Pastor Rob’s Reflections

In the time leading to Easter we are thankful for many things. Two things we celebrate are significant: Jesus’ sacrifice and his resurrection through the grace of God.

It is said over and over, for a resurrection to occur someone has to die. That makes Easter bittersweet.  For us to celebrate Easter we recognize that Jesus endured a profound death, dying on the cross, experiencing a heartbreaking kind of death.

In our celebration let us never forget what Jesus went through to become the Son of Man. That he became our Lord and our Savior was at enormous cost to him. Thank you, Lord Jesus!

Remember that Easter is a season. We celebrate Easter Resurrection for seven Sundays. It is called Eastertide.

See you in church.

– Dr. Rob

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April Scripture

Liturgical Color is White

Fourth Sunday of Easter – April 26
Acts 2:42‑47
Psalm 23
1 Peter 2:19‑25
John 10:1‑10

Fifth Sunday of Easter – May 3
Acts 7:55-60
Psalm 31:1-5, 15-16
1 Peter 2:2-10
John 14:1-14

Sixth Sunday of Easter – May 10
Acts 17:22-31
Psalm 66:8-20
1 Peter 3:13-22
John 14:15-21

Ascension of the Lord – Thursday, May 14
Acts 1:1-11
Psalm 47 or Psalm 93
Ephesians 1:15-23
Luke 24:44-53

Seventh Sunday of Easter – May 17
Acts 1:6-14
Psalm 68:1-10, 32-35
1 Peter 4:12-14; 5:6-11
John 17:1-11

Day of Pentecost – May 24 – Liturgical Color RED
Acts 2:1-21 or Numbers 11:24-30
Psalm 104:24-34, 35b
1 Corinthians 12:3b-13 or Acts 2:1-21
John 20:19-23 or John 7:37-39

Visitation of Mary to Elizabeth – May 31 – Liturgical Color Green
1 Samuel 2:1-10
Psalm 113
Romans 12:9-16b
Luke 1:39-57

Trinity Sunday – May 31 – Liturgical Color Green
Genesis 1:1-2:4a
Psalm 82
Corinthians 13:11-13
Matthew 28:16-20