Easter
Eastertide is a fifty day celebration between Resurrection Sunday and Pentecost. During this season, the altar is dressed in white to symbolize Christ’s triumph over darkness, sorrow, sin, and death. Golden communion vessels represent our joy as we celebrate, in the mystery of Jesus’ resurrection, the victory of life over death. The vibrant colors of the flowers remind us that the power that raised Christ from the dead is still at work redeeming and renewing this world and each of our lives.
Current series
Practicing Resurrection
At the center of the sacred story we tell, week in and week out, is the mystery of Resurrection: life from death, light from darkness, creation from chaos. This story has occupied a central place in the Christian imagination because it points to a new way to live. In this series, we are exploring the way of life Jesus sets forth in his Sermon on the Mount. Resurrection speaks over every life, “You, whoever you are, whatever your circumstances, you are blessed because Divine Love is with you.” This vision of the resurrection life opens up new ways of being such as belonging, love and trust in community, and non-anxious relationship with one another and with the Divine. This series will suggest practices for living Christ’s wisdom within the texture of our ordinary lives.
Series outline
April 5th, Easter Sunday
Flowering Crosses
April 12th, Second Sunday of Easter
Matthew 5:1-20, The Beatitudes
April 19th, Third Sunday of Easter
Matthew 5:21-48, Agape Vision
April 26th, Fourth Sunday of Easter
Matthew 6:1-8, 16-24, Practicing Belonging
May 3rd, Fifth Sunday of Easter
Matthew 6:9-15, 25-34, Prayer & Presence
May 10th, Sixth Sunday of Easter
Matthew 7:1-12, Non-Anxious Relationship
May 17th, Feast of the Ascension
Matthew 7:12-29, Words with Authority
