The Easter season at The CORE starts with Lent. We are Lutherans and like any good ones, we like guilt. I say that only half jokingly some days. Regardless, we do remember the season of Lent.
That means we have Wednesday evening services that focus on the Passion of Christ as well as the Sunday services.
On Wednesdays this year we are visiting “The Lenten Museum.” Each week we uncover a new artifact which tells another small piece of the Story of Christ’s suffering and death. This series will culminate on Easter Sunday. For us, it provides a fresh approach to the Story that we hear every year. Last year, we looked at the people you meet on the way to the cross which was also a fresh approach. We feel it is important to review, remember, and learn from the Passion Story every year, but also recognize that in order to do so we may have to look at it through a new lens. To drive home the museum idea we have a “museum” of sorts set up at each of our campuses. Each week we add the new artifact. We also have “tickets” that people receive after each Wednesday service. On one side is a ticket looking image. The other side is a piece of an image, sort of like a puzzle. The end result is a beautiful resurrection themed image which reminds us of the end result of the whole Easter season – hope. We always look for tangible ways to put the message from the service in people’s hands, and this is one way we can do that.
Our Sunday series during this season is “Bloodlines.” We are looking at the bloodlines that flow to the cross (genealogy, history, prophecy, etc) and the blood lines that flow from the cross to us. It is always good to go back and look at the Story from beginning to end. For the people we serve it provides a greater appreciation for what God has done and continues to do for us. Easter Sunday itself is to some degree a typical Sunday. Easter and Christmas for us are not extra special outreach events. Outreach for us is a way of life, it’s built into the rhythm of our organization and is something we pray God injects into the DNA of our people. We are still discussing the exact details of our Easter Sunday service, but our Christmas Eve service this year was not over the top, it was the exact opposite. We went totally acoustic and toned everything down. For us, that was powerful. Not sure what that means for Easter Sunday yet.
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