This week, I have been and will be remembering many Easter celebrations starting from before my acceptance of Christ in a personal manner and other services continuing up until now.
When I was young & growing up in Riverside, California; I enjoyed climbing Mt Rubidoux, which is a prominent granite hill, but not too tall to bike-ride to it and climb to have lunch at the top.. On the top of that hill is a concrete cross which replaced earlier wooden crosses. Since 1907 there has been an Easter Sunrise service on that hill surrounding that cross.
I still remember climbing the hill at dusk the night before, drinking hot-chocolate and eating sandwiches through the night, and a glorious celebration as the sunlight hits the cross.
I still find an outdoor sunrise service wherever I may be (I am now on the other side of the country), even if my current church does not offer one, but I then go to my church to celebrate Resurrection Sunday with them.
Picture by Dennis Bickers
from
http://www.fridayflyer.com/2013/04/05/experiencing-the-mt-rubidoux-easter-sunrise-servic
When I was young & growing up in Riverside, California; I enjoyed climbing Mt Rubidoux, which is a prominent granite hill, but not too tall to bike-ride to it and climb to have lunch at the top.. On the top of that hill is a concrete cross which replaced earlier wooden crosses. Since 1907 there has been an Easter Sunrise service on that hill surrounding that cross.
I still remember climbing the hill at dusk the night before, drinking hot-chocolate and eating sandwiches through the night, and a glorious celebration as the sunlight hits the cross.
I still find an outdoor sunrise service wherever I may be (I am now on the other side of the country), even if my current church does not offer one, but I then go to my church to celebrate Resurrection Sunday with them.
Picture by Dennis Bickers
from
http://www.fridayflyer.com/2013/04/05/experiencing-the-mt-rubidoux-easter-sunrise-servic
