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Permalink Reply by Stacey on 4th mo. 14, 2015 at 9:05pm

Thanks to everyone that answered this question, great hearing others thoughts and how they celebrate.

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Permalink Reply by Christopher Hatton on 4th mo. 23, 2015 at 2:40pm

Belonging that that flavour of "self-labelled convergent" Friends that believes every day is a holy day / sacred, I did not "celebrate" Easter. I, along with 3 other Quaker Friends joined a 2 1/2 hour way of the cross through the city of Hamburg (the original) with 200+ other ecumenical Hamburgers. This being "Karfreitag / black Friday" We visited the modern ways of the cross (arms shipments in the harbour), land grabbing / food poverty (Unilever), the rights and deaths of refugees etc (city parliament). We sang / lamented / prayed / slowed the tourists down (but a couple joined us), the closing service shortly before 3,p.m. was led by a Mennonite Pastor. As she led us in prayer, I must confess I had tears in my eyes.

The ecumenical forum / chapel in Hamburg financial district / on the edge of the Harbour, was built and paid for by 19 churches AND supported by another 6 (including us Friends). It is the first of its kind in this earthly land known as "Germany".

We were squeezed into the chapel like proverbial sardines in a tin, but thanks to the Catholic Workers, Mennonites, Church and Peace and the Lutheran church / Church Asylum groups we experienced the death of Christ / the stranger / our neighbours in a modern form.
As I left the purposely built chapel in the middle of the "temple to mammon", it reminded me of my need to mix with my brothers and sisters in Christ. However, as a member of the second coming church and not a first coming church stuck in the past of the first coming and still waiting / hoping / praying for the second coming.
This last first day, I joined my Mennonite Friends for worship, as there was not a Worship in the manner of Friends.

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