A Look Back at Easter Sunday

What a wonderful Easter Sunday. The Hilltop Sunrise Experience was absolutely beautiful, though very cold, 19 degrees, but no wind. The Sunrise Service was very well attended and a great conclusion to the Lenten program we had. The youth and their families put a great breakfast together while the kids of the congregation collected more than 300 hidden Easter eggs. Late service was my favorite, returning to our Tree of Life Eucharistic Liturgy, by Marty Haugen. Then I had to take communion to several homes, grab a bite to eat and do an Easter service at Tendercare, our local assisted living home just three blocks from the house. I have four people of my congregation living there, so I stayed after worship to give them communion as well. Of course, Sunday is ice cream day at Tendercare, just after worship, so I stayed to grab a bite to eat. Needless to say, getting up at 4:00 am, I spent the rest of Sunday in my favorite chair, napping.

Mary spent most of Easter getting ready for a week of teaching Spanish. She is such a trooper. David went into town to practice with his band. They head down to a college bar in Lansing on Thursday. Angela, well we did not hear from her this weekend. Allison is have a few roommate problems, but she only has a month left, and then she is back home for the summer. It will probably be her last summer with us. After that she has an internship and then off to a job. Wow! How time changes.