{"id":22474,"date":"2023-03-24T08:33:00","date_gmt":"2023-03-24T13:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.altonmo.com\/?p=22474&#038;preview=true&#038;preview_id=22474"},"modified":"2023-03-23T18:54:17","modified_gmt":"2023-03-23T23:54:17","slug":"easter-sunrise-service-happening-at-the-alton-freewill-baptist-church","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altonmo.com\/religion\/easter-sunrise-service-happening-at-the-alton-freewill-baptist-church-20230324","title":{"rendered":"Easter Sunrise Service Happening At The Alton Freewill Baptist Church"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Easter is coming right upon us. As we think about the sacrifice Jesus Christ made to take all of our sins so we could live in eternity with him, we often think about fellowshipping with other believers and celebrating Jesus. The Alton, Missouri, Freewill Baptist Church is hosting the Easter sunrise service on Sunday, April 9, 2023, at 6:30 am.<\/p>\n<h2>Singing<\/h2>\n<p>Before the morning sermon, Pastor Kelly Johnson of the Smyrna Free Will Baptist Church will have family-led singing.<\/p>\n<h2>Sermon<\/h2>\n<p>After Pastor Johnson leads the singing, Pastor Mark Coffey of the Alton United Methodist Church and St. Paul United Methodist Church in Thayer will give the sermon.<\/p>\n<h2>Afterward<\/h2>\n<p>After the sunrise service, there are usually refreshments available. Some years it&#8217;s just donuts, while other years, it&#8217;s a full breakfast with sausage, biscuits, eggs, gravy, and pancakes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2>Location and Time<\/h2>\n<p>As previously stated, the Easter sunrise service will be on April 9, 2023, at 6:30 am at the Alton Freewill Baptist Church.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Alton, Missouri, Freewill Baptist Church is hosting the Easter sunrise service on Sunday, April 9, 2023, at 6:30 am.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":10905,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[281],"tags":[243,229,230,250,220,201,264,205],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.altonmo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22474"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.altonmo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.altonmo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altonmo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altonmo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22474"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.altonmo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22474\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22479,"href":"https:\/\/www.altonmo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22474\/revisions\/22479"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altonmo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10905"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.altonmo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22474"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altonmo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22474"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altonmo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22474"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}