Worship This Week Second Sunday of EasterSunday, April 16, 2023Text: Matthew 28:16-20April Birthday BlessingNoisy Offering Narrative Lectionary:Final Week with Matthew In the church calendar, Easter is not simply one day, it is a whole season–the Great Fifty Days! We need that time to celebrate the great good news that Christ has conquered sin and death. This
Reflections on Good Friday* See, as they strip the robe from off his backAnd spread his arms and nail them to the cross,The dark nails pierce him and the sky turns black,And love is firmly fastened onto loss.But here a pure change happens. On this treeLoss becomes gain, death opens into birth.Here wounding heals and
Worship This Week Christ is risen…Sunday, April 9, 2023Text: Matthew 28:1-10Christ is risen, indeed! Easter Sunday Early in the morning, after the Sabbath was over, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to the tomb where Jesus’ body lay. Their hearts were heavy with the brutality of their friend’s death along with the destruction of
