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bernieb

(69 posts) Sat Mar 30, 2024, 11:38 AM Mar 2024

Easter services

Which is your favorite service? Here at St. Matthew's Episcopal we have three, Saturday night, sunrise and regular 10a.m. I've gone to all three as a choir member, but I really like Saturday night. It's dramatic with the lighting of the fire and the torch lit procession into the church. Yeah, we stand outside no matter the weather and in Wyoming it could be snowing!

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Easter services (Original Post) bernieb Mar 2024 OP

I haven't been to an Easter service in ages. Ocelot II Mar 2024 #1

My favorite is the 11 AM service on Sunday - because it is the last one zeusdogmom Mar 2024 #2

Also in choir (and bells) at an ELCA church Freddie Mar 2024 #3

No handbells on Easter. No room for the tables. zeusdogmom Mar 2024 #4

music machine here . AllaN01Bear Mar 2024 #6

10 am st james episcopal church sonora ca . i more awake . we havnt had sunrise in years . AllaN01Bear Mar 2024 #5

I remember as a child watching the sunrise from a beach on Key Biscayne, FL during an Easter service there. Martin68 Mar 2024 #7

Ocelot II

(121,473 posts)

1. I haven't been to an Easter service in ages.

Reply to bernieb (Original post)

Sat Mar 30, 2024, 01:11 PM

Mar 2024

But I was in a choir that did that Easter Vigil service (Episcopal) on the night before Easter that was really beautiful.

zeusdogmom

(1,054 posts)

2. My favorite is the 11 AM service on Sunday - because it is the last one

Reply to bernieb (Original post)

Sat Mar 30, 2024, 01:58 PM

Mar 2024

Thursday night. Friday night. Saturday night. 3 on Sunday morning with a choir report time of 7:15 AM

Yep I’m in the choir and we sing a lot. Good news is we are an excellent choir so it is enjoyable. (Most if the time) But it is a time commitment. Services don’t count as rehearsal time so there has been a good 3 hours of that this week, too.

FWIW - ELCA Lutheran and no one forces me to do this. I love choral singing especially under the direction of a really good director. But I will admit by the time the last service is over I’m done and ready to go home, slip out of my heels, and relax for the rest of the day.

Easter blessings to all of you