Good Friday 2017

Happy Easter.... or Good Friday as of this post.

Thursday's Bible Readings

Friday's Service

As with First Pres, Easter and Christmas are the center-points of the ECCB church year.  Accordingly, the Letohrad church planned for Thursday evening activities, a Good Friday morning service, and the Sunday main service. This year, just prior to the Thursday evening passion story, we held a Contemplative Prayer session comprised of a short body prayer, Lexio Divina, and a short meditation.  This was a new experience for those attending (except for the breathing practice that most had experienced in previous exercise courses) but we all were blessed with each others presence.  Immediately afterwards we collected in the sanctuary for the passion story reading; B.J. and I had parts which were mirrored in Czech by two of Letohrad's youth.

The next morning there was the Good Friday service.  I have enclosed the service program (for all you Czech language aspirants).  There were more passage readings and communion.

Later in the day, there was a special treat in the main square here in Letohrad.  The local Catholic church sponsored a passion concert by a choir and orchestra from a nearby village.  It was very well attended since I'm sure many people from out of the town were there in addition to locals, and Friday was a national holiday.  We were very impressed with the performance, especially given the weather conditions; strong wind and chilly temperature.  For a taste of the afternoon please click here - Letohrad Passion Concert 2017.  Immediately after the concert there was Mass in the church directly adjacent to the performance and a large percentage of the crowd packed into the church.  We decided to wait for a quieter day to visit the church.

Blessings.