It has been three years since our Easter season has been unhampered. This means that in April of 2022 we will return to a full schedule of opportunities to celebrate the events of Holy Week. Through moving worship experiences we will be drawn to the streets of Jerusalem, the upper room, the tomb and finally the resurrection of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. I pray you will be led by God’s Spirit to attend in person and reflect upon the precious gift of our salvation. From my earliest memories, I can recall my own enthusiasm for the services of Easter. I admit I wasn’t always a fan of the 6:30 AM Sunrise Service, although we did always have a nice breakfast afterward.
We will also hold our annual Easter Egg Hunt in our building as an outreach to children and their families. We will have the privilege of sharing the Easter message with children and sharing the love of Christ with their parents. If you haven’t yet plugged into the team of volunteers that will be needed to make this event a success, please let myself or Elaine Jarvis know? Let us also think about those God is calling you to reach. I ask that you pray specifically about individuals God may be encouraging you to invite to church. We know there are many people post–pandemic looking for ways to re-connect to the community in which they live. Church is still one of the best places for people to find love, hope and encouragement. We always have much to offer a hurting and broken world.
On Easter Sunday we will begin a new Sermon Series entitled, “Love Reigns.” Think about this. As Jesus was being crucified, the soldiers mocked him by placing a crown of thorns on his head and placing a sign over his head that read “King of the Jews.” They did not see him as the true King who rules and reigns. After Jesus’ resurrection, he revealed himself to his disciples and because of his defeat of death, he claims all authority over heaven and earth. It was Jesus’ love for us that held him on the cross. His love reigns in our lives when we put our faith, hope, and trust in him.
Love Reigns will help teach us how through Jesus’ death and resurrection, we have been given an opportunity to embrace the resurrection life and how this new way of living changes everything: wiping away our past, redefining our present and it giving us hope for our future. Who in your life needs to hear these words? Together let us bring the hope of Jesus’ powerful love to our hope-starved world with life-changing messages. Discover how Love Reigns over our past, present and future. Believe in the one true King who is above all and over all and proved his authority by rising from the dead.
Also, please remember our prayer for the year (written below.) Remember to be lifting up in prayer the people of Ukraine and Russia who are entrenched in a terrible war. Remember God has given us a mission and calls each of us to love one another, to love and take care of the widows and orphans, to provide for those who need water, food, etc. Consider giving in love, serving in love and just genuinely loving others. .
The challenge before us is to let Jesus be Jesus and to allow ourselves to be caught up in his extraordinary mission for the world and allow His love to reign.
Remember… “With God, All Things Are Possible!”
Growing Together in Full Devotion to Christ,
Pastor Kevin
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