The true meaning of Easter
Never forget, Easter is not about bunnies and candy.
Easter is about a zombie named Jesus (note: frightening images, but not as bad as POTC).
PHILADELPHIA: Rational Response Squad strikes again with major operation
The Rational Response Squad’s missions in Philly should really have “Operation” status they’re so big. Just a quote from today’s actions:
Two teenagers kept coming out of the Church. Why? I don’t know. Maybe they were trying to cut, because Mass was in session. The kid on the right was wearing a “HIM” shirt. Aren’t they satanic? I have a feeling these two kids are gonna love their new gift! I bet they’re sick of their parents forcing their fairy tale on them.
SANTA MONICA: The governor of California gets a flyer on Easter morning
Wow. No picture, but this is a great story from Santa Monica, where California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and his wife Maria Shriver dwell:
I just came from Saint Monica’s. I slipped in there to hide flyers and who walks past me but Arnold and Maria with their kids.
I went up to Arnold who was standing in the corner of the entranceway after that and slipped one of your flyers into his hand. He opened it and read it as I ran away. (He looks super tan like he has make-up on. Weird.)
Last night I handed out flyers to the people that were listening to the Christian speakers on the Promenade.
Today I went to St. Paul’s Lutheran and put a number of flyers in the benches (pews?) with the prayer books before a service. I am going to try to get more into Saint Monica’s between services. But it is hard. I had no idea it would be so packed. There are long lines of people waiting to get in.
I have extra flyers so I will hand out more on the Promenade today.
PARTS UNKNOWN: Successful mission
Check out RossCaleb’s mission.
(LOTS of battle reports to come. Processing…)
Links for an Easter morning
At least we’re not doing this (from Easter 2004):
A church trying to teach about the crucifixion of Jesus performed an Easter show with actors whipping the Easter bunny and breaking eggs, upsetting several parents and young children.
People who attended Saturday’s performance at Glassport’s memorial stadium quoted performers as saying, “There is no Easter bunny,” and described the show as being a demonstration of how Jesus was crucified.
Melissa Salzmann, who brought her 4-year-old son J.T., said the program was inappropriate for young children. “He was crying and asking me why the bunny was being whipped,” Salzmann said….
But it could be worse: Don’t try this at home.
The Green Knight, a liberal Christian, thinks you are all tasteless and unhelpful. He has comments.
MONTEREY, CA: Successful family outing
The family that plays together, stays together:
We didn’t get a picture of the first church we went to, but we hid some eggs and put flyers on the front doors. The second church and where I placed the movie was a Catholic church and was open so we went in and placed a few flyers and eggs throughout. It was pretty busy, but we got the job done. The third church we hid some eggs and put flyers on the doors and took a pic. Right after my husband click the picture some man came out. We just went straight to the car and he read the flyers, took them down and waved and yelled for us to come back. We kept going, but did stop long enough to give a flyer to two Mormons or Jehova’s Witnesses (not sure which ones) right outside the parking lot. tehehe We then had to make a quick stop at Target so we put flyers on cars there. The rest of the churches we visited were locked, but we hid eggs where kids would find them and put flyers on the doors. All together we visited 6 churches and only one was unlocked. We also left flyers on cars at Petsmart.
I’m not done yet, I still have the mini-mart and a couple other places in mind. This was too much fun for just one person to have, I sure am glad there were many of us out there!
CLEVELAND: Successful missions
Nonexistent_One writes:
As my family prepares for the resurrection of Jesus Christ, I prepare my flyers for the War on Easter. All of them neatly folded for placing on windshields and in information racks. I had to alter the Adult flier because I didn’t have a DVD to plant (picture included). Time to spread some Good Sense on Good Friday.
First stop: St. John Bosco, my “parish.” You see, my parents still don’t know I’m an atheist (probably because I haven’t told them yet) and this is the church we go to. Unfortunately, there are people inside the sanctuary decorating for Easter, including a priest who knows me, so this is a no-go, at least until tomorrow during the day. I decide to tuck a few under some windshields before I leave.
Next stop: Holy Family. The last mass is over and most people are gone, but the door’s still open, so I let myself in. I leave some flyers on a rack, but near the bottom so kids will be more likely to see them, and a few on tables next to other stuff. The sanctuary is still open, so I walked in and stuffed many hymnals with the Good News.
Nonexistent_One signing out.
WISCONSIN: Comprehensive mission
Wisconsin Atheist writes:
I packed up all my goodies and decided to head to church. I adopted an earlier operative’s idea and bought some plastic eggs and filled them with great quotes and information. Some quotes were of our founding fathers and others were just thought provoking. On the back of the DVD slip I wrote, “Happy Easter! Please enjoy this documentary about Jesus!”
I decided to go to the largest church I could find in my area, St. John Neumann’s Catholic Church. The church was quite the sight to see. What better place to spread the good word? The church itself was locked so I decided the front doors would be a nice place to put a few flyers.
I also decided to hide a few eggs in the front. I then walked to the back parking lot and placed a few more eggs here and there.
After hiding some more eggs, I went back to the front to search for a good spot to hide the DVD. I hid it partially behind a statue that was protected from the weather. I didn’t want it ruined in case it rained! Hopefully the DVD will open someone’s mind to real story of Jesus.
BERKELEY, CA: Two missions
Two UC Berkeley operatives:
First we went to the united methodist church, also known as trinity chapel. There we both posted a war on easter flier on a bulletin board (pictured) and slipped a folded war on easter flier in a hymnal–the united methodist hymnal (pictured).
The second church we went to is called the first congregational church (it is also known as united church of christ). There we placed a war on easter flier in a hymnal (pictured).
MASSACHUSETTS: More missions
Cardinal Biggles and Sgt. Pepper comment on their pictures:
First we went to a Methodist Church.
There was a woman with keys outside We told her we were from a Quaker Meeting, and had to take photos of different denominations’ churches for a project. She gladly opened the door.
We placed flyers in hymnals.
…And DVDs in hymnals (notice the title of the hymn; it’s tickling).
Shortly thereafter, we biked over to a Baptist church.
It was closed, so we left a flyer on the door of the child care room.
…as well as stuffed eggs in the playground.
And the door of the chapel.
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