The Living Last Supper

Crawford Street United Methodist Church will present The Living Last Supper by Ruth Elaine Schram, a dramatic musical experience for Holy Week. Experience Jesus’ last supper with His disciples, take part as we share communion as one body in Christ.

For centuries before Jesus came to earth, each year when the spring harvest began, the Jewish people were instructed to remember the emancipation of Israel from slavery in Egypt by observing Passover. Ritual prayers of blessing were learned and recited. All leaven was removed from the house, a specific set of foods was prepared on dishes used only for this occasion and a ceremony was performed by each family through which the story of the Exodus was retold.

The instructions for the Passover Feast were given to Moses before the Ten Commandments! It pre-dates all other feasts, and its importance was made clear when Jesus chose to celebrate this feast during His last hours.

The Passover Supper is rich with beauty and symbolism, but its significance is lost to many Christians today.

The Living Last Supper will be presented on Maundy Thursday, April 6, 2023, at Crawford Street United Methodist Church in Vicksburg and will include an orchestra, portrayals of disciples, a choir and culminate with the sharing of communion as one community and one body in Christ. The program lasts approximately one hour and a nursery will be provided.

When God called these twelve to be His disciples and apostles and to establish the New Testament Church, He chose flawed individuals, people just like you and me, people who were not saints or even finished products, but works in progress; people whose qualities needed to be honed, molded and channeled in positive ways.

It is our prayer that God will use this production to remind all of us that He is not yet finished with any of us and that every one of us is guilty of denying and betraying Him. The most important lesson of this presentation, however, is that His love and mercy covers every contingency and His will is perfect, even if it is difficult to understand. Just as these twelve exemplary people had a mission given to them to build the New Testament Church on a foundation of love and grace, we are also charged to continue that mission to love one another and to share the good news of the Messiah.

It is still a message we all need to hear today—more than 2000 years later.

Please join us, bring your family and friends; a nursery will be provided, as we experience The Living Last Supper as one body in Christ. Thursday, April 6, 6:30 p.m. at Crawford Street United Methodist Church, 900 Crawford Street, Vicksburg.

There is no charge for this program, no tickets or reservations are required.

For more information, call: Crawford Street UMC 601-636-5612