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CONGREGATION WATCHWORD FOR 2010 Dear Sisters and Brothers in Christ, The
Lord is Risen! The Lord is Risen indeed! What a joy it is to celebrate our Lord and Savior’s resurrection with you once
again this year. I pray that, like Mary, you also have seen the Lord this holy season! I have seen the Lord every time I have stepped outside this past week. What glorious weather He has granted us this
spring! This spring feels to me like a true renewal. After the hard winter we had, this early warmth has revived me in many
ways. Our children, Evan and Emily, reminded me of the wonder of the
renewal that Jesus Christ offers to each of us. We were headed to the playground over the last weekend of March and we pulled
Emily’s tricycle down from the rafters for the first time since autumn. There is a little basket with a lid on the back
of the tricycle and the kids lifted the lid. Inside they found a big silver Easter egg from last year’s Easter celebration
here at church. Evan instantly lifted it high and ran to me with excitement, saying “Mommy, Mommy, here’s my Easter
egg! There’s a stick and a rock and a cloth and a nail in it so it tells the story of Jesus’ resurrection! I wondered
what happened to this!” Now, I have no idea why we carried that
Easter egg around with us all summer long, but Evan cer-tainly remembered the egg’s meaning. He was renewed, he was
excited that he had remembered what was in the egg, and he was really enthusiastic to tell me about it. Evan showed me so vividly that the Good News of Jesus Christ never grows old. This news of Je-sus Christ’s
love for us, evident in his life, death, and resurrection renews us every day, it gives us a jolt of recognition and joy no
matter how many times we hear it or share it. Jesus revives our souls, reminding us of His immeasurable peace that is ours;
and calls us to share that news with others, just as Evan wanted to share the story with me. What a wondrous, glorious Lord we serve! May He continue to renew you both through this Easter season and throughout
the year, filling you with the joy of his love. Hallelujah, He is Risen! In His love, Pastor Jenny
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