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- Lighting the paschal candle at the Easter Vigil at St. Andrew’s Lutheran Church, West Los Angeles. Calif. The presiding minister lights the paschal candle from the new fire and sings or says: “The light of Christ, rising in glory, dispel the darkness of our hearts and minds.” (ELW p. 267)
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- Martin Lettow, pastor of Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church (Gunbarrel) led Easter worship at the reservoir in Boulder, Colo., early Easter Sunday, 2012.
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- Children’s service at Redeemer Lutheran Church, Woburn, Mass. In 2011, Keith Anderson, pastor, used a funeral pall and taught about the symbols on it. Said Keith, “When we see it we are often sad, but like the cloth that was left in Jesus’ tomb it reminds us of new life.”
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- The altar at Trinity Lutheran Church, Pembroke Pines, Fla. Photo by Keith Spencer, pastor..
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- Decorating the Easter cross at St. Andrew Lutheran Church, Whittier, Calif.
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- The Easter choir at Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church, Minneapolis.
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- Olin Sletto, pastor of Holy Trinity Lutheran Church in Elgin, Ill., leads the Gospel procession during the 2011 Easter service.
Here is a sampling of how ELCA congregations throughout the U.S. celebrate these most holy days.
