Easter does not end with Easter Sunday. The season of Easter begins on Easter Sunday and continues for fifty days until Pentecost. To mark this season, there are changes to our liturgy intended to convey the hope of the Resurrection and our call to carry on Christ's mission in the world.

The most obvious change is that we are using Rite II for all services. Rite II has more contemporary language and attempts to restore the emphasis of the Early Church on human thankfulness for God's love and forgiveness. In Rite II, we are invted to stand more often than to kneel. Standing symbolizes our new life in Christ and each worshipper's participation, along with that of the congregation as a whole, in the invitation to walk with Christ out into the world.