In March of 2020, Holy Trinity closed down due to the Coronavirus lockdown. For the first time in our 60-year history, our church building remained empty that following April during Holy Week and Easter Sunday, as uncertainty loomed for how long everyone would have to social distance.
Our Council President at-the-time, Cristina Dolcino, had an idea to bring us back to church during Holy Week. With the help of her husband Mike, she set up a table outside with a plastic bin filled with children’s Easter eggs and a small piece of paper for one to write on with uplifting or positive messages. Once written, you could put your paper inside an Easter egg, and hang it on the tree outside our entrance for everyone to see. It was a small, but very uplifting gesture, and soon our tree had dozens of eggs hanging on it.
It was our hope to display what everyone wrote once the pandemic was over and done with. Three years later, COVID-19 is still infecting people, and now it seems like another unfortunate part of life that we have to face.
This year, during Holy Week, we decided to display what people wrote. It’s a time capsule into the minds of our congregation member when we were all stuck at home and unable to worship together, or to visit our loved ones. While Holy Trinity isn’t back to what we 100% were before March 2020, we still believe in the hope, love, and guidance that Jesus Christ gives to us daily.
You can read the original announcement from Cristina, below:
Missing your drive to Holy Trinity? Well, you now have an excuse to go and add some color and joy to the outside of Church.
To the right of the front door is a cute little tree yearning for some words of prayer, hope, and rejoicing.
There’s a bin of plastic eggs with strings attached and pieces of paper inside.
All you need to do is write or draw on one piece of paper your thoughts for Holy Week. Fold up your paper, put it inside the egg, and hang the egg on the tree.
Just think how lovely our Church will look when we return all together?
Gloves, colors, and pens are all there, but you are welcome to bring your paper or egg from home!
Please consider taking a spring drive, spend some time outside of Church, and share your Easter drawings or words of praise!
