[Magdalen] Easter Egg Hunts BEFORE Easter

[Raewynne Whiteley]

I'm not a huge fan of church easter egg hunts generally - where I've seen
it done on Easter Day, it seems that the hunt becomes more important than
Christ's Resurrection. It seems that doing it as an evangelistic event is
kind of missing the point - what message are we actually giving?  That
Easter is about egg hunts?

I imagine a community cookout would be far more of an evangelistic event,
wince we really are about feeding people, in body mind and spirit...

RAewynne
(growing curmudgeonly in old age!)


On Mon, Mar 16, 2015 at 1:19 PM, Jon Egger <revegger at gmail.com> wrote:

> Old Trinity did this last year on the Saturday before Palm Sunday.  It's
> advertised in the local rag,  and held for the local neighborhood.  We'll
> probably do this again this year.
>
> The question in the back of my mind is whether or not this should be
> considered an evangelism event.   Sure, the children have fun...but do the
> adults get information about Old Trinity?  Should they?
>
> Any thoughts?
>
> +++
> Grace & peace,
> Rev. Jon Egger
> Deacon Emeritus
> Old Trinity Parish
> Independence, MO
>
>
> On Mon, Mar 16, 2015 at 11:27 AM, Kate Conant <kate.conant at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > When did so many places (including churches) start having Easter egg
> hunts
> > BEFORE Easter?  (Even Western Easter not Pascha!)
> >
> > I just noticed that our local community center (which used to be the
> parish
> > hall of St Andrew's on-the-Mount) is having a Spring Fling on March 29th
> > including an Easter egg hunt.
> >
> > I Googled this and found it happens very often.  I suppose this is
> similar
> > to what happens during December with Christmas parties and such.
> >
> > Kate
> >
> > "To every thing there is a season"
> >
> >
> > "What does the Lord require of you, but to do justice, love mercy, and
> walk
> > humbly with your God?"
> > Micah 6:8
> >
>