This Easter Sunday was totally different than before as the coronavirus has spread around the world. The churches were empty, but Christians across China celebrated the Lord's resurrection in creative ways.
Bejing Nanyuan Church held an online worship and praise service, including playing a recorded video which integrated the song Calvary's Love with clips from the movie The Passion of the Christ. Its youth choir members from different geographic places sang songs in unison through the live broadcast.
The congregation of Harbin Bethel Church of China's northeastern Heilongjiang Province presented their worship through poem reciting, dances, and choral songs. Wearing facial masks, the pastoral staff of Hangzhou Sicheng Church in Zhejiang in the courtyard took turns reading Scripture.
A church in Guangzhou normally would distribute Easter eggs to its members, while this year members could get eggs from a believer's home.
The Easter tradition of a church in Jilin was having God's word printed on eggs. However the staff adopted a method in this special time by, "having Easter eggs be represented by WeChat red envelopes that contained Bible verses". Anyone who opened a "red envelope" on WeChat also received God's word on which he or she could meditate.
Although most Christians joined stay-at-home Easter services, many churches informed their congregations of service procedures through social media platforms in advance, hoping for homes to become places holding worship services to God.
- Translated by Karen Luo
疫情之下的特别复活节 各地教会精心预备别样庆祝
2020年4月12日迎来了基督教一盛大节日——复活节，以纪念救主耶稣基督被钉十架受死埋葬三日后复活。这一天，普天下所有的信徒无不欢欣、无不敬拜、无不感恩……
回顾历年复活节，各地教会都会隆重举办庆祝活动：有的举办赞美祷告会，复活节培灵会等等，形式多种多样，有的教会还会给信徒发复活蛋，举行抽经文等活动。
今年的复活节与往年有些不一样，信徒们没有办法来到教堂庆祝，但有人藉此也有了更深的体会和默想：疫情下的复活节，教堂空无一人，但不要忘了主的坟墓也是空的！是的，虽然教堂空无一人，但这并不能阻挡信徒们庆祝耶稣复活的热心。
北京南苑教会举办了复活节赞美会：青年团契的弟兄姐妹在家录制了赞美敬拜的视频，一首《各各他的爱》结合着耶稣受难记的视频，深深默想耶稣走的道路，因着爱人被救赎。青年诗班也在各自的地方同声合唱歌颂复活主。 最后以一首《不放弃》向此次疫情中付出的逆行者致敬。“没有人能使我们与神的爱隔绝，人虽然没有在一起，但我们的心连接在一起”。
哈尔滨伯特利教堂复活节网络感恩音乐崇拜：在牧师证道结束后，信徒们以朗诵、舞蹈以及合唱的方式向上帝献上感恩和敬拜。
杭州基督教会思澄堂：复活的清晨，思澄堂教牧同工也在网络上发出了复活节特别的问候。教牧同工聚集在庭院献唱接力读经文。
广东一教会：每年复活节该教会都会派送复活蛋，为此今年也不例外，虽然不能实地发放给大家，但该教会也为每一位信徒准备了复活蛋，将复活蛋放在一地点信徒可方便领取。
吉林一教会：延续先前分发复活蛋的传统，该教会在每个蛋上都会写上上帝的话语。特殊时期他们也采取了特别的方法，将复活蛋改成了红包，每个红包里都写着经文的出处，领到红包的人就是领到了神的话语，可自行查找经文默想。“弟兄姐妹们注意，每个人只领一个红包，上面有神的话语，大家一定要查看呀！”
疫情下，各地教会的复活节聚会也是形式多样。但无论这个世界在如何变化，信徒们爱主的心没有变，即便在这样艰难的时刻里，信徒们向着主的爱也是不改变的。为了此次特别的复活节聚会，各地教会的教牧同工及信徒们都努力预备，有的教会教牧同工提前一天来到教堂录制礼拜视频，将最好的献给上帝。
虽然大部分人都是在家做了复活节礼拜，但许多教会早早地就把居家复活节聚会的流程发在公众号、信徒群里，盼望着信徒能按照礼拜的程序进行，在家就一敬拜的祭坛中，献上复活节的礼拜。
This Easter Sunday was totally different than before as the coronavirus has spread around the world. The churches were empty, but Christians across China celebrated the Lord's resurrection in creative ways.
Bejing Nanyuan Church held an online worship and praise service, including playing a recorded video which integrated the song Calvary's Love with clips from the movie The Passion of the Christ. Its youth choir members from different geographic places sang songs in unison through the live broadcast.
The congregation of Harbin Bethel Church of China's northeastern Heilongjiang Province presented their worship through poem reciting, dances, and choral songs. Wearing facial masks, the pastoral staff of Hangzhou Sicheng Church in Zhejiang in the courtyard took turns reading Scripture.
A church in Guangzhou normally would distribute Easter eggs to its members, while this year members could get eggs from a believer's home.
The Easter tradition of a church in Jilin was having God's word printed on eggs. However the staff adopted a method in this special time by, "having Easter eggs be represented by WeChat red envelopes that contained Bible verses". Anyone who opened a "red envelope" on WeChat also received God's word on which he or she could meditate.
Although most Christians joined stay-at-home Easter services, many churches informed their congregations of service procedures through social media platforms in advance, hoping for homes to become places holding worship services to God.
- Translated by Karen Luo
Christians across China Mark This Year's "Special" Easter in Creative Ways
