Christ in the Passover

Christ in The Passover

This Easter season we have a great opportunity to taste, smell, see and feel the Exodus deliverance of the ancient Israelites.  On Thursday evening of Holy Week, Jesus gathered His disciples together for a Passover meal.  This meal commemorates the night long ago when the Lord judged the Egyptians and emancipated His people.    Pastor Tim Kirk

We would love for your family to come experience Christ in the Passover  with us.  This will be a Seder Supper led by Jeremiah (and Hannah) Zaretsky, Chicago director of Jews for Jesus.  [See photo below.]  

The Basics:

• Thursday, April 2nd 2015 
• Christ Community Church, in the Commons - 6:30-8pm
• $8 for an individual; $20 for a family
• Experience a symbolic and interactive Jewish Seder, appropriate for all ages.
• Enjoy a catered meal together.
• Register online at www.christcommunitycarmel.org

Helpful Info to Prepare:  At Christ in the Passover, we will take part in a traditional, Jewish Passover Seder. (Seder means "order.")  The Passover points us back to the book of Exodus when God through Moses led His people out of slavery.  

Recall the events of The Exodus:  God instructing Moses to tell Pharoah, "Let my people go!"  Read through the ten plagues, and pay special attention to the final, tenth plague:  The angel of death passing over every household in which the doorpost was covered with the blood of a lamb. This points us forward to Christ, who became our Passover Lamb.

Recall the events of the night that Jesus was betrayed:  Washing the disciples' feet; sharing a Passover Meal together; praying in the garden; Roman soldiers coming to arrest Jesus.

A Hebrew blessing spoken corporately in the Seder:

Baruch atah adonai, elohay numelech hadlam boray pree hagafen.

Blessed are you, O LORD our God, King of the universe, who makes the fruit of the vine.

Why is this night different from all other nights?

This is a question asked by a child during a Seder.  

Won't you come and find out?