04.06.10
Alleluia! Christ is risen!
What a glorious Resurrection Day we celebrated at St. Mark’s.
During the Easter Vigil, we kindled new fire; recounted salvation history; baptized Colt, Josh, and Jessica–”sealed by the Holy Spirit in Baptism and marked as Christ’s own forever”; resurrected the alleluias (which we buried in the churchyard on Shrove Tuesday); and broke bread together at the table of our risen Lord. And that was all before 8 a.m. (We started before sunrise…)!!!
At 9:30 we flowered the cross, renewed our Baptismal vows, made music and partook of the hospitality of the table at which Christ is the host. What a grace-filled morning!
In between, we shared a delicious breakfast, and the kids (of all ages!) hunted for confetti-stuffed eggs, which we tossed at one another, thus be-decking ourselves in colored paper and confetti for the 9:30 service.
It was a glorious day–and I thank those of you who made it so as we celebrated, again, the reason we call ourselves Christians!
(Thank you, Pam, for the photo–the others of you who captured images that day, please share them-I’d love to get some of the kids up here….)