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Freedom Seder for the Earth
Join us for a Maundy Thursday Seder gathering. We will be using the Haggadah (seder narrative) from the Interfaith Freedom Seder held on the third night of Passover, April 4, 1969, the first anniversary of the death of Martin Luther King, in the basement of a Black church in Washington DC. About 800 people took part, half of them Jews, the rest Black and white Christians. This Seder gathering soon became the model and stimulus for many Seders affirming the liberation of its celebrants —with feminist, environmentalist, antiwar, vegetarian, and pro-labor themes, among others.
This is a family-friendly event and there are opportunities for children to be involved in the telling of the people of Israel being freed from slavery in Egypt. Traditionally four glasses of wine (or juice) and a number of food items are used as part of the telling of the story. It is an opportunity to consider what are the plagues and Pharaohs of our day, and how we might be invited to participate in God’s work of healing and liberation.
Please RSVP so we can prepare enough places for everyone! We may ask you to bring one bottle of wine or grape juice, your own table settings and wine glasses.