AREA CHURCHES TO PRESENT JEWISH PASSOVER PROGRAM

Two area Christian churches will present separate programs on the Passover this weekend. Both events are free and open to the public.

"Christ in the Passover" is a presentation that explains what the Jewish Passover ceremony and Jesus' Last Supper have in common.

A representative of Jews for Jesus, an evangelistic Jewish organization, will speak at 8 p.m. at Trinity Lutheran Church and again at 6 p.m. Sunday at First General Baptist Church in Jackson.

The presentation aims to increase Christian understanding of Jewish traditions. It describes ancient and modern Jewish customs while explaining how a Seder meal would be conducted.

Seder, or the Passover feast, implies important elements of the Christian faith and usually takes about four hours to complete in a Jewish home. It an eight-day festival that commemorates the Jewish exodus from Egypt.