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Church services now online due to the concern over COVID-19 coronavirus
Are you a shut-in, or can't make it to Church because of coronavirus closures? Great news: make plans to join Crossroads Community Church on Easter Sunday, April 12, at 10:00 a.m. PST for a special live stream event with Pastor Joel Defries, live from CMC Garage (normally services are held at Ravens Cry Theatre in Sechelt, B.C.): Go to www.CrossroadsSechelt.com on the main page, scroll down to the live video and you should be all set.
Easter (aka Pascha or Resurrection Sunday) commemorates the resurrection of Jesus from the dead, described in the New Testament (Mark 8:31, 9:31) as occurring on the third day after his burial, following his crucifixion by the Romans at Calvary around 30 AD. Easter is the culmination of the Passion of Jesus, preceded by Lent (a 40-day period of prayer and fasting).
"Many years ago I was fortunate enough to go to Israel. I remember waking early one morning, sitting on the balcony of our hotel and looking out as the sun rose on Jerusalem. The clear blue sky, the slight pinkish tinge to the walls of the city felt almost unreal to me. I had never seen anything quite like it. It was beautiful. I clearly remember thinking, 'I wonder if this is what it was like on the morning that Jesus rose from the grave.' It seemed to me like it probably was. After the depressing darkness, the storm and heaviness of crucifixion Friday, I believe that the visual bright cheer and joy of the day would have surely been what Easter Sunday was like.
Good Friday and Easter show us that no matter how lonely or dark and ugly our lives have been, God has provided for us an Easter morning. A morning of new life and hope. Jesus is alive and because of that there is the hope for our lives. He has given us a way to overcome our fears, our dark past, our failures and through an encounter with the risen, victorious, living Jesus we can find the beauty for our lives that comes through a relationship with him. He proved that there is not any power, darkness or evil that can stop his love and commitment to us. He died an ugly death to rise again gloriously and victoriously to offer us life through him. Whether the sun is shining or not this Easter Sunday morning, it is a beautiful day. A day that can change any life from darkness to light." - Dan MacAulay (creator of the new Podcast series, Starting Right with DannyMac)
Easter (aka Pascha or Resurrection Sunday) commemorates the resurrection of Jesus from the dead, described in the New Testament (Mark 8:31, 9:31) as occurring on the third day after his burial, following his crucifixion by the Romans at Calvary around 30 AD. Easter is the culmination of the Passion of Jesus, preceded by Lent (a 40-day period of prayer and fasting).
"Many years ago I was fortunate enough to go to Israel. I remember waking early one morning, sitting on the balcony of our hotel and looking out as the sun rose on Jerusalem. The clear blue sky, the slight pinkish tinge to the walls of the city felt almost unreal to me. I had never seen anything quite like it. It was beautiful. I clearly remember thinking, 'I wonder if this is what it was like on the morning that Jesus rose from the grave.' It seemed to me like it probably was. After the depressing darkness, the storm and heaviness of crucifixion Friday, I believe that the visual bright cheer and joy of the day would have surely been what Easter Sunday was like.
Good Friday and Easter show us that no matter how lonely or dark and ugly our lives have been, God has provided for us an Easter morning. A morning of new life and hope. Jesus is alive and because of that there is the hope for our lives. He has given us a way to overcome our fears, our dark past, our failures and through an encounter with the risen, victorious, living Jesus we can find the beauty for our lives that comes through a relationship with him. He proved that there is not any power, darkness or evil that can stop his love and commitment to us. He died an ugly death to rise again gloriously and victoriously to offer us life through him. Whether the sun is shining or not this Easter Sunday morning, it is a beautiful day. A day that can change any life from darkness to light." - Dan MacAulay (creator of the new Podcast series, Starting Right with DannyMac)
Prayer is a long rope with a strong hold. - Harriet Beecher Stowe
Will no one rid me of this turbulent priest? - Henry II
You have as much laughter as you have faith. - Martin Luther
Just pray for a tough hide and a tender heart. - Ruth Graham
Faith consists in believing what reason cannot. - Voltaire
May your life preach more loudly than your lips. - William E Channing
No, I look at the Senators and pray for the country. - Edward Everett Hale
Jesus was a Jew, yes, but only on his mother's side. - Archie Bunker
Where God has his church, the Devil will have his chapel. - Spanish Proverb
An ounce of practice is worth more than tons of preaching. - Mahatma Gandhi
What is faith unless it is to believe what you do not see? - St. Augustine
All the world is made of faith, and trust, and pixie dust. - J.M. Barrie
Surrender to what is. Let go of what was. Have faith in what will be. - Sonia Ricotti
And 'tis my faith, that every flower
Enjoys the air it breathes. - William Wordsworth
I deepen my experience of God through prayer, meditation, and forgiveness. - Marianne Williamson
Only faith in Christ gives rise to a culture contrary to egotism and death. - Pope John Paul II
All effort is in the last analysis sustained by faith that it is worth making. - Ordway Tead
Church is the only society on earth that exists for the benefit of non-members. - William Temple
Any concern too small to be turned into a prayer is too small to be made into a burden. - Corrie ten Boom
I'm not normally a praying man, but if you're up there, please save me, Superman! - Homer Simpson
I don't see anywhere in the Bible where it says you shouldn't get breast implants. - Carrie Prejean
Humanity is never so beautiful as when praying for forgiveness, or else forgiving another. - Jean Paul
Deep down in me I knowed it was a lie, and He knowed it. You can't pray a lie - I found that out. - Mark Twain
Take the first step in faith. You don't have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step. - Martin Luther King, Jr.
Most people have some sort of religion, at least they know which church they're staying away from. - John Erskine
Going to Church doesn't make you a Christian any more than going to a garage makes you an automobile. - Billy Sunday
The Christian's Bible is a drug store. Its contents remain the same, but the medical practice changes. - Mark Twain
Never forget the three powerful resources you always have available to you: love, prayer, and forgiveness. - H Jackson Brown, Jr.
Since I got to 80, I've started reading the Bible a lot more. It's kind of like cramming for my finals. - Vincent Watson
The bulletin board on the lawn of a New Jersey Church reads "We reserve the right to accept everybody." - John Kazmark
Pain is a sign that we are alive. Problems are a sign that we are strong. Prayer is a sign that we are not alone. - Unknown
The trained nurse has become one of the great blessings of humanity, taking a place beside the physician and the priest. - William Osler
I don't think that we're meant to understand it all the time. I think that sometimes we just have to have faith. - Nicholas Sparks
The Easter egg symbolizes our ability to break out of the hardened, protective shell we've surrounded ourselves with. - Siobhan Shaw
But who prays for Satan? Who, in eighteen centuries, has had the common humanity to pray for the one sinner that needed it most? - Mark Twain
Everybody needs beauty as well as bread, places to play in and pray in, where nature may heal and give strength to body and soul. - John Muir
Always be yourself, express yourself, have faith in yourself. Do not go out and look for a successful personality and duplicate it. - Bruce Lee
Some keep the Sabbath going to Church
I keep it, staying at Home
With a Bobolink for a Chorister
And an Orchard for a Dome - Emily Dickinson
What is a prayer? Prayer is sending blessing to all. Prayer is sending your compassion to all. Prayer is creating an antidote of negative thoughts. - Osho
The only faith that wears well and holds its color in all weathers is that which is woven of conviction and set with the sharp mordant of experience. - James R Lowell
Will no one rid me of this turbulent priest? - Henry II
You have as much laughter as you have faith. - Martin Luther
Just pray for a tough hide and a tender heart. - Ruth Graham
Faith consists in believing what reason cannot. - Voltaire
May your life preach more loudly than your lips. - William E Channing
No, I look at the Senators and pray for the country. - Edward Everett Hale
Jesus was a Jew, yes, but only on his mother's side. - Archie Bunker
Where God has his church, the Devil will have his chapel. - Spanish Proverb
An ounce of practice is worth more than tons of preaching. - Mahatma Gandhi
What is faith unless it is to believe what you do not see? - St. Augustine
All the world is made of faith, and trust, and pixie dust. - J.M. Barrie
Surrender to what is. Let go of what was. Have faith in what will be. - Sonia Ricotti
And 'tis my faith, that every flower
Enjoys the air it breathes. - William Wordsworth
I deepen my experience of God through prayer, meditation, and forgiveness. - Marianne Williamson
Only faith in Christ gives rise to a culture contrary to egotism and death. - Pope John Paul II
All effort is in the last analysis sustained by faith that it is worth making. - Ordway Tead
Church is the only society on earth that exists for the benefit of non-members. - William Temple
Any concern too small to be turned into a prayer is too small to be made into a burden. - Corrie ten Boom
I'm not normally a praying man, but if you're up there, please save me, Superman! - Homer Simpson
I don't see anywhere in the Bible where it says you shouldn't get breast implants. - Carrie Prejean
Humanity is never so beautiful as when praying for forgiveness, or else forgiving another. - Jean Paul
Deep down in me I knowed it was a lie, and He knowed it. You can't pray a lie - I found that out. - Mark Twain
Take the first step in faith. You don't have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step. - Martin Luther King, Jr.
Most people have some sort of religion, at least they know which church they're staying away from. - John Erskine
Going to Church doesn't make you a Christian any more than going to a garage makes you an automobile. - Billy Sunday
The Christian's Bible is a drug store. Its contents remain the same, but the medical practice changes. - Mark Twain
Never forget the three powerful resources you always have available to you: love, prayer, and forgiveness. - H Jackson Brown, Jr.
Since I got to 80, I've started reading the Bible a lot more. It's kind of like cramming for my finals. - Vincent Watson
The bulletin board on the lawn of a New Jersey Church reads "We reserve the right to accept everybody." - John Kazmark
Pain is a sign that we are alive. Problems are a sign that we are strong. Prayer is a sign that we are not alone. - Unknown
The trained nurse has become one of the great blessings of humanity, taking a place beside the physician and the priest. - William Osler
I don't think that we're meant to understand it all the time. I think that sometimes we just have to have faith. - Nicholas Sparks
The Easter egg symbolizes our ability to break out of the hardened, protective shell we've surrounded ourselves with. - Siobhan Shaw
But who prays for Satan? Who, in eighteen centuries, has had the common humanity to pray for the one sinner that needed it most? - Mark Twain
Everybody needs beauty as well as bread, places to play in and pray in, where nature may heal and give strength to body and soul. - John Muir
Always be yourself, express yourself, have faith in yourself. Do not go out and look for a successful personality and duplicate it. - Bruce Lee
Some keep the Sabbath going to Church
I keep it, staying at Home
With a Bobolink for a Chorister
And an Orchard for a Dome - Emily Dickinson
What is a prayer? Prayer is sending blessing to all. Prayer is sending your compassion to all. Prayer is creating an antidote of negative thoughts. - Osho
The only faith that wears well and holds its color in all weathers is that which is woven of conviction and set with the sharp mordant of experience. - James R Lowell
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