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Events Past -
50 Years' Anniversary
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Written by ALC Pastor
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Thursday, 26 February 2009 17:49 |
Mark 15:22 says that Jesus was crucified at the place called Golgatha. Golgatha is is an Aramaic word that means "the place of the skull." It is from the Latin Calvariae Locus that we derive the English name "Calvary."
We have entered into the season of Lent which is that forty day period before Easter Sunday when the Church journeys with Jesus Christ to the cross. We hear Jesus’ invitation, If any want to become my followers, let them deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me (Mark 8:35). In our Fireside room there hangs a painting entitled "Golgatha" that was donated by the artist E. Monson, who was the son of the first council president of this congregation, Reuben Monson (See picture above). Perhaps the artist had Jesus’ invitation in mind when he created this piece of art. There are two groupings of three crosses that intersect one another and create a triangular effect. Perhaps the artist was telling us that the fullness of the triune God-Father, Son and Holy Spirit-was to be had here in the Cross of Christ. Or was the artist simply being literal and showing that there were three crosses on Golgatha that fateful day, one for Jesus and one each for the two criminals that were condemned with him? There is a wonderful old Lenten hymn that was composed by Jennie Evelyn Hussey around 1921. Its refrain is:
Lest I forget Gethsemane,
Lest I forget Thine agony;
Lest I forget Thy love for me,
Lead me to Calvary.
The highlight of the Gospel of Christ is the sacrifice of love that God accomplished for us on Calvary. Let us endeavour to make the journey with Jesus this Lent, let us go to Calvary and beyond!
May I be willing, Lord to bear
daily my cross for thee,
even thy cup of grief to share;
thou hast borne all for me. (Refrain) |
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