THE FLOWERING OF THE CROSS AT EASTER

On Good Friday the simple wooden cross is the centre of our service as we remember what Jesus Christ did for us all on the cross.

“For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.”1 Corinthians 1:18

On Easter Sunday we decorate the cross and it is called “The Flowering of the Cross” into our worship service. Members of the congregation bring flowers or greenery to church. The bare wooden cross, covered with chicken wire stands in the church. At some point after the service worshipers are invited to approach the barren cross and twine a flower around one of the wires or vines, or to place a blossom in one of the pinholes. The congregation continues to decorate the cross until flowers cover it completely.

The flowering of the cross represents the transition from Good Friday to Easter, from meditation on Jesus' death to joyful celebration of his resurrection. The ceremony transforms a barren cross, a reminder of Jesus' death, into an Easter symbol. Covered with fresh, living flowers, the cross serves not only as an emblem of Jesus' resurrection but also of the continuing presence of Christ among today's Christians. On Easter Sunday morning we have decorated the wooden cross.

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