S0835360-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/S0835360.jpg 1067w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 475px) 100vw, 475px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Following the service, all in attendance were welcomed downstairs for some refreshments and lively conversation.  <\/p>\n<p>Thank you to all who helped with the program and to all who attended.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Submitted by: Minitonas Knox United Church The Minitonas Knox United Church presented their annual Ladies Christmas Program on December 2, 2019. The program is held early in early December each year and, for many in the community, marks the start of the Christmas season. This year&#8217;s program told the Christmas story from the viewpoint of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[13,16],"class_list":["post-35899","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-local","tag-coverage","tag-life"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35899","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35899"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35899\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35899"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35899"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35899"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}