March 28 is the deadline to make reservations for the 2004 regional Christian and Messianic Jewish Passover Seder, in Branson.
The annual celebration includes special music, traditional dance, and a Biblical Passover meal reminiscent of the Lord’s Supper as recorded in Matthew 26:17.
This year’s event will be held at 7 p.m., April 5, in the Celebration City Convention Hall, on Green Mountain Drive.
Reservations are $15 for adults and $10 for children ages five to ten. Children four and under will be admitted free.
To make reservations, call (417) 335-2424 or (479) 253-4214.
Messianic Jewish Rabbi Jeremy Storch and the Branson Tri-Lakes Pastors Prayer Summit will direct this year’s event which is expected to draw visitors from neighboring states.
Storch explained that people willingly drive long distances to attend an authentic Passover Seder, officiated by a Rabbi and supported by area pastors.
“In the past we’ve had visitors from Kansas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Missouri and beyond,” said Storch, founder of The Tabernacle, a growing Messianic Jewish and Christian congregation in Branson.
The Tabernacle holds Erev Shabbat worship services at 7:30 p.m. Fridays at the Branson Hills Assembly of God Church, 256 Road, in Branson. Shabbat services will be offered at 11 a.m. Saturdays, beginning April 17.
The Passover Seder program begins with prayer and special worship music written and led by Storch, a well-known composer, musician, vocalist, and recording artist.
The music team includes several notables including lead vocalist Jacque Phillips, who has performed in local music shows, and former Hollywood actress, singer, dancer and entertainer Patti Starr.
A team of dancers step and whirl to the music, reminiscent of King David’s triumphant entry into Jerusalem, as described in 2 Samuel 6:14.
The music and dance sets the atmosphere for the Passover Seder meal, which commemorates God’s deliverance of the Israelites from Egypt, and prophetically points to the coming of Jesus, the Lamb of God, according to Storch.
“Everything in the Passover Seder points to Yeshua (the Hebrew name for Jesus)” Storch said. “It is in every way a rehearsal on earth for the heavenly Marriage Supper of the Lamb described in Revelation 19:9.”
The Passover meal will be followed by a full dinner and will conclude with a powerful musical tribute to God, Storch said.