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Located on Mt. Desert Island in “downeast” Maine, Cadillac Mountain stands in Acadia National Park.
At 1532 feet it isn’t that tall, just tall enough to be the highest point along the North Atlantic seaboard. It’s an easy drive to the summit where, on any particular day, you can become the very first person in the United States to see the sun come up.
At 3:00 AM, Meg shook me awake. “I have an idea,” she said. “Let’s go to an Easter sunrise service on top of Cadillac Mountain.”
Groggily I rolled over, not exactly sharing in her excitement. “Meg,” I groaned, “the sun won’t be up for another three hours. We’re less than an hour away. What makes you think there will be a sunrise service there, anyway?”
“Of course there will be one!” she exclaimed. “You know that highway. It’s narrow and twisting and under construction. With all the traffic, we need to get going.”
I rolled out of bed, took a quick shower, and we were off, making good time since we were the only car on the highway. Arriving at the base of Cadillac Mountain we encountered a barricade and understood why. “Closed for the Season” read the sign
Disappointed, we drove into Bar Harbor. No lights brightened any church. Too soon for the summer tourists to arrive, the locals were sleeping in this Easter morn. So we parked along the shore. As the sun rose over the ocean, we read the Easter story and sang “Christ the Lord is Risen Today.” Just the two us.
Heading back, we stopped at the McDonald’s in Ellsworth for breakfast. The person behind the counter was the sister of the seminary’s librarian. Feeling foolish, we told her of our venture. Obviously she was a real Mainer, while we were still from away. “That road opens April 15th,” she said. “Never earlier, no matter how nice the weather.”
We found a table and sat down to Easter breakfast. The restaurant was near full, none of us dressed in our Easter finest. These weren’t church people. They weren’t even C&E people. But they, too, were among those for whom Christ died and rose from the dead.
When will we in the church find a way to reach them with the Good News of Easter?
Or start trying?
At 1532 feet it isn’t that tall, just tall enough to be the highest point along the North Atlantic seaboard. It’s an easy drive to the summit where, on any particular day, you can become the very first person in the United States to see the sun come up.
At 3:00 AM, Meg shook me awake. “I have an idea,” she said. “Let’s go to an Easter sunrise service on top of Cadillac Mountain.”
Groggily I rolled over, not exactly sharing in her excitement. “Meg,” I groaned, “the sun won’t be up for another three hours. We’re less than an hour away. What makes you think there will be a sunrise service there, anyway?”
“Of course there will be one!” she exclaimed. “You know that highway. It’s narrow and twisting and under construction. With all the traffic, we need to get going.”
I rolled out of bed, took a quick shower, and we were off, making good time since we were the only car on the highway. Arriving at the base of Cadillac Mountain we encountered a barricade and understood why. “Closed for the Season” read the sign
Disappointed, we drove into Bar Harbor. No lights brightened any church. Too soon for the summer tourists to arrive, the locals were sleeping in this Easter morn. So we parked along the shore. As the sun rose over the ocean, we read the Easter story and sang “Christ the Lord is Risen Today.” Just the two us.
Heading back, we stopped at the McDonald’s in Ellsworth for breakfast. The person behind the counter was the sister of the seminary’s librarian. Feeling foolish, we told her of our venture. Obviously she was a real Mainer, while we were still from away. “That road opens April 15th,” she said. “Never earlier, no matter how nice the weather.”
We found a table and sat down to Easter breakfast. The restaurant was near full, none of us dressed in our Easter finest. These weren’t church people. They weren’t even C&E people. But they, too, were among those for whom Christ died and rose from the dead.
When will we in the church find a way to reach them with the Good News of Easter?
Or start trying?
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