Easter

Easter Sunday 2021

John 20:19-23 Life-Giving Hands On the evening of that first day of the week, when the disciples were together, with the doors locked for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them and said, “Peace be with you!”  After he said this, he showed them his hands and side.  The disciples were overjoyed when they saw the Lord.  […]

The Risen Christ Makes Everything New!

The Fifth Sunday of Easter April 24, 2016 Revelation 21:1-5 Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and there was no longer any sea.  I saw the Holy City, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride beautifully dressed for […]

Ordinary Events Bring Extraordinary Opportunities

The Third Sunday of Easter April 10, 2016 John 21:1-14 Afterward Jesus appeared again to his disciples, by the Sea of Tiberias.  It happened this way:  Simon Peter, Thomas (called Didymus), Nathanael from Cana in Galilee, the sons of Zebedee, and two other disciples were together.  “I’m going out to fish,” Simon Peter told them, and they said, “We’ll go […]

Wounds that Heal

The Second Sunday of Easter April 3, 2016 John 20:19-31 On the evening of that first day of the week, when the disciples were together, with the doors locked for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them and said, “Peace be with you!”  After he said this, he showed them his hands and side.  The disciples were […]

Why Do You Look for the Living Among the Dead?

Easter Festival Service March 27, 2016 Luke 24:1-12 On the first day of the week, very early in the morning, the women took the spices they had prepared and went to the tomb.  They found the stone rolled away from the tomb, but when they entered, they did not find the body of the LORD Jesus.  While they were wondering […]