It Matters to Remember

April 15, 2025
Beloved:
          Holy Week - like a play we act out to remember what we say we believe.  Palm Sunday was precious, with little kids skipping around the sanctuary waving their palms.  Later in the day I attended a Pesach ~ Passover ~ celebration at Congregation Beth Shalom, where little kids sang a song about 
                    the frogs who jumped in Pharaoh's bed 
                    and they jumped on Pharaoh’s head  . . . . 
hopping around Rabbi Noach’s feet while he played the guitar and sang with them.  Again, totally precious.  Their service was a joyful occasion with much singing, laughter and food, yet tempered by the memory of so many who suffered and still suffer in want of liberation and full human dignity.  
          Our own next service is Friday at 7:30 ~ the service of tenebrae, or service of darkness ~ marking Jesus’ last Passover with his disciples and what happens through that long night and next day, the next to the last act of his incarnation.  
          It matters to remember ~ to act out the scenes and recite the words ~ the very heart of our faith ~ over and over, to teach them to our children so that faith stays active within and among us.  I hope you will join us for both gatherings this weekend ~ Good Friday Service at 7:30 pm and our Easter Feast at 9:30 am on Sunday, followed by Worship at 10:45.  What a joy to be together for our highest holy days of the year! 
~ peace & prayers,
pastor annette