visions of the cross

Tonight our church did our second "Visions of the Cross"—a Good Friday service which consists of four half-hour venues that repeat three times each. We had a Seder, a modern worship time, a film called "Most" (Czech for "the bridge"), and did a portion of Messiah. The evening culminated with everyone gathered together for Communion.

We've been working with the choir and orchestra the past couple of months to prepare for Messiah. It's been a great journey. And tonight, all of the hard work paid off. It was rewarding for all of us, and so much fun for me to get to conduct half of it. We did "Behold, the Lamb of God," "He Was Despised," "Surely," "All They That See Him," "He Trusted In God That He Would Deliver Him," "Behold and See If There Be Any Sorrow," "He Was Cut Off Out of the Land of the Living," "Since By Man Came Death," and "Worthy Is the Lamb/Amen."

The only sad thing about this whole set-up is that when you are a part of one venue, you never get to see the others. I have seen the movie, though, and highly commend it to you.

And, a great evening all around!