As we travel through holy week, creation is bursting to sing Easter hallelujahs along with us. Bird song, snowdrops, crocuses, blue skies, and restaurant patio furniture call us outside into God’s world.
After our Lent reflections on Jesus’ Table Ministry, we will celebrate Jesus transformed from death to life, from despair to hope. Flowing from Easter Sunday, we will continue to celebrate throughout the Easter Season all the way to Pentecost (April 11-May 23). Our focus will be on how we become Jesus’ Table Ministry in the world, how we seek transformation in our lives and in our world. Just as Jesus was and is bread for the world, as his disciples, let us affirm and discover how we are bread for the world.
Happy Easter!
Holy Weekend Services:
Saturday, April 3 6:30pm Holy Saturday
Quiet time of waiting with Jesus for resurrection
Sunday, April 4 6:30am Happy Easter Morning! Sunrise Outdoor Service
On the beach near Leuty Lifeguard Station to greet Easter morning
7:45am Easter Breakfast
Potluck breakfast in auditorium, everyone welcome
10:30am Easter Communion Service
Celebrate transformation of our faith in song & sacrament
Also at BUC This Weekend:
Jazz Vespers Series Saturday, April 3 at 4:30pm. Featuring Jane Bunnett & Friends. Children Welcome. Free-will Offering. Fair-trade Coffee.
The Passion of Ajijic
Many cities and towns present Easter passion plays but one of Mexico’s tiniest towns offers one of the best. In its 40th year, this dramatic presentation of the last week of Jesus’ life involves more than 200 citizens. Forty days of Lent includes rehearsals and spiritual preparations. Key roles are played by the same townsfolk year after year with new cast members added in non-speaking roles of guards, followers, and soldiers. Costumes, sets, and props are made by townsfolk. Young men pose as “living statues” as part of the enactment of Jesus’ trial. A 26-year old prepares for his part as Jesus by dieting, jogging, and lifting weights for the uphill trek carrying the 90 kilo cross. Don Gray had an opportunity to video this moving passion play while visiting with BUC friends, Ardith & Lloyd Johnson. We will have an opportunity to view a 7-minute version during our Holy Saturday service (April 3 6:30pm). Proceeds from the hour long version ($10) will go to support our Interfaith Lunch Program.
Easter Flowers
Once again we will be beautifying the sanctuary with flowers for Easter Sunday. If you would like to contribute to this in memory of a loved one, or in celebration of a person or event in your life, contact Jane Monro jmonro@ryerson.ca or 416-699-3686 at any time up to noon on Saturday, April 3 with what you would like your commemoration to say and how much you would like to contribute. If you would like to take part in the decorating, we will be starting at 1pm in the sanctuary on Saturday, April 3 and we would love to see you there.
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