Comment: "The Disciples' Tenebrae" was a perfect set-up for the sunrise service. As people entered the church Easter Sunday, the worship room was bare of decorations. The rough cross made of old Christmas tree trunks still stood at the front of the church, draped with the black cloth from the Maundy Thursday service three nights before. There were no lights on in the church. All was very quiet as the people gathered.

To begin the service, the liturgist went up to the cross, pulled the black cloth off of it, turned to the congregation and said, "Christ is risen!" The congregation replied, "Christ is risen, indeed!" The organ played the first hymn, "Christ The Lord Is Risen Today." Worship Committee members, led by the acolyte carrying the lit Christ candle, brought in the flowers, altar de…