Easter Sunday is a day for celebration!
It is a day of celebration because it was the day that death was conquered, swallowed up in victory. It is a day of celebration because Jesus was declared the Son of God with power by the resurrection from the dead.
It is easy for us to celebrate the resurrection of Jesus. It is more difficult to pause before the celebration and recall that for Jesus to be resurrected he had to suffer and die. Good Friday is a day to pause before the celebration.
Three Crosses allows participants and observers to do just that, to pause, to remember, to prepare for the celebration to come.
It is sometimes hard to grasp that our Creator put on His creation, became human, lived among us for a time, so that we may truly live. Jesus lived briefly, died violently and rose unexpectedly, all for you so that you may have life and have it abundantly.
Your creator has given to you undeserved love. He beckons you to come close, to have a living relationship with Him. This was made possible for you not because of what you have done but because of who He is. He humbled himself and became obedient to the point of death --- death on a cross, between two thieves.
God’s undeserved love enables you to respond, to respond in beginning or respond by continuing with new enthusiasm your relationship with your creator, savior and redeemer.
You are invited to participate in three significant ways this year. (1) Men to take 30-minute shifts standing on the crosses and to act as Roman soldiers. This will be done on first come, first serve basis beginning at noon and continuing till sunset. If you plan to stand on the crosses, please bring or wear white or light color shorts; (2) Women to sit in front of the crosses, in semi-period costumes. Both of these are very humbling and will build your Easter excitement. (3) Since Christ gave his blood for our lives on Good Friday you will have the opportunity to give their blood for others via a Red Cross Blood Drive from 2:00 PM – 7:00 PM.
To conclude the day a multi-media Tenebrae Service will be held at 7:00 PM.
Mt. Zion United Methodist Church, Clarksville District, is located at 5700 Hwy. 48 in Cunningham, Tennessee
It is a day of celebration because it was the day that death was conquered, swallowed up in victory. It is a day of celebration because Jesus was declared the Son of God with power by the resurrection from the dead.
It is easy for us to celebrate the resurrection of Jesus. It is more difficult to pause before the celebration and recall that for Jesus to be resurrected he had to suffer and die. Good Friday is a day to pause before the celebration.
Three Crosses allows participants and observers to do just that, to pause, to remember, to prepare for the celebration to come.
It is sometimes hard to grasp that our Creator put on His creation, became human, lived among us for a time, so that we may truly live. Jesus lived briefly, died violently and rose unexpectedly, all for you so that you may have life and have it abundantly.
Your creator has given to you undeserved love. He beckons you to come close, to have a living relationship with Him. This was made possible for you not because of what you have done but because of who He is. He humbled himself and became obedient to the point of death --- death on a cross, between two thieves.
God’s undeserved love enables you to respond, to respond in beginning or respond by continuing with new enthusiasm your relationship with your creator, savior and redeemer.
You are invited to participate in three significant ways this year. (1) Men to take 30-minute shifts standing on the crosses and to act as Roman soldiers. This will be done on first come, first serve basis beginning at noon and continuing till sunset. If you plan to stand on the crosses, please bring or wear white or light color shorts; (2) Women to sit in front of the crosses, in semi-period costumes. Both of these are very humbling and will build your Easter excitement. (3) Since Christ gave his blood for our lives on Good Friday you will have the opportunity to give their blood for others via a Red Cross Blood Drive from 2:00 PM – 7:00 PM.
To conclude the day a multi-media Tenebrae Service will be held at 7:00 PM.
Mt. Zion United Methodist Church, Clarksville District, is located at 5700 Hwy. 48 in Cunningham, Tennessee
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