Wesley Mission Easter events 2008
19 March 2008
Wesley Mission will host a series of powerful Easter events, services and re-enactments over Holy Week this year.
Good Friday, 21 March
On the street:
- Good Friday Passion Procession through Sydney CBD: 2:00 – 2:30 pm Beginning at Martin Place to Wesley Centre, 220 Pitt Street
- Performance of Nobel Prize winner Dario Fo’s exciting work, The Passion Plays Wesley Theatre, 220 Pitt Street: 2:30 pm – 4:00 pm
In a medieval carnival atmosphere, dancers, musicians and street performers will draw in a crowd and perform the trial of Jesus. A vivid picture of that historical moment will be drawn. Jesus is sentenced, he takes up his cross, and at 2:08 pm the procession starts through, ending at Wesley Centre.
The actors, from Wesley Institute, then file into the Wesley Theatre and begin a performance of The Passion Plays from Mistero Buffo (The Comic Mysteries) by Dario Fo, Nobel Prize Winner for Literature 1997.
Fo’s famous Comic Mysteries explores several of the most sacred evangelical themes through a novel lens. We see the miracles, tribulations and agonies of Christ’s life uncensored. Moments of cruelty become agonisingly real as the nails pierce his body, moments of irony hit home when a Jester flirts with the Grim Reaper, and inspired revelation reminds us of God’s divine purpose when Mary sees her son’s death in an image. This play will enthral and entertain you, and ultimately bring you to the passion of the cross.
On television:
Rise and Shine Good Friday Special broadcast on Channel Nine at 1:30 am
Guests: Rev Niall Reid, Moderator Uniting Church of NSW; Bishop Robert Forsyth, Anglican Bishop of South Sydney. Leading Christian artist Roma Waterman will sing When I Survey the Wondrous Cross and You Were There.
Easter Sunday, 23 March
On television:
Rise and Shine, broadcast on Channel Nine at 5:30 am
Live and on television with radio simulcast:
Easter Sunrise Service at the Sydney Opera House: 7:00 am
Venue: Steps of the northern foyer of the Sydney Opera House Concert Hall.
Broadcast live on Channel Seven with radio simulcast on Christian radio 103.2FM.
Guests include:
- From Grand Slam champion to intensive Christian ministry – Rev Dr Margaret Court, pastor of Victory Life Church
- Rev Dr Djiniyini Gondarra OAM, Uniting Church minister and head of the Aboriginal Resources and Development Services
- John So, Lord Mayor of Melbourne
- Daniel Kay and Tania G, Christian singers
For more information please contact:
Ph: 02 9263-5545 or 0434 076 644
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