The Cross of Nonviolent Love

AN ECUMENICAL GOOD FRIDAY WORSHIP GATHERING

COSPONSORED BY

NH CONFERENCE UCC PEACE WITH JUSTICE TASK FORCE

AND PACE E BENE NONVIOLENCE SERVICE NE

EVERYONE WELCOME

Many of us around the world are called by Good Friday to walk with Jesus into His Passion and also into the passion story of our own lives and world. Join us to co-create a sacred space again this year where Spirit can speak in new ways to us and through us, and where we will be strengthened and inspired as a community to embody gospel nonviolence ever more deeply and courageously.

Reflections From Those Who Have Attended

In the last three years I have had the privilege of participating in the Gospel Nonviolence Good Friday Services. Each year the experience proved to be more powerful. Now, for me, the Passion of Christ is not something in the past. It is in the here and now. The passion of Jesus is being lived out again and again in the lives of the poor and marginalized around the world. — Rev. Frank Irvine, South Congregational Church, Concord NH

The combination of thoughtful spoken pieces, silent reflection time, and shared responses created a calming and peaceful feeling and, simultaneously, a determination to continue to find ways to act effectively in the world to end institutional violence. The invitation to this service described it as a fluid observance; participants could come and go as their schedules allowed, and I thought originally that I would only stay for the first hour. I found myself, however, wanting to stay as the effect of personal and group sharing transformed my spirit..Jesus continues to die in the world today and relies on the help of strong and empathetic people to identify with His commitment and make it their own. — Carolyn Cicciu, Goffstown, NH

For the past three years I have been attending the alternative Gospel Nonviolence Good Friday Worship gathering. This service is one that brings me to my knees year after year. This compelling service has been one of the most powerful aspects of my Lenten Devotion because the approach is both inclusive and ecumenical. It uses global images of faith through honoring the stations of the cross that invoke a reminder that we are one, that my neighbor’s suffering is my suffering; and if I turn away from this, I am ultimately turning away from the fundamental message of the Gospels. —Dr. Patricia Gianotti, Trinity Episcopal Church, Hampton NH

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