Comments on: The Easter Feast

By: Katelyn Forster

Katelyn Forster — Thu, 24 May 2012 22:45:07 +0000

I like the last question!

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 10:45:18 +0000

Mrs Wilson, I have never been taught that there is significance to the Sabbath this side of the cross, and have always been taught that Jesus is our Sabbath rest, so there is no need for a physical Sabbath anymore. I have been interested by your family’s view on this, and was wondering if there are any books/articles that explain why Christians should still observe the Sabbath? I am drawn to the idea of a Sabbath feast, but it is not something I have grown up with, nor is it part of the Reformed Church culture in South Africa. I can see the richness and value of it. Also, what would your advice be to a wife who would love to have a Sabbath celebration, but who’s husband is not keen?

By: Nancy Ann

Nancy Ann — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 21:21:59 +0000

Emma,
We didn’t care if our kids messed around playing frisbee or shooting hoop in the backyard on the Lord’s Day. But if our son or daughter had been on a team that scheduled a Sunday game, they would not have played. A Saturday night game is something we could work around, because we would celebrate our feast on Sunday. We dont want to be gnat stranglers about the time. As our grandkids get older, I’m pretty certain we will be juggling the time we celebrate, and it may have to move to Sunday more often.
Cheryl,
We are just now trying to figure out how to adapt the liturgy to older kids. I’ll let you know when we figure it out!

By: Emma

Emma — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 18:39:24 +0000

Thank you so much. I like the idea of making sure that the kids saw making the Lord’s day a day off to worship as important. This is something we will have to think about carefully-at the minute taking a day off to worship is easy as my husband and I serve in the morning youth service and then hang out with our family or church family before taking it in turns to go to evening service, but our little boy is only 11mths old, so the pressure to do sport on a Sunday hasn’t hit yet.

By: Nancy Ann

Nancy Ann — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 21:47:49 +0000

Emma,
Thanks for the good questions. I am happy to amplify and clarify.
Yes, we view Sunday as the Lord’s Day. We hold our feast on Saturday night simply because it is easier for us as a minister’s family, and my husband enjoys it that way because it is our “kick off” of the Lord’s Day. (He sees Sunday worship as the big game every week, if you follow his football metaphor.)We view the Lord’s Day from 6 pm on Saturday night to 6 pm on Sunday night. So our Sabbath Dinner is just our opening event. When the kids were still in school, Doug told them that they got to take the day off, no homework Saturday night or Sunday! But after six o’clock on Sunday, they could resume their duties. We just wanted to make sure they were seeing the Lord’s Day as a day off from their work. Your church may have a Sunday evening service, so you might consider the Lord’s Day from morning to night on Sunday. The important thing is to honor and enjoy Him on this day and rest! So, on Sunday after church, my husband puts his feet up, the kids often come over with sandwich fixin’s and we just hang out. Sometimes, if we are having guests on Sunday, we don’t celebrate Saturday night too. And on Easter, of course, we celebrated Sunday after church. And yes, “Kill the Dragon! Get the girl!” is referring to Christ’s work of redeeming the Church.

By: Emma

Emma — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 08:31:54 +0000

Hi this is a great post and helped me as I made my cheesecake contribution to easter. I’ve some questions though-why do you hold your feasts on the Sabbath (ie Saturday) as I’d thought we as Christians were supposed to celebrate on Sunday-is there a theological reason I’m missing or is it convenience as you’re a minister’s family? What do you do on Sunday? Also the last question of the catechism-I’m prob being a bit dim but is kill the dragon get the girl referring to Christ’s work on the cross and redeeming the church? I was a bit confused. But I did like the phrase!

By: Jane

Jane — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 02:31:39 +0000

I was just about to ask you how you celebrate your Sabbath dinner, but you answered my questions here. Thank you for this post!

By: Monica

Monica — Sun, 08 Apr 2012 17:48:55 +0000

Happy Easter, Nancy!!

By: Becky@Daily On My Way To Heaven

Becky@Daily On My Way To Heaven — Sun, 08 Apr 2012 13:00:47 +0000

Happy Resurrection Day to all the Femina girls!

Thanking God for you and for the way you have shared with us the goodness and richness of the Gospel.

He is Risen!

By: Martita

Martita — Sun, 08 Apr 2012 12:41:50 +0000

In my preparations for our Easter feast, I burnt the crust of my cheesecake, set off the smoke detector while burning, I mean, browning the meat, and dropped an egg shell in the pound cake. I came here looking for some perspective and was not disappointed.

Thanks for the encouragement!