{"id":2457011,"date":"2020-04-10T00:56:00","date_gmt":"2020-04-10T06:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/news\/looking-for-easter-services-in-aspen-find-a-screen\/"},"modified":"2020-04-10T00:56:00","modified_gmt":"2020-04-10T06:56:00","slug":"looking-for-easter-services-in-aspen-find-a-screen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/local-news\/looking-for-easter-services-in-aspen-find-a-screen\/","title":{"rendered":"Looking for Easter services in Aspen? Find a screen"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"swift-gallery p402_hide\" readability=\"6.467718794835\">\n<ul id=\"imageGallery-324165-117\" class=\"gallery list-unstyled gallery-container\">\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/04\/virtualchurch-atd-040620-21-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/04\/virtualchurch-atd-040620-21-1024x682.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Kelsey Brunner\/The Aspen Times | Adam Gilbert manages the recording of the Snowmass Chapel service while Senior Pastor Robert de Wetter gives a Palm Sunday service on Sunday, April 5, 2020. (Kelsey Brunner\/The Aspen Times)\" class=\"swift-gallery-slide h-100\" readability=\"0\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"10.56768558952\">\n<p><strong>Adam Gilbert manages the recording of the Snowmass Chapel service while Senior Pastor Robert de Wetter gives a Palm Sunday service on Sunday, April 5, 2020. (Kelsey Brunner\/The Aspen Times)<\/strong><br \/>Kelsey Brunner\/The Aspen Times<br \/><a class=\"buy-link\" href=\"http:\/\/aspentimes.mycapture.com\/mycapture\/remoteimage.asp?backtext=Return+to+AspenTimes.com&amp;backurl=https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/news\/local\/looking-for-easter-services-in-aspen-find-a-screen\/&amp;image=https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/04\/virtualchurch-atd-040620-21-1024x682.jpg&amp;notes=https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/04\/virtualchurch-atd-040620-21.jpg\"><i class=\"fas fa-shopping-cart\"><\/i> Buy Photo<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/04\/virtualchurch-atd-040620-21-1024x682.jpg\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/04\/virtualchurch-atd-040620-21-1024x682.jpg\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" alt=\"Adam Gilbert manages the recording of the Snowmass Chapel service while Senior Pastor Robert de Wetter gives a Palm Sunday service on Sunday, April 5, 2020. (Kelsey Brunner\/The Aspen Times)\"><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/04\/virtualchurch-atd-040620-21-1-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/04\/virtualchurch-atd-040620-21-1-1024x682.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Kelsey Brunner\/The Aspen Times | Adam Gilbert manages the recording of the Snowmass Chapel service while Senior Pastor Robert de Wetter gives a Palm Sunday service on Sunday, April 5, 2020. (Kelsey Brunner\/The Aspen Times)\" class=\"swift-gallery-slide h-100\" readability=\"0\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"10.56768558952\">\n<p><strong>Adam Gilbert manages the recording of the Snowmass Chapel service while Senior Pastor Robert de Wetter gives a Palm Sunday service on Sunday, April 5, 2020. (Kelsey Brunner\/The Aspen Times)<\/strong><br \/>Kelsey Brunner\/The Aspen Times<br \/><a class=\"buy-link\" href=\"http:\/\/aspentimes.mycapture.com\/mycapture\/remoteimage.asp?backtext=Return+to+AspenTimes.com&amp;backurl=https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/news\/local\/looking-for-easter-services-in-aspen-find-a-screen\/&amp;image=https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/04\/virtualchurch-atd-040620-21-1-1024x682.jpg&amp;notes=https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/04\/virtualchurch-atd-040620-21-1.jpg\"><i class=\"fas fa-shopping-cart\"><\/i> Buy Photo<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/04\/virtualchurch-atd-040620-21-1-1024x682.jpg\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/04\/virtualchurch-atd-040620-21-1-1024x682.jpg\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" alt=\"Adam Gilbert manages the recording of the Snowmass Chapel service while Senior Pastor Robert de Wetter gives a Palm Sunday service on Sunday, April 5, 2020. (Kelsey Brunner\/The Aspen Times)\"><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/04\/virtualchurch-atd-040620-21-2-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/04\/virtualchurch-atd-040620-21-2-1024x667.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Kelsey Brunner\/The Aspen Times | A youtube screen shows that over 100 people are tuned in to Robert de Wetter\u2019s service in the Snowmass Chapel on Sunday, April 5, 2020. (Kelsey Brunner\/The Aspen Times)\" class=\"swift-gallery-slide h-100\" readability=\"0\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"10.528571428571\">\n<p><strong>A youtube screen shows that over 100 people are tuned in to Robert de Wetter\u2019s service in the Snowmass Chapel on Sunday, April 5, 2020. (Kelsey Brunner\/The Aspen Times)<\/strong><br \/>Kelsey Brunner\/The Aspen Times<br \/><a class=\"buy-link\" href=\"http:\/\/aspentimes.mycapture.com\/mycapture\/remoteimage.asp?backtext=Return+to+AspenTimes.com&amp;backurl=https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/news\/local\/looking-for-easter-services-in-aspen-find-a-screen\/&amp;image=https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/04\/virtualchurch-atd-040620-21-2-1024x667.jpg&amp;notes=https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/04\/virtualchurch-atd-040620-21-2.jpg\"><i class=\"fas fa-shopping-cart\"><\/i> Buy Photo<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/04\/virtualchurch-atd-040620-21-2-1024x667.jpg\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/04\/virtualchurch-atd-040620-21-2-1024x667.jpg\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" alt=\"A youtube screen shows that over 100 people are tuned in to Robert de Wetter\u2019s service in the Snowmass Chapel on Sunday, April 5, 2020. (Kelsey Brunner\/The Aspen Times)\"><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"caption-toggle\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/news\/local\/looking-for-easter-services-in-aspen-find-a-screen\/#\" class=\"show-captions\">Show Captions<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/news\/local\/looking-for-easter-services-in-aspen-find-a-screen\/#\" class=\"hide-captions\">Hide Captions<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Stay-at-home orders mean Christians in Aspen and elsewhere will be attending Easter Sunday services not at their preferred houses of worship, but on their preferred screens for viewing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Three of Aspen\u2019s churches are located in the West End neighborhood \u2014 Aspen Crossroads, Aspen Community Church and Christ Episcopal Church. Yet the Victorian-style neighborhood, also home to the Wheeler\/Stallard Museum that used to host the children\u2019s Easter egg hunt, won\u2019t be peppered with churchgoers donning springtime attire or eager youngsters looking for eggs this Sunday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Instead, the churches\u2019 sermons will take place on such online mediums as Facebook and YouTube.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cWhen I signed up to be your bridge priest, I was very much looking forward to celebrating Holy Week and Easter with you in person,\u201d wrote Father Steve Ayres in an online message to congregants of Christ Episcopal. \u201cSadly, that is not to be this year, as we are all wisely staying at home to slow the spread of COVID-19. Our spiritual disciplines are limited to watching stripped-down services on the internet, personal prayer, and if you are like me, taking long walks around Aspen.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col\">\n<div class=\"row at-donation at-donation-mobile p-0\">\n<div class=\"col-xl-4 p-2\">\n<div data-bg=\"url(https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/03\/AT-logo-white.png)\" class=\"p-0 mt-2 mb-2 h-75 text-center rocket-lazyload\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/03\/AT-logo-white.png\" class=\"logo m-0 p-0 invisible\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-bg=\"url(https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/03\/at-banner-paypal.jpg)\" class=\"col-xl-8 p-3 text-center rocket-lazyload\">\n<h3 class=\"d-inline mr-3\">Support Local Journalism<\/h3>\n<p><button class=\"btn d-inline\" type=\"button\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/donate\/?utm_source=article&amp;utm_medium=website&amp;utm_campaign=donation&amp;utm_term=&amp;utm_content=mid-article\">Donate<\/a><\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Holy Week at Christ Episcopal, which includes a noon Good Friday service Ayres will lead on the church\u2019s Facebook page, culminates with an 8 a.m. Easter Sunday service on the same platform and a 10 a.m. service on the christchurchaspen.org YouTube page.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Ayres also said while the Eucharist \u2014 the consumption of bread and wine commemorating the Last Supper \u2014 can\u2019t be celebrated online because internet communions are not sanctioned, \u201cI would like to bless some other Easter foods that we could symbolically share by eating at the same time. I am suggesting that we bless the fun foods found in Easter baskets, Easter eggs, chocolates and jelly beans. (BTW, I hear that Carl\u2019s has a large stock of Easter candies as no one can go into the store and be tempted by their displays. Life is tough now. I encourage you to splurge at least for a day with lots of Easter candies.)\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Crossroads Church Aspen will hold its Easter services at 8:30 and 10:30 a.m. The services can be accessed by visiting <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ccaspen.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/www.ccaspen.com<\/a><i class=\"fas fa-external-link-alt\"><\/i> and clicking \u201cWatch Live,\u201d which will take users to the church\u2019s YouTube channel.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cAt this time, all church services will be held online only,\u201d said the church\u2019s website. \u201cWe would still love to support you in whatever ways we can during this time. Please reach out to us with any prayer requests or needs at <a href=\"mailto:info@ccaspen.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">info@ccaspen.com<\/a><i class=\"fas fa-external-link-alt\"><\/i>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">The doors are also closed at Aspen Community Church.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Early Thursday afternoon, its Methodist pastor, Jerry Herships, was putting the finishing touches on his Easter message, which he said will be available on YouTube by 9:30 a.m. Sunday. Key search terms are \u201cJerry Herships\u201d and \u201cAspen Community Church.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Men and women of the cloth, Herships said, are learning quickly about downloading videos on YouTube or holding serviced on Zoom. His online messages have drawn up to 300 views, Herships said, noting that figure dwarfs the size of the 25 to 35 people who typically attend his services in person.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Herships said he\u2019s not doing online services but instead borrowing a page from FDR and his \u201cFireside Chats\u201d radio addresses.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cI don\u2019t need all of these bells and whistles,\u201d he said. \u201cI just need to look into the camera and tell people it\u2019s going to be OK.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">The communal aspect of church has been lost during the pandemic shutdown, he said. Gone are the hymns and hugs, the stain-glass surroundings, the post-service coffee-and-snack gatherings. But perhaps that void is prompting churchgoers to focus on why they go to church in the first place.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cIt\u2019s going to be bare bones this year,\u201d Herships said, \u201cand I don\u2019t know if that\u2019s a bad thing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">At the nondenominational Aspen Chapel, Nicholas Vesey said he and his family will try to bring home the fellowship by hosting a Zoom reception following the 9:30 a.m. Easter service, which will be conducted from the church with a livestream broadcast at <a id=\"N0x1636c50N0x160c360:N0x1636c50N0x15d86d0\" href=\"https:\/\/aspenchapel.org\/Groups\/1000097615\/Aspen_Chapel\/Watch\/Live_Video_Streaming\/Live_Video_Streaming.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">aspenchapel.org.<\/a><i class=\"fas fa-external-link-alt\"><\/i> and on its Facebook page.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cEveryone will make their own coffee and jump on Zoom,\u201d Vesey said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">The church, located off Castle Creek Road, traditionally has hosted its Easter day service atop Aspen Mountain, which churchgoers access by taking the Silver Queen Gondola.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Vesey has experience in livestreaming services \u2014 Aspen Chapel has done it the past six years \u2014 and will have the support of his wife, Heather, who with their children, Jessica, 14, and Samuel, 16, will participate in the online service.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cIt\u2019s quite interesting, because normally we sort of go through the motions,\u201d he said. \u201cWe have Good Friday and we think about Jesus\u2019 suffering and we move to Sunday and it\u2019s the resurrection, but now it almost feels that Good Friday is still happening and Easter looks like it is months away, and how difficult it is for one to access the Easter experience when all around there is so much suffering. It is difficult from that perspective.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Vesey said the church is staying active in the community during the health crisis. Its website has resources for coronavirus information, and both Pitkin County Manager Jon Peacock and Mayor Torre have joined its Wednesday virtual sessions.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">St. Mary Catholic Church will hold its Mass of Resurrection on its YouTube channel at 10 a.m. Sunday. The church also plans to set up the stages of the cross outside from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Good Friday, weather permitting, according to its website.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">The church also has literature in PDF form for its parishioners to use during its online services, including \u201cCelebration of the Word\u201d for Easter Sunday, which is introduced with the remarks, \u201cThis is a celebration of the Word to aid your worship this Sunday, alone or with family. If possible, place a simple cross or crucifix prominently in the room and light one or more candles. You can also place an image of the Virgin Mary there if possible. As a family, choose the one who leads the prayer, and someone to do the readings.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText Tagline\"><a href=\"mailto:rcarroll@aspentimes.com\">rcarroll@aspentimes.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/news\/local\/looking-for-easter-services-in-aspen-find-a-screen\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: The Aspen Times<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Adam Gilbert manages the recording of the Snowmass Chapel service while Senior Pastor Robert de Wetter gives a Palm Sunday service on Sunday, April 5, 2020. 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