Easter was a special opportunity for our community because it’s the rare opportunity to BE TOGETHER. Because our church building is fairly small, we’re split up over three services. Clearly, it’s a good problem to have but a clear hurdle towards community. Easter is the one (of two) opportunities we rent a larger facility to worship together. Just seeing people together – for worship, communion and fellowship – was a source of great joy. Here are some poics from the Easter service. Much thanks to Vince of Accappella Photography for these wonderful photos.
We’ve seen a fairly noticeable reduction in our attendance this past year (I’ll share more later), but receiving feedback from visitors like the one below (from our Easter service) has given our staff great encouragement. The following resonates with us because it speaks to many aspects we’ve been praying and working towards:
…In the Blogging Basics class, I have my students read Eugene Cho’s post on why he blogs. This session in particular the students have been interested in his work so I decided to follow him on Twitter. His tweets about Jesus wanting to dine with us, piqued my interest. The Easter service was at a school to accomodate the crowd so I knew it would be accessible, so I decided to attend. I often feel isolated because walker + service dog = seating in the back, out of the way. But, here people escorted me thru a shortcut door, made sure that I was settled and retrieved a program for me. Although we had not met, Eugene made a point to greet me. During Communion, the sacraments were brought to me. I had several invitations to stay and enjoy the communal feast afterwards, even though I was too tired to stay. Now you might expect that in a church setting, but just because you expect something doesn’t mean you will get it.
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