{"id":19277,"date":"2021-04-05T19:18:15","date_gmt":"2021-04-05T19:18:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theoklahomaeagle.net\/?p=19277"},"modified":"2021-04-05T19:18:15","modified_gmt":"2021-04-05T19:18:15","slug":"three-north-tulsa-churches-celebrate-easter-sunday-together","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.willoughbyavenue.com\/eagle\/2021\/04\/05\/three-north-tulsa-churches-celebrate-easter-sunday-together\/","title":{"rendered":"Three North Tulsa Churches Celebrate Easter Sunday Together"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>www.kjrh.com<\/p>\n<div class=\"Page-body Longform ArticlePage-authorName\" data-bsp-plugin=\"Module8058\"><span class=\"accent\">By:<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kjrh.com\/jeanette-quezada\">Jeanette Quezada<\/a><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\nGreen County celebrated Easter Sunday in a big way this year.<br \/>\nThree North Tulsa churches, Metropolitan Baptist Church, Friendship Church, and New Jerusalem Baptist Church partnered up to host one big outdoor Easter Sunday service.<br \/>\nIn 2020 the majority of churches had to call off in-person Easter Sunday gatherings due to the pandemic. This year, however, Easter Sunday in Green Country looked much more hopeful.<br \/>\n\u201cWe\u2019re really excited that we are here after all of our planning,\u201d Jasmine Geiger with the New Jerusalem Baptist Church told 2 Works for You.<br \/>\nSunday morning Guthrie Green turned into a place of worship. Lawn chairs turned into pews and the stage into the altar. Three congregations gathered as one body to celebrate Easter Sunday.<br \/>\n\u201cMe and Jarrell thought it would be a great idea, if we could bring all of our churches, all of our contingencies together to uplift our community and to celebrate of course, Christ as our savior, resurrected from the dead,&#8221; Alex Geiger said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sal--wrapper\">\n<div id=\"MAD_INLINE\" class=\"sal--container size--300x250 sal--loaded\" data-google-query-id=\"CJX93Jff5-8CFdUSswAdNHYHCw\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/6088\/ssp.kjrh\/news\/local_news\/detail_2__container__\">For Metropolitan Baptist Church this was also their first in-person service in more than a year. The green space at Guthrie Green allowed the congregations to safely meet in person with enough room to socially distance.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8220;Just to see all of us being able to come together and worship on Easter Sunday has been a wonderful, it\u2019s going to be a wonderful experience,\u201d Samico Chilton with Metropolitan Baptist Church said.<br \/>\nAfter the pandemic tested the faith of many, they were ready to reunite in person.<br \/>\n\u201cIt has been a great experience to worship online, but it\u2019s just a different experience being able to do it in person,&#8221; Aleisha Webber said.<br \/>\n&#8220;Of course, we\u2019re celebrating Jesus Christ being alive, but we\u2019re also celebrating the fact that God has kept God\u2019s church alive,\u201d Alex Geiger said.<br \/>\nThe Metropolitan Baptist Church hopes to slowly re-open it&#8217;s doors for small in-person group worship later this spring.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>www.kjrh.com By: Jeanette Quezada &nbsp; Green County celebrated Easter Sunday in a big way this year. Three North Tulsa churches, Metropolitan Baptist Church, Friendship Church, and New Jerusalem Baptist Church partnered up to host one big outdoor Easter Sunday service. 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