Just a few days ago, we gathered together in what has become our new “normal” to celebrate the resurrection. We have walked through the forty days of Lent in ways we could have never imagined when it began, and now we find ourselves on the other side of Easter. What does God have for us in this new season?
Lent is over. Easter Day is over. But the season of Easter lasts for 50 days. I have often heard this season, the days beginning on Easter and ending on Pentecost, referred to as The Great Fifty Days. What does God have for us during these Great Fifty Days?
During our Sunday morning worship time, I will be attempting to answer this question using the image of building blocks. Do your remember those sturdy, wooden blocks that may have been found in your Sunday School room as a child? Or perhaps those larger blocks, made with cardboard that looked like bricks? Many children today use blocks like Lego that snap together. It is this image of building blocks that will guide our sermon and worship time during the Easter season.
What are our faith building blocks - those fundamentals of faith that can help us establish a strong foundation? The passages of scripture that we will explore during these 50 days will teach us valuable fundamentals for a life of faith. What foundational commitments are you willing make to build your own “house” of faith? What building blocks will guide our church?
These are the questions we will try to answer over these next days. Elsewhere in the Midweek, you will see an outline of sermons and worship themes. I hope you can join us each week as we build our own houses of faith.
-Pastor Jane