Our worship service for Easter 2021 will be on Sunday, April 17 at 11:00 AM EDT. Please join us in-person or virtually!
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Introduction
This day we hear from Isaiah, Hebrews, and the Gospel of Mark. In this Easter Sunday gospel reading, may we remember focusing our worship on Christ. As we walk the path with Jesus on Easter Sunday, we join crowds of pilgrims from millennia before preparing for festivals remembering God’s salvation.
Having celebrated the angel’s announcement for over two millennia, we Christians struggle to appreciate the disorientation and panic of this moment. Even if we had heard Jesus’ own prophecies about his suffering and resurrection, would our stepping into his empty tomb, and hearing this announcement from a mysterious figure, automatically bring everything into clear perspective?
"When the sabbath was over, Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought spices, so that they might go and anoint him. 2And very early on the first day of the week, when the sun had risen, they went to the tomb. 3They had been saying to one another, “Who will roll away the stone for us from the entrance to the tomb?” 4When they looked up, they saw that the stone, which was very large, had already been rolled back. 5As they entered the tomb, they saw a young man, dressed in a white robe, sitting on the right side; and they were alarmed. 6But he said to them, “Do not be alarmed; you are looking for Jesus of Nazareth, who was crucified. He has been raised; he is not here."
