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25 Mar

Stories from Easter (1 of 4)

Posted March 25, 2008 by Andrew Conard in worship. Tagged: , , , .

Throughout the Easter weekend, I had four people wish me “Merry Christmas” after the worship service. I am not making this up.

Although, I must admit that shortly after one of these occasions I managed to wish someone “Merry Easter.”

9 responses to this post.

  1. Posted by Rich on March 25, 2008 at 8:46 am

    I preached Easter morning at two small country churches. I think I wished someone at each church a “happy Thanksgiving”, before correcting myself.

    Of course, I was in a very thankful mood, but still…

  2. Posted by Janelle on March 25, 2008 at 9:00 am

    Wait…so I wasn’t supposed to hang stockings with care? No wonder they were empty. I thought I was in trouble with Santa.

    Merry Easter!

  3. Posted by Will on March 25, 2008 at 9:13 am

    We had that, too, but mostly because it snowed. I jokingly announced the first hymn as ‘In the Bleak Midwinter’. But, on BBC Radio 2, the R.E.M. concert was live. The presenter announced it was snowing, hoped everyone had a great Christmas weekend, and then said something about Easter Monday. I wonder if he realised what he said…

  4. Posted by GK on March 25, 2008 at 1:44 pm

    Could it be that without Christmas there would be no need for Easter?

  5. Posted by Joseph on March 25, 2008 at 2:14 pm

    i forgot what snow looks like.
    here, we have a green christmas, a green easter, a green everything.

    but i take solace in knowing that while you people are freezing… i can go to the beach and swim.

    puhahaha. =P

    (i miss snow…)

  6. Posted by Will on March 25, 2008 at 2:47 pm

    Well, I’m originally from South Carolina, and we had green everything there, too. Here in Lancashire, the snow never last for long. By service time (10:30 AM), there was little on the ground. Yet, this is the third day of Easter and I have seen it snow everyday of Easter so far!

  7. Posted by Ben Hanne on March 25, 2008 at 3:42 pm

    I may be a pain in the butt for doing it, but I intentionally wish people a Happy Christmas and a Merry Easter. I find it to be a fun way to break expectations.

  8. Posted by Mark on March 26, 2008 at 6:39 pm

    EXACT same think happened to me…

    Sure enough I was saying Merry Easter and Happy Christmas to the next 5 people :P

  9. Posted by Andrew Conard on March 31, 2008 at 8:50 pm

    Rich – Nice! Thanks for sharing.

    Janelle – I say, hang your stockings with care any day :)

    Will – We did miss out on the snow and the cold that was predicted didn’t really make it.

    GK – Hmm…

    Joseph – Ahh the lifestyle of the beach, I am nowhere near there…

    Ben – You have a good point, it is good to upset expectations from time to time.

    Mark – Glad I was not the only one.

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