Holy Week of Choral Concerts

The Reeders United Methodist Church in Reeders, PA hosted The Pocono Mountain Community Chorus of Churches as they presented the first performance of their 33rd Annual Holy Week Concert Series on Sunday April 1st. A choir consisting of members of churches established in the Monroe County PA and surrounding areas (including New Jersey) joined together to honor a week in which many of those practicing the Christian religion consider to be of paramount importance to their faith. The Choir was led by Jack Hamblin and accompanied by Gary Raish on Organ and Piano along with Cellist Agnieszka Rybska. You’ll find more photographs taken during the concert in The Special Events 2012 Gallery at www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150780327730421.465788.636000420&type=3.

To many, this week contains events in which Joshua son of Joseph (aka Jesus The Messiah or Christ) partook of toward the end of his life c. 33 C. E. (Common Era). These include holidays known as Palm Sunday in which he reportedly rode upon a donkey into the city of Jerusalem located in the Roman province of  Judea, Maundy Thursday in which he held his final meal celebrating the Passover holiday with his disciples, Good Friday upon which he was executed by crucifixion for sedition, and Easter Sunday in which some claim he was reanimated (resurrected) after his death and resumed his role as a leader to his disciples until his “ascension into the Heavens” echoing that of an act performed by the Hebrew profit Elijah several centuries earlier.

The first performance of The Pocono Mountain Community Chorus of Churches’ 33rd Annual Holy Week Concert Series was held at The Reeders United Methodist Church in Reeders, PA on Sunday April 1st. Future concerts of the series will take place at The East Stroudsburg Presbyterian Church in East Stroudsburg, PA on Tuesday April 3rd and The Mt. Pocono United Methodist Church in Mt. Pocono, PA on Wednesday April 4th. The Chorus invites members of the community to lend their voices and participate in their annual concert series. To learn more about this year’s series, how to participarte in next year’s series, or The Pocono Mountain Community Chorus of Churches, Please Contact them at 570-839-9464 for more information.