FROM THE MOUTHS OF WOMEN DRAMA MINISTRY ACTS OUT THE GOOD FRIDAY STORY.Byline: Holly Andres Staff Writer WOODLAND HILLS - Echoing the bare altar from the Maundy Thursday Maundy Thursday (môn`dē) [Lat. mandatum, word in the ceremony], traditional English name for Thursday of Holy Week, so named because it is considered the anniversary of the institution of the Eucharist by Jesus at the Last Supper (that service, the narrative of Jesus' Crucifixion will be presented in a spare but passionate style Good Friday Good Friday, anniversary of Jesus' death on the cross. According to the Gospels, Jesus was put to death on the Friday before Easter Day. Since the early church Good Friday has been observed by fasting and penance. by the Prince's Players, the drama ministry of Prince of Peace Episcopal Church Episcopal Church, Anglican church of the United States. Its separate existence as an American ecclesiastical body with its own episcopate began in 1789. Doctrine and Organization . ``I think when you've heard the story over and over, you sometimes lose the meaning. This year we have all women telling the story instead of the familiar words spoken by men,'' said Bill Prescott, who wrote the script and directs the presentation. ``Hearing it in a fresh way with the different voices will bring a new perspective to the story.'' Prince's Players has been performing short dramas during Sunday services and presenting full-length plays like ``Charlotte's Web'' and ``Godspell'' since the drama ministry started at the Woodland Hills church in 1995. ``We use drama to enhance worship and to bring the Christian message to the wider community,'' said the Rev. Rand Reasoner. ``It is intended to transform people. God works not only in our hearts and minds but in our imagination.'' No fancy set decoration Noun 1. set decoration - a decoration used as part of the set of a theatrical or movie production decoration, ornament, ornamentation - something used to beautify , costumes or props will clutter the Good Friday drama. Prescott, an accountant who majored in drama in college, said he wanted to focus on the Good Friday message. ``It's the story of God's love,'' Prescott said. ``It's the message that Jesus sacrificed for us, regardless of our behavior or our sins. There's the hope and the promise of spending eternity with him.'' Preceding the solemnity SOLEMNITY. The formality established by law to render a contract, agreement, or other act valid. 2. A marriage, for example, would not be valid if made in jest, and without solemnity. Vide Marriage, and Dig. 4, 1, 7; Id. 45, 1, 30. of Good Friday, the church will hold a Maundy Thursday service. Maundy, from the Latin word for mandate, refers to Jesus commanding his followers followers see dairy herd. to remember his teachings as they gathered for a Passover Seder The Passover Seder (Hebrew: סֵדֶר, seðɛɾ, "order", "arrangement") is a Jewish ritual feast held on the first night of the Jewish holiday of Passover (the 15th day of Hebrew month of Nisan). that Christians know as the Last Supper Last Supper, in the New Testament, meal taken by Jesus and his disciples on the eve of the passion. Jesus broke bread and passed a cup of wine among the disciples, identifying himself with the bread and the wine and linking the meal to his impending death on the . It was at this time that Jesus showed the disciples how, in doing something as humble as washing someone's feet, they can be ``servants of love'' said Reasoner. ``Holy Week is a time to contemplate what it is that Jesus went through. We really begin to understand that which God gave us and that God really loves us,'' Reasoner said. ``As we participate in Palm Sunday Palm Sunday, in the Christian calendar, the Sunday before Easter, sixth and last Sunday in Lent, and the first day of Holy Week. It recalls the entry of Jesus into Jerusalem riding upon an ass, when his followers shouted "Hosanna" and scattered palms in his path. , Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, the Great Vigil on Saturday, we see to what length God will go to save people. ``That's through the cross and it's God's plan for our wholeness and our salvation. That's the Christian message.'' ``Into Your Hands'' will be performed at 7:30 p.m. Friday at Prince of Peace Episcopal Church, 5700 Rudnick Ave., Woodland Hills. Other Holy Week services will be at 8 and 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. Palm Sunday; 7:30 p.m. Maundy Thursday; 8 p.m. April 19, Great Vigil service; and 8 and 10 a.m. April 20, Easter services. For information, call (818) 895-8142. CAPTION(S): photo, box Photo: Among the Prince's Players, the drama team at Prince of Peace Episcopal Church in Woodland Hills are, from left, Elizabeth Hart, Maurine Perkins and Ginny Kreuzberger, who will perform a Passion play at the church Friday. Charlotte Schmid-Maybach/Staff Photographer Box: HOLY WEEK EVENTS |
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