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Friday, March 30, 2007

Friday Five: Holy Week, Batman!

Well, the Clergy Superbowl is almost upon us, and so, I offer up this Friday Five (with apologies for the irreverent title):

1. Will this Sunday be Palms only, Passion only, or hyphenated?

2. Maundy Thursday Footwashing: Discuss.

3. Share a particularly meaningful Good Friday worship experience.

4. Easter Sunrise Services--choose one:
a) "Resurrection tradition par excellence!"
b) "Eh. As long as it's sunrise with coffee, I can live with it."
c) "[Yawn] Can't Jesus stay in the tomb just five more minutes, Mom?!?"

5. Complete this sentence: It just isn't Easter without...

Bonus: Any Easter Vigil aficionados out there? Please share.

Please let us know in comments if you play. Or even better, post a direct link to your blog entry in your comment using the following formulation:
<a href="the url of your blog post goes here">what you want the link to say goes here</a>
For a complete how-to, click here.

Friday Five will take an appropriate break on Good Friday. See you in Eastertide.
Posted by reverendmother at 6:20 AM
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53 comments:

  1. reverendmotherMarch 29, 2007 at 11:02 PM

    Hey, sorry for playing fast and loose with the space/time continuum, but I won't be able to post this in the morning. And Ask the Matriarch has been up for most of the day.

    So, you west coast readers and night owls get a head start!

    here's mine.

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  2. Hot Cup LutheranMarch 29, 2007 at 11:28 PM

    Okay Robin... it's up since I'm up finishing sermons. Still can't figure out the link. (and damn - the dog just threw up in my office!)

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  3. CathyMarch 29, 2007 at 11:30 PM

    Thanks for posting early - otherwise I can't get to it until late in the day. Here is mine.

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  4. TerriMarch 29, 2007 at 11:42 PM

    Oh, it took me so long to write mine, that I didn't get to come in second...but you can find mine here
    robinre...

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  5. Hot Cup LutheranMarch 30, 2007 at 12:11 AM

    So trying the link... but remember I'm still distracted from cleaning up after the dog.
    This Is It

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  6. AnonymousMarch 30, 2007 at 12:16 AM

    Playing early - way past bedtime!!

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  7. DebMarch 30, 2007 at 12:42 AM

    On a typing break... here's mine...

    d

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  8. SallyMarch 30, 2007 at 12:51 AM

    wow- some early playing folk out there today!!!
    Any way I played here

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  9. Dr. Laura Marie GrimesMarch 30, 2007 at 1:01 AM

    Awesome questions, but it's late here and I just posted way long about my hijab-for-a-day, so I'm going to tuck in and do this tomorrow, probably after I get back from the conference sessions cause I can go on at scary length about my Holy Week liturgy preferences/delights/peeves....

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  10. AnonymousMarch 30, 2007 at 1:53 AM

    and those of us in Europe :) where every Friday begins many hours earlier :)

    as for the answers -our church -for the first time ever (in my history anyway)is asking us to bring a green branch on Sunday - for palm Sunday and the theme is 'just what is salvation'

    Easter Sunday we each bring a yellow flower to decorate the empty cross to celebrate Jesus' and our resurrection

    No other services at all.

    Never been to a sunrise service -would love to though - but this year I'm hoping to go to a midnight easter vigil in a town 45 mins away - they've promised a service in English in the tiny old church downtown - and I'd love to be part of that.

    Hoping I can get a lift in someone else's batmobile - or at least have Robin along with me though. 45 mins on the motorway at night each way ... a bit out of my comfort zone ...


    sorry not to do the FF on my site but I wrote about this yesterday in a slightly different way ...

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  11. JulesMarch 30, 2007 at 8:13 AM

    I got my holy on.

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  12. Snarky AnglicanMarch 30, 2007 at 8:15 AM

    Sneaking this in before the day starts...Holy Week, Batman!

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  13. Anna SorensonMarch 30, 2007 at 8:15 AM

    I made a blog just so I can do Friday Fives! Here it is!

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  14. revhipchickMarch 30, 2007 at 8:30 AM

    lorna--your Easter service sounds absolutely beautiful!

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  15. Gannet GirlMarch 30, 2007 at 9:14 AM

    I'm theoretically taking a long Lenten/Easter break from blogging. But last year I did a long series on Passover and Easter, and the first passover entry is here.

    You can find most of the Easter ones by scolling to the Easter link on my sidebar.

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  16. IrisMarch 30, 2007 at 9:41 AM

    Holy Early Birds, Batman!I played!

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  17. AmyMarch 30, 2007 at 9:57 AM

    I played a variation of the Friday Five here

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  18. LutheranHuskerMarch 30, 2007 at 10:00 AM

    I LOVED the Batman reference! Thanks for the laugh. Here's my entry.

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  19. UnknownMarch 30, 2007 at 10:14 AM

    Here is mine:

    Enjoy!

    God's Peace,
    Jason+

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  20. ScottMarch 30, 2007 at 10:49 AM

    GREAT Friday Five - and thanks for giving it to us this week instead of next. I'll look forward to reading your responses.
    Here's my play!

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  21. SilentMarch 30, 2007 at 10:58 AM

    It's been awhile since I've done this. Hopefully,
    my link will work.

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  22. leahMarch 30, 2007 at 11:13 AM

    One of the best yet! I played here.

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  23. mandycMarch 30, 2007 at 11:30 AM

    I played here
    and you can also read a little about my mission trip to Louisiana.

    Happy Holy Week and Easter to everyone...

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  24. Backwoods RevMarch 30, 2007 at 11:47 AM

    Holy Week and Easter have morphed into a very different experience since I became a pastor...

    kerpow!

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  25. UnknownMarch 30, 2007 at 12:29 PM

    I'm in and playing here.

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  26. JaniceMarch 30, 2007 at 12:30 PM

    OKey-dokey - I played here !

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  27. youngandcollaredMarch 30, 2007 at 12:57 PM

    i hope the link works

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  28. reverendmotherMarch 30, 2007 at 1:10 PM

    We're batting a thousand on the links today, folks! Nice work!

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  29. AnonymousMarch 30, 2007 at 1:22 PM

    I'm in.

    Hope you have time to read.

    By the way--do any of the rest of you knit? I just posted an update on my knitting, too.

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  30. ShalomMarch 30, 2007 at 1:26 PM

    "Will the pastors survive the week? Will it rain buckets and prevent the Vigil from starting outside...again? Will the youth set off the fire alarm during the breakfast? Tune in next Sunday...same Easter time, same Easter place..." I had some fun here.

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  31. RhiannonMarch 30, 2007 at 1:27 PM

    I played over at Sunday! Sundae! Sunday!

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  32. will smamaMarch 30, 2007 at 1:28 PM

    A cute bunny is the reward for reading mine!

    Gotta say that is a sentence I have never typed before.

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  33. TeriMarch 30, 2007 at 2:12 PM

    I played here and now I have to go write a sermon. Or two. and plan youth group, and confirmation class, and a senior high fundraiser.
    i love holy week, i love holy week, i love holy week, i love holy week, i love holy week.....

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  34. Rainbow PastorMarch 30, 2007 at 2:40 PM

    And I played, after missing last week...HERE!.

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  35. Tara UlrichMarch 30, 2007 at 2:48 PM

    Easter Friday Five!.

    I played and was inspired so check out my post from earlier today too. I posted one of my poems!

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  36. Tara UlrichMarch 30, 2007 at 2:49 PM

    Take two!

    I hope this link works!

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  37. Responsible GraceMarch 30, 2007 at 3:01 PM

    This week was just too fun to pass up so I decided to play and you can find my entry righthere.

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  38. Maria TafoyaMarch 30, 2007 at 3:49 PM

    I love the Clergy Superbowl reference. Too bad our churches won't rake in the insane amounts of money the other Superbowl brings with it.

    I played here

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  39. Maria TafoyaMarch 30, 2007 at 3:51 PM

    Yes, I've been listening to our Finance Committee worry again. :-)

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  40. netMarch 30, 2007 at 4:00 PM

    I played athmy blog!

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  41. The Vicar of HogsmeadeMarch 30, 2007 at 5:42 PM

    I love it being posted "early." I read it last night and now have time to answer before midnight. My answers are here And, I don't think Holy Week, Batman! is irreverent since I've also heard it called Holy Hell Week

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  42. Snarky AnglicanMarch 30, 2007 at 6:07 PM

    I know I've played already, but "this just in!!" and hot off the press. Another thing for Good Friday - Stations of the Cross. These were created by the youth of our parish.

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  43. AnonymousMarch 30, 2007 at 6:44 PM

    A really long post here.
    Hope you can stay awake for it!

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  44. Dr. Laura Marie GrimesMarch 30, 2007 at 9:32 PM

    I played here. Now to make the rounds...

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  45. GordMarch 30, 2007 at 9:40 PM

    WEll it took a while to get to it (especially after 2.5 hours spent putting together bunk beds) but I played

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  46. 1-4 GraceMarch 30, 2007 at 11:25 PM

    I treid so hard to play several tiems todya. But, blogger has been mean to me,
    I will try and post about a special foot washing sometiem tomorrow after we have confirmation luncheon. Hey I may ahve left over cookies and fruit tray for our EHPP. I made Devilish Brownies with Dutch Chocolate, P-nut butter and marshmellows.
    Wonderful fruit tray with yogurt dip for the dieters.

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  47. MirandaMarch 30, 2007 at 11:34 PM

    I play hours ago but forgot to post.

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  48. AnonymousMarch 31, 2007 at 12:44 AM

    I played just a tad late at my LiveJournal (where posting every day has been a successful--so far--Lenten discipline).

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  49. Free Flying SpiritMarch 31, 2007 at 9:59 AM

    Great questions a good insight into our ways of being the church.

    ButI played late

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  50. Magdalene6127March 31, 2007 at 11:22 AM

    Yeah, I know it's Saturday. But I didn't want to not play this one...

    Mags

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  51. AnonymousMarch 31, 2007 at 8:01 PM

    I'm BACK! and playing along!

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  52. JonahApril 1, 2007 at 9:13 AM

    I have a very belated entry

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  53. St. InuksukApril 2, 2007 at 12:55 PM

    Late as always on Monday. Friday's my busy day off.
    Find mine at signs-along-the-way.

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