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Shane R · Apr 1, 2026

I'm putting my binder together for 4 services. Mostly the sermons but a few little extras, such as the Stripping of the Altar and the Song of Moses and Israel. I'll be with St. Matthew's Lutheran from Maundy Thursday thru Easter. They got me a hotel room so I don't have to drive home in the dark through the National Forest in the evenings. I'm also planning which restaurants we shall eat dinner at. They've got a new Italian place. I'm fond of the winery and my kids do like the food there. Probably Mexican once. There's an Amish buffet as well.

RileyG · Apr 1, 2026

Shane R said:
I'm putting my binder together for 4 services. Mostly the sermons but a few little extras, such as the Stripping of the Altar and the Song of Moses and Israel. I'll be with St. Matthew's Lutheran from Maundy Thursday thru Easter. They got me a hotel room so I don't have to drive home in the dark through the National Forest in the evenings. I'm also planning which restaurants we shall eat dinner at. They've got a new Italian place. I'm fond of the winery and my kids do like the food there. Probably Mexican once. There's an Amish buffet as well.

Sounds lovely!

RileyG · Apr 1, 2026

Unfortunately, I won’t be able to attend Holy Thursday, Good Friday, or Holy Saturday at all this year because I work all three days.

I will attend Easter morning, at least.

Maybe next year.

Paidiske · Apr 1, 2026

What's the song of Moses and Israel for? As one of the vigil readings?

Shane R · Apr 1, 2026

Paidiske said:
What's the song of Moses and Israel for? As one of the vigil readings?

Easter Sunrise in place of a Psalm.

Paidiske · Apr 2, 2026

Ah, I see. We don't usually actually do the psalm responses to all of the vigil readings, so I hadn't clocked that.

Arcangl86 · Apr 2, 2026

Paidiske said:
Ah, I see. We don't usually actually do the psalm responses to all of the vigil readings, so I hadn't clocked that.

It sounds like he's not doing a vigil though. Sunrise services for Easter are pretty common in the US.

Paidiske · Apr 2, 2026

You don't do the vigil at sunrise?

RileyG · Apr 4, 2026

Paidiske said:
Ah, I see. We don't usually actually do the psalm responses to all of the vigil readings, so I hadn't clocked that.

We don't in my Church, either. From my experience, anyway.

Arcangl86 · Apr 5, 2026

Paidiske said:
You don't do the vigil at sunrise?

Generally speaking no. In the Episcopal Church at least it can in theory happen anytime in between sunset on Holy Saturday and sunrise on Easter Sunday. Most places in my experience do it on Saturday night. Like most Episcopal churches in my city, if they did one, did it between 7 and 730 last night.

Paidiske · Apr 5, 2026

Ah. That'd be a bit early for us; sunset here wasn't until after 7 on Holy Saturday.

You can do either, and some do it on Saturday night here, but I'd say Sunday morning would be more common. That's what we did.

Shane R · Apr 6, 2026

A Vigil would have been foreign to that Lutheran church. Neither of the service books they've used in living memory even contain a format for it. In a hypothetical Vigil, I probably would have imported the ACNA text since their synod has full altar and pulpit fellowship with ACNA but then they would have been flustered because parts of the service would be in a different order and it would have been something new. I feel it is better to maintain tradition at these times.

Paidiske · Apr 6, 2026

So at sunrise on Easter day, they just do a normal Eucharistic service? Presumably with Easter propers?

Shane R · Apr 6, 2026

Paidiske said:
So at sunrise on Easter day, they just do a normal Eucharistic service? Presumably with Easter propers?

Yes. Maybe a little extra music. Sometimes I wonder if the main purpose of the Sunrise service at some of the churches is not to get the cooks in and out so they can commence preparing the Easter dinner.

Paidiske · Apr 6, 2026

I would not be getting out of bed that early for a service I could otherwise have, later in the day...

Shane R · Apr 8, 2026

Speaking of Easter dinner, I've established a tradition of doing a lamb meatloaf. We don't need a whole leg and chops or rack are expensive. Ground lamb goes for $8-9 pound and meatloaf seasons up so very nicely when mixed well. My oven is broken (new one coming Friday) so I put it on the charcoal smoker and the results were excellent.

Paidiske · Apr 8, 2026

Some parishioners threw a big lunch and invited us along on Easter day this year. All very pleasant, but I was so tired I was just about nodding off over dessert...

Shane R · Apr 9, 2026

That day I watched the Cincinnati Reds, my favorite baseball team, on TV for a while. I told my kids they could take the remote and change the channel when I invariably went to sleep. Those 2 were watching me like a hawk to see when I nodded off.

RileyG · Apr 10, 2026

Shane R said:
Speaking of Easter dinner, I've established a tradition of doing a lamb meatloaf. We don't need a whole leg and chops or rack are expensive. Ground lamb goes for $8-9 pound and meatloaf seasons up so very nicely when mixed well. My oven is broken (new one coming Friday) so I put it on the charcoal smoker and the results were excellent.

Sounds wonderful! I never tried lamb, as far as I’m aware.

Philip_B · Apr 12, 2026

My latest Lamb trick is Lamb Strips grilled on the BBQ or hotplate, then on a wrap or flatbread, a swipe of Tzatziki, then the lamb, topped with some salad, then rolled or folded. It is kind of Souvlaki-based, earthy peasant food, though my son calls it a 'Greek kebab'

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