Easter Potluck and Worship

Easter Potluck Dinner & Worship Celebration

Sunday, April 12

5:30 pm at Hope.Gate.Way.

Grab your friends and neighbors and your favorite food item, and join us for a rockin' good time on Easter evening! We'll get together at Hope.Gate.Way. at 5:30, share food and laughter around the tables, and then head right into worship, with good music and a great message of life and hope and love. Rumor has it we may repeat last year's popular feature: The Great Easter Egg Challenge!

This year's Easter Potluck Dinner & Worship Celebration is not to be missed!

Open Space for Prayer and Meditation

Monday, April 6 - Thursday, April 9 - 11am-1pm
Friday, April 10 - 11am-6pm
at Hope.Gate.Way. - 185 High St

Are you searching for a space for quiet and reflection? Do you want to make your experience of Holy Week a meaningful one? Drop in and check out prayer stations and meditative space that will be set up all around our Gathering Room. There will be pillows on the floor, paper and colored pencils for drawing and writing, a visual telling of Jesus' last days through words and images, and much more.

Good Friday Worship Gathering

Friday, April 10th at 7pm
Hope. Gate. Way. -185 High St. Portland

Join us as we encounter the story of Jesus' last hours. We will reflect on the biblical story, sing songs, and meditate together on its meaning for our lives.

A Prayer for Good Friday

Shock Me with the Terrible Goodness of this Friday

Holy one,

shock and save me with the terrible goodness of this Friday,

and drive me deep into my longing for your kingdom,

until I seek it first —

yet not first for myself,

but for the hungry

and the sick

and the poor of your children,

for prisoners of conscience around the world

for those I have wasted

with my racism

and sexism

and ageism

and nationalism

and religionism,

for those around this mother earth and in this city

who, this Friday, know far more of terror than of goodness;

that, in my seeking first the kingdom,

for them as well as for myself,

all these things may be mine as well:

things like a coat and courage

and something like comfort,

a few lilies in the field,

the sight of birds soaring on the wind,

a song in the night,

and gladness of heart,

the sense of your presence

and the realization of your promise

that nothing in life or death

will be able to separate me or those I love,

from your love

in the crucified one who is our Lord,

and in whose name and Spirit I pray.

— Ted Loder, Guerillas of Grace: Prayers for the Battle