Celebrate Today- ceremonies and celebrations to make your days count

CREATION: RESURRECTION AND HOPE OF NEW LIFE EASTER EASTER CROSS 2020 April 15, 2020 by  Emily Huff , including photos, used with permission. In light of church gatherings not happening for Easter, our family wanted to do something to help the neighborhood celebrate and mark Easter together in a special way. We sent out email invitations to neighbors to let them know we would be  flowering a cross  outside our home on Easter Sunday, and we invited them to pick up some flowers from a store when they were out grabbing groceries or to pick some from their gardens to bring to add to the cross to celebrate that He is risen indeed!  My parents had done this for years at their church in Nashville, and we felt that this was the year to make one for Seattle.  Directions from my dad sent to us to make our Easter cross  The making of our Easter cross over Palm Sunday weekend  It was indeed a spectacular and life-giving day getting to see this cross that w

In light of church gatherings not happening for Easter this year,  I wanted to do something to help the neighborhood celebrate and mark Easter together in a special way.  I thought back to one of the most beautiful things my parents have helped pull off for many years at Christ Community Church in Franklin of  flowering the cross  on Easter so I emailed Dad for directions and he sketched out a quick drawing a couple of weeks ago.  Jason was up for the project, and he and Anna worked with the saw this afternoon to pull this together!  We are so excited to see this cross burst with color next weekend!