Resurrection Sunday

Here it is, Wednesday, three days past Resurrection Sunday and I am still basking in the joy we felt as we worshiped the risen Savior. I want to thank so many who made the day so special. First, I want to thank all of you who helped by taking the less desireable and less visible parking in the back of the church or off site in order to make available more parking spaces for those who would be visting. Everyone did such a great job! I did not receive any reports of those having to park in the street or being turned away due to a lack of places to park. Granted, the parking lot was packed! But your help made a place for everyone.

Second, I want to especially thank Jason Daniels who organized our ushers and helped to seat people. With a near capacity attendance, every seat in the house seemed to be spoken for. Helping find people a place to sit was so crucial to them staying and being a part of the serivce.

Our Sunday School teachers are also part of the great team we have. Thank you for your faithfulness in teaching, even on a special Sunday. Some of our Sunday School classes were especially full due to all of the visiting families. Thank you for your service.

Lest we forget to mention our children's worship leaders and our nursery workers, we want to acknowledge your key part in making the day go so well. I know you had your hands more full than usual and we thank you for your dedication to those assignments.

Our worship team deserves praise for the dynamic job they did in leading the worship. The music, the harmony from the back up singers, the flow of the songs all contributed to the spontaneous applause and celebration during the singing. The presence of the Lord was so strong the room felt electric! No doubt it was a foretaste of heaven!

Also, our youth group did a great job when called upon to help distribute the New Testaments on CD. What a great goup of young people! They looked sharp, they were helpful and did the job with such ease it helped to make the service flow so well.

Thanks as well to all our staff who oversee our help and volunteers and respond to needs as they arise.

Just a note, all of this contributed to a combined total of 396 people in the house! That represents our highest church attendance ever. With all of the help there was such a excitement in the house as there was a minimum of distraction or difficulty.

God bless you all for rising to the occasion! I know the Lord was pleased and many were blessed.