WEEKEND SCHEDULE: We serve a RISEN LORD, and Celebrate Him this weekend and every other day!
Below is the schedule of events for this weekend:
SATURDAY APRIL 3rd:
- Easter Egg Hunt & Cookout at 12:30 PM
- Egg Hunt
- Bible Story
- GOOD FOOD!
- KIDS: Remember to bring your Easter Basket!
- For more information, call:
- Teresa Stovall: (601) 551-3458
Sunday April 4th:
- BREAKFAST at 9:15AM
- Worship at 10:30AM
- Observance of the Lord's Supper during Worship
The Lord of life and glory was nailed to the accursed tree. He died by the act of guilty men. We, by our sins, crucified the Son of God.
We might have expected that, in remembrance of his death, we should have been called to a long, sad, rigorous fast. Do not many men think so even today? See how they observe Good Friday, a sad, sad day to many; yet our Lord has never enjoined our keeping such a day, or bidden us to look back upon his death under such a melancholy aspect.
Instead of that, having passed out from under the old covenant into the new, and resting in our risen Lord, who once was slain, we commemorate his death by a festival most joyous. It came over the Passover, which was a feast of the Jews; but unlike that feast, which was kept by unleavened bread, this feast is brimful of joy and gladness. It is composed of bread and of wine, without a trace of bitter herbs, or anything that suggests sorrow and grief. …
The memorial of Christ’s death is a festival, not a funeral; and we are to come to the table with gladsome hearts and go away from it with praises, for “after supper they sang a hymn." ~ Charles H. Spurgeon
I love that! "The memorial of Christ's death is a festival, not a funeral," says Spurgeon, for though weeping may last for a night (or two), joy cometh Sunday morning!
As we come together for this weekend's festivities, of course we want to recall that our sin is what necessitated Christ's death on the cross....and as we prepare to observe the Lord's Supper on Sunday, we do so with solemn self-examination, asking the Lord to create in us a clean heart, and to purify us and make us desire to be Holy as He is Holy.
And then, we praise Him for His mercy, His kindness, His grace....and for His power, which conquered the grave!
O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory?
The sting of death is sin; and the strength of sin is the law.
But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. ~ 1 Cor 15:55-57
See you tomorrow and Sunday! #HeIsRisenIndeed