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“If Jesus rose from the dead, then you have to accept all that he said; if he didn’t rise from the dead, then why worry about any of what he said? The issue on which everything hangs is not whether or not you like his teaching but whether or not he rose from the dead.”
― Timothy Keller, The Reason for God: Belief in an Age of Skepticism
“The resurrection completes the inauguration of God’s kingdom. . . . It is the decisive event demonstrating thet God’s kingdom really has been launched on earth as it is in heaven.”
“The message of Easter is that God’s new world has been unveiled in Jesus Christ and that you’re now invited to belong to it.”
“In a world where the dead have returned to life, the word” trouble’ loses much of its meaning.”
Parent’s planning on attending the Maundy Thursday service please read this.
On Thursday evening we are having a time we are coming together as a community to worship on the day Jesus and his disciples gathered before Passover. This is a date on the church calendar that we call Maundy Thursday. It is recognized as the time that Jesus showed his friends what he meant when he said, “Love one another” by doing what needed to be done through the act of washing his friends’ feet. It is also the evening before Passover was to be celebrated. The disciples were remembering how God had delivered them from the Egyptians many years before. It was this evening that Jesus served his friends the first communion meal.
This is a more somber service because while Jesus and his friends are eating together there is still the understanding that it was out of that room Judas would leave to betray Jesus.
We are offering child care on Thursday for children Infants – 3rd grade. While the 0 – 3 year olds are to go to the Toddler room, we are having a special Maundy Thursday worship experience for the 4 years – 3rd grade kids. Please prepare your children for this event. Your children will be in the K-1st Sunday School room (3rd room on the left). They will not be in their normal Sunday School rooms. When they walk into the room they will take their shoes off and have their feet washed, they will then sit around the tables and have a “simple” snack together. We will also read a story about the Big God Story. This will be a story about God’s plan to bring us His Rescuer from the beginning of time. While there will be a brief explanation of why we are washing their feet and why we are eating together, it will not be in detail. Please take time this week to explain to your children what Maundy Thursday is all about.
If you have The Jesus Storybook Bible, read The Servant King together.
Parents of children 0-3rd Grade please read this
Dear Parents,
Easter is just a few days away. We wanted to send you an email letting you know what is going on on Easter Sunday so you can prepare for that day and your time of worship.
If you have an Infant-3 year old, please check them in at the Welcome Station and then take them into the Toddler room. You may check then in up to 15 minutes before the service starts.
If you have a 4 year old – 3rd grader, please take them down to the last adult Sunday School class on the right, at the end of the hall. Their Easter worship service will be held in that room. You may check them in up to 15 minutes before the service begins.
***There will be no dismissal from the Adult worship service. If you want your children to be a part of the special Easter worship experience for children you need to check them in before you worship in the sanctuary. If you want your children to worship with you in the sanctuary they will need to stay with you the entire service. There will not be a time for children’s dismissal from the sanctuary.
We have a group serving at Calvary Home For Children in South Carolina this week. Please keep praying for them.
White potted Hydrangea plants will be used to decorate the foyer & sanctuary on Easter. If you would like to help off-set the expense by purchasing a plant to take home after Second Worship on Easter morning, please contact Debbie at the church office to reserve your plant. Email: dstaples AT christcommunitychurch DOT com Cost: $11 each Checks should be made payable to Christ Community. Memo line: “Easter Plant”
