Easter Sunday

This Sunday is Easter, the celebration of the resurrection of Jesus. We will here the familiar account of Mary at the tomb, meeting Jesus and mistaking him for the gardener, and finally realizing that she has met the risen Christ. It's an uplifting story that signals God's attempt to lead humanity into a new way of living. In the long run, it doesn't matter if we have been to the empty tomb if we refuse to see the new life that God is giving to us every day. Easter is the call to begin again in a new way with a new purpose. Christ has risen; we have risen! Hallelujah!

This Easter Sunday we will have music from both the Decibells and the Meeting House Choir. The Decibells will play Bell Fanfare by David Burton Brown for our introit. Then, they will join the Meeting House Choir in On the Third Day by Allen Pote. The choir will also sing Empty Now by Joseph Martin. Organist Gavin D. Craig will play Christ is erstanden, BWV 627 by J.S. Bach and Final from Symphonie I, Opus 14 by Louis Vierne. Our congregational hymns will be Christ the Lord is Risen Today (EASTER HYMN), Now the Green Blade Riseth (NOËL NOUVELET), and Thine is the Glory (JUDAS MACCABEUS).