Churches come together in preparation for Easter
In an effort to bring all Christians together in preparation for Easter, Pastor Craig Miller of Our Saviours Lutheran Church and James Keane, a Eucharistic Minister at the Episcopalian Christ Church in Bay Ridge, are inviting local residents to share their different traditions, with one another during Lent.
When we started the program, we wanted to offer people a chance to pray in the different churches and experience a different flavor of what the other churches are doing, said Miller, who along Monsignor Guy Massie of Saint Andrews Catholic Church started the initiative. When Massie retired, a year ago, Keane succeeded him as co-chair with Miller, continuing the tradition.
The programs give residents an opportunity to worship God according to several traditions in an expression of unity within diversity, said Keane.