--- title: Welcome to the Prelude Music Planner Blog! | john the baptist description: john the baptist | Gain insightful tips, perspectives, and ideas in the Prelude Music Planner Blog, designed for practicing church musicians to energize their passion for music in worship. --- [![AF-prelude-logo](https://blog.preludemusicplanner.org/hs-fs/hubfs/Augsburg%20Fortress/AF_Prelude_Blog/AF-prelude-logo.png?width=181&height=52&name=AF-prelude-logo.png "AF-prelude-logo")](http://www.preludemusicplanner.org/) - [LEARN MORE](https://preludemusicplanner.org/) - [BLOG](https://blog.preludemusicplanner.org) - [SIGN IN](https://members.preludemusicplanner.org/) # [Prelude Music Blog](https://blog.preludemusicplanner.org) # Prelude Blog ## [A Summer Celebration with John the Baptist](https://blog.preludemusicplanner.org/a-summer-celebration-with-john-the-baptist) Posted on Jun 6, 2023 9:00:00 AM by [Omaldo Perez](https://blog.preludemusicplanner.org/author/omaldo-perez) in [Music Ministry](https://blog.preludemusicplanner.org/tag/music-ministry), in [Summer](https://blog.preludemusicplanner.org/tag/summer), in [john the baptist](https://blog.preludemusicplanner.org/tag/john-the-baptist) The commemoration of John the Baptist falls, as it has since the fourth century, six months before Christmas Eve, on June 24. The annual remembrance, three days after the summer solstice, is a calendrical reflection of the relationship between the last Old Testament prophet and the Messiah, the Long-Awaited One. 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