My heart is full after a wonderful observance of Holy Week and Easter Sunday! Thank you for taking part during this special time. It was a time full of awe, wonder, and joy! Below is a prayer of thanks that I invite you to pray with me this week as you continue reflecting on the joy of resurrection. Also, please enjoy some photos below from Holy Week and Easter, and share any that you have with the church office at office@unionchristianchurch.net. Jesus loves you, Union Family, and I do too!
Gracious and Risen Lord,
We come before you with joyful and grateful hearts.
We thank You for the wonder of resurrection. We thank you for the empty tomb and for the rolled-away stone. We thank you for the Good News that death does not have the final word. Indeed, because of Jesus, we have hope. Because of Jesus, we have life. Because of Jesus, we have joy that cannot be taken away.
We thank You for what Christ has done for us. We thank him for his sacrifice, his victory, and his resurrection power at work within us. May the joy of Easter not fade but continue to rise within us day after day.
Send us out as people of hope. Send us out as people of grace. Send us out as people of resurrection. Help us live as Easter people. Help us love boldly. Help us serve faithfully. Help us to proclaim with our lives: Christ is risen indeed, and he loves each one with a love that will never end.
In the name of our loving and living Savior,
Amen.
