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The Final Beatitude: Never Again the Same!
Easter Sunday, April 20, 2025 @ 9:45 AM
Readings: Isaiah 25:1,6-9, Acts 10:34-43
Rev. E. Nicholas Van Gombos
As you’ve been able to follow along – this week we come to the culmination of Lent and our reflections on Jesus’ Beatitudes. With this grandest day in our Faith Calendar in fact – we push beyond to celebrate our Lord’s Resurrection as ‘The Final Beatitude’ in whose shadow our lives might Never Again be the Same.
With the scent of lilies and the sounds of favorite hymns you’ll want to be sure to secure your place in the pew and to reaffirm your ranking among our God’s Easter People! Come, let’s rejoice in the enriching Grace of the Easter Proclamation – and each seal our spot on the Faith Family tree. See you in worship!
An Affirmation for Easter Sunday!
I’ve always liked the way my late peer, the Rev. William Sloan Coffin brought the Easter Affirmation home in a contemporary mode. He said…
“Christ’s Resurrection promises our own resurrection. For Christ is risen for us – to put love in our hearts, decent thoughts in our heads, and a little more iron in our spines. If then God is for us, we can be for ourselves – and, we can be there for each other. Christ is Risen to convert us not only from life to something more than this life, but to save us from settling for anything less – to urge us on to fullness of life here and now – his spiritual companionship guiding the way!”
I look forward to celebrating the Easter possibilities with you on April 20 – and into the open future as the transition to your next Installed Pastor begins in earnest! E Nicholas Van Gombos, Interim Pastor
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Hymns:
Hymn 232 “Jesus Christ Is Risen Today” (EASTER HYMN)
Hymn 234 “Come, You Faithful, Raise the Strain” (Vs. 1, 2 & 4) (ST. KEVIN)
Hymn 238 “Thine Is the Glory” (JUDAS MACCABEUS)