We have entered the most holiest of weeks for Christians and will soon be enveloped in the Triduum – three days of prayer in preparation of the greatest feast of the church year.
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Posts Tagged ‘Holy Week’
The Triduum: Why these Three Days?
Posted by Sharon Pearson on April 4th, 2012
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Tags: children's ministry, Christian formation, Good Friday, Holy Week, Jesus, Maundy Thursday, meditation 
Comments OffThe Great Vigil of Easter
Posted by Sharon Pearson on April 2nd, 2012
Only the Eucharist itself is older than the liturgy of the Great Vigil. This service reenacts the passage from death into life.
|The Gospel According to John
Posted by Sharon Pearson on March 29th, 2012
John’s portrait of Jesus emphasizes the divinity of Jesus. Jesus has been sent from heaven to earth to bring salvation—a new friendship with God through which we become God’s daughters and sons.
|Holy Week Through the Eyes of Youth
Posted by Sharon Pearson on March 22nd, 2012
Holy Week is a time to stay current and connected to your youth. Consider with the youth ways in which twenty-first century discipleship calls us to go to the cross. What are the crosses youth will need to bear in the twenty-first century?
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Posted by Sharon Pearson on March 20th, 2012
Although some dismiss this ritual as an empty gesture, given that it has no relation to our cultural context, the foot-washing nevertheless continues to be for most people a moving a powerful symbol at Maundy Thursday services. Its potential for spillage or embarrassment is perhaps the very thing that gives the foot-washing its power, for those who perform it in some sense lay themselves bare.
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Posted by Sharon Pearson on March 19th, 2012
In Holy Week (April 1-7 this year) the church dramatizes the events leading up to and including the suffering of Jesus on the cross. At Easter we dramatize Jesus’ resurrection. We live in a very pluralistic society, but many people still recognize the significance of Holy Week and Easter even if they don’t attend a church.
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Tags: Easter, evangelism, Good Friday, Holy Week, hospitality, Maundy Thursday Comments OffThe Roots of Baptism (and Confirmation)
Posted by Sharon Pearson on March 11th, 2012
Baptism has its roots in ancient practices that preceded Christianity. Jewish rituals of purification were centered on the cleansing of the body with water. Many Jewish customs found their way into the initiation rites of the Early Church.
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Posted by Sharon Pearson on February 18th, 2012
In the early centuries of the Church, Lent was dedicated in particular not only to the preparation of catechumens for Baptism, but also to the preparation of penitents for reconciliation and re-admittance to the eucharistic assembly of the Church.
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Tags: catechumenate, Christian formation, Christianity, Easter, God, Holy Week, Lent 1 Comment »A Paschal Candle Tells “The Story”
Posted by Sharon Pearson on February 11th, 2012
I recall my daughter saying, “We wanted to do something that was fun to do and look at. And no offense, but as a kid, the Paschal candles just seemed so ugly and drab to me, so I wanted to make something that kids would want to look at and maybe even spark their interest and learn more about.”
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Tags: arts & crafts, Christian formation, Christianity, Easter, Holy Week, Lent, Paschal Candle Comments OffSkiturgies
Posted by Sharon Pearson on September 12th, 2011
There’s enough drama at your church without having to worry about finding more!
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Tags: adults, Advent, children's ministry, Christmas, drama, Easter, family ministry, Holy Week, intergenerational, Pentecost, resources, youth ministry 1 Comment »Surviving Resurrection
Posted by Sharon Pearson on May 4th, 2011
For those of us who are professionals in the Church, making meaning through worship and program for our congregations is hard work. I am sure I am not the only Church staff member exhausted and slightly frayed around the edges on this Easter Monday morning.
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Tags: Christian formation, Easter, Holy Week, spirituality, worship Comments OffIs it finished?
Posted by Sharon Pearson on April 22nd, 2011
Today is Good Friday. Many churches will hold 3 hour vigil services of prayer and readings. A tradition in many Protestant churches is for the sermon on Good Friday to be based on the “Seven Last Worlds” of Jesus from the cross – phrases and texts taken from all four passion narratives.
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Tags: Christianity, God, Good Friday, Holy Week, Jesus, prayer 1 Comment »
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