Garden of Gethsemane at South El;gin Church

For immediate release.

Contact: Shirley Remes, sremes@comcast.net

Photo: Gethsemene.jpg

Cutline:

For immediate release.

Contact: Shirley Remes, sremes@comcast.net

Photo: Gethsemene.jpg

Cutline: Ken and Pam Bruhn of Elgin
gather plants to recreate the Garden
of Gethsemane at South Elgin
Community United
Methodist Church.

Garden of Gethsemene
at South Elgin Methodist
Church

            Enter the Garden of Gethsemene
as the South Elgin
Community United
Methodist Church,
400 W. Spring St., recreates the garden where
Jesus prayed while the disciples waited before he was taken before Pilate. Drop-in
visits are welcome between 7 and 8:30 p.m. Maundy Thursday, April 17. An entire
room will be filled with plants and hangings to resemble the garden, a place
for a quiet time of reflection and meditation.

            The church
is located on Spring Street, a block west of Route 31.

            In another
room, Communion will be celebrated in a re-imagined Last Supper dining room.
Communion at the Methodist church is open to anyone who would like to receive
it.

            Meanwhile,
the sanctuary will also be available Maundy Thursday, and every night from 6:30
to 8 p.m, Monday-Friday, April 13 to 19, for quiet prayer.  A free guidebook with daily devotions, “The
Sanctuary for Lent” by Sue Mink, can be used at this time to guide prayer and
then taken home.

            For Good
Friday, April 18, a Tenebrae drama play, “The Last Words,” begins at 7 p.m.  Tenebrae means darkness or shadows, and this
kind of drama begins in the light and ends in candlelit darkness. It is a
beautiful and memorable experience.

            Easter
services include this church’s traditional sunrise service at 6 a.m. at the South Elgin
Cemetery, 925 Middle Street, South Elgin. Bring your own lawn chair for this
moving early morning worship time.

            Back at the
church, coffee will be brewing by 6:30 and breakfast will be served from 7 to
8:30 a.m. At 9 a.m., the church’s regular Easter worship service will begin.

            Visitors
are welcome. More information is available at 847-931-0563,
cumcsouthelgin@sbcglobal.net, cumcsouthelgin.com, and on Facebook at
Southelginunitedmethodistchurch.

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            Visitors
are welcome. More information is available at 847-931-0563,
cumcsouthelgin@sbcglobal.net, cumcsouthelgin.com, and on Facebook at
Southelginunitedmethodistchurch.

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