Easter Sunday Service 2020

Christ is risen!
He is risen, indeed!
Alleluia!

The Church gathers on Easter Sunday morning to hear the news of Christ’s mighty rising from the dead. The long wait of Lent and the emotion of the preceding days leads to the greatest celebration in the life of the Church.

Christ’s resurrection from the dead is the innermost center of the Christian’s life and eternal hope. Even the next Sunday after the event itself, Christians gathered, and have gathered ever since, in joyful remembrance of what Christ has accomplished, His majestic conquest over the powers of death and hell. We light our candles again as a symbol of Christ who is the Light of the world—the Light no darkness can overcome. And while we may not be together on this day, Easter is an entire season and we will sure to be back soon to celebrate the forgiveness Christ won because of His death and resurrection! In Christ we rise to newness of life, putting the old ways of sin and death behind us, through the forgiveness that we receive in the word of absolution. New life and new hope are ours because of what Christ did on this day so long ago!