{"id":134,"date":"2020-12-22T20:33:43","date_gmt":"2020-12-22T20:33:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jesuspeoplechicago.org\/blog\/?p=134"},"modified":"2026-08-04T16:41:35","modified_gmt":"2026-08-04T16:41:35","slug":"music-to-celebrate-christmas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jesuspeoplechicago.org\/blog\/music-to-celebrate-christmas\/","title":{"rendered":"Music to Celebrate Christmas"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It&#8217;s Advent Season and our celebrations look a little different this year but we are finding new, online ways to honor the birth of Jesus. Several of our in-house musicians from Grrr Records, including Glenn Kaiser and members of The Crossing, have put together some music videos with their takes on Christmas songs old and new.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Glenn Kaiser - Joy to the World\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/cYufJqs4_RQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Be sure to head over to Youtube to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLT4DNQ1pfmkFc1lyeJcd1nN0W-vNckGrb\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">see all of the great Christmas videos<\/a> Grrr Records and their artists have made for 2020. We hope they will add joy to this time of anticipation as we continue to focus on the miracle of Jesus being born.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">No amount of chaos and darkness could stand against God&#8217;s plan of salvation back then, and we know that is still true now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Merry Christmas,<br>With Much Love,<br>-the Jesus People<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s Advent Season and our celebrations look a little different this year but we are finding new, online ways to honor the birth of Jesus. 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