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Saturday, April 26, 2025: Join Us Tomorrow for our Emmaus Celebration at Christ Church United Methodist or on Zoom: All are Welcome! We begin with welcoming at 3:45 In Person in Classroom 8 at Christ Church United Methodist 1717 Yulupa Ave, Santa Rosa,  Or Join Us on Zoom using this link: (copy and paste it into your browser and remember the passcode is 1234 https://us02web.zoom.us/j/5193158573?omn=83564917450 Passcode: 1234 Or open Zoom and type in the Meeting ID (all numbers): 519 315 8573 Passcode: 1234 Or by Phone: Dial:  +16699006833,,5193158573# US (San Jose) +16694449171,,5193158573# US Emmaus Liturgy April 27th, 2024 For the Children; Celebrating Earth Day; Life, Death, Resurrection; We are Easter People and Remembering Pope Francis Ring the Singing Bell: Steve: OPENING PRAYER: “In the name of the Bee, And of the Butterly, And of the Breeze — Amen - Emily Dickinson  WELCOME/INTRODUCTION: Just as Thomas Berry dedicated his book titled, “The Great Work” to the chil...
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  Friday, April 25, 2025: Easter as  an Ongoing Celebration An Easter Prayer On Sunday it was the women at dawn, An earthquake, an angel clothed in light. It was fear, and it was weeping; It was four simple words, said twice: "Do not be afraid." It was Jesus himself, And elated running, ecstatic disbelief, Understanding, at first, only bits and pieces. It was the disciples needing to see for themselves, The stone rolled away, no body inside. It was the road to Emmaus and deep despair, And it was broken bread and burning hearts; it was joy. On Sunday it was those burial cloths left behind, That we might all be wrapped in resurrection. Cameron Bellm Reflection: Easter as  an Ongoing Celebration   CAC Dean of Faculty Brian McLaren encourages us to make Easter an expansive celebration of resurrection.   What might happen if every Easter we celebrated the resurrection not merely as the resuscitation of a single corpse nearly two millennia ago, but more—as the on...
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