Since Laura O’Neill Ott was a child, Easter service always included a cross filled with flowers. Now she serves as an elder at Second Presbyterian Church downtown, the fourth oldest church in ...

The 7-foot cross, made years ago by the church ... First Presbyterian parishioners brought flowers with them to the Easter service last year, and Barnes brought two small buckets of flowers ...

“On Good Friday, the cross becomes a symbol of death ... the alleluias are removed from service and flowers are removed from the altar. “On Easter Sunday, we bring the alleluias back ...

Those at the 10 a.m. Easter service will be invited to attach a fresh flower from their garden to a cross erected as the centerpiece of the celebration. They can alternatively attach a flower ...

Easter Sunday is the time when Christians ... church for the special day and Toby and his friends put their flowers on the cross, the cross is made out of wood from a recycled Christmas tree.