For Easter Sunday 2024 we gathered together with two other congregations to share in the joy and celebration of the newness of life, only because of the resurrection of Jesus. The tomb is empty. He is risen. He is risen indeed.
The Garden in the Grave
Restoration of Life
In this scene of Acts we see a community at peace, a man healed, the marginalized cared for, and a woman brought back from death to life. These miraculous things were a preview of what is to come in fullness one day. The works of Jesus, pointing us to the ultimate work he has accomplished at his death and resurrection and we will fully experience at his return. In the power of his Spirit, we too can become a preview people, showing the world a glimpse of restoration.
No Other Name
There is no other name by which we are saved.
What does this statement claim? What does it mean? How did it radically transform a community of oppressed and scared people? What does it mean for us to carry the name of Jesus with us now? To be immersed into his name?
This is what Easter and the resurrection is all about!
