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Easter

EASTER IS THE CHIEF FEAST of the Christian year, celebrating the resurrection of Jesus. Easter is a 50-day celebration of the new life given through Christ. The celebration begins at the Easter Vigil and culminates on the Day of Pentecost.

Easter 5, May 3, 2026

Service Folder “The Singing Church” is captured by Psalm 98:1, “Oh, sing to the Lord a new song! For he has done marvelous things.” The marvelous things of which the Church sings Sunday after Sunday are Jesus’ Good Friday and Easter triumph over our spiritual enemies.

Easter 4 – April 26, 2026

Service Folder The people of God are pilgrims and sojourners in this world, looking ahead to a destination yet to come (1 Peter 2:11–20). We are those who wait on the Lord. “The Lord is good to those who wait for him, to the soul who seeks him” (Lam. 3:25). Jesus tells us that the wait is just a little while. “A…

Easter 2 – April 12, 2026

Service Folder The second Sunday of Easter has traditionally been called “Quasimodo Geniti” (pronounced KWAsi-MOdo- JENetee) Sunday. (The literary character from The Hunchback of Notre Dame, “Quasimodo,” got his name from this Sunday.) It is Latin for the first two words of today’s Introit: “Like newborn babies, desire the pure milk of the Word. The Word joined to Water, that is, Baptism,…

Easter – April 5, 2026

 Service Folder Easter is the Christian Church’s High Feast. Sunday’s lessons all highlight the reason for it – the resurrection of Jesus from the dead – Joshua 3:1, 9-17: As the Ark led the children of Israel through the Jordan River on dry land, the Risen Jesus leads us through death to the resurrection of the dead and eternal life. –…

Easter 7 – June 1, 2025

Service Folder This Sunday is a transition from Jesus’ Ascension on the 40th day of Easter to the Feast of Pentecost, the 50th day after Easter. It marks a unique period in the life of the disciples. The moment of separation from their Lord is but a few days back. The promise of the Holy Spirit is still to be realized. Jesus…

Easter 4 – May 11, 2025

Service Folder Sorrow gives way to joy – the joy of the risen Jesus. In the gospel Jesus teaches this truth by using the illustration of a mother who has sorrow when seized by labor pains. A mother’s sorrow turns to joy when her baby is born and placed into her arms. It is an appropriate illustration as Mother’s Day converges with…