Dear Edgeboro Friends & Family,

“The Lord is Risen! The Lord is Risen, Indeed!”

We proclaimed these words on Easter Sunday at the beginning of our beloved liturgy, but these words do not have to be reserved for one day a year. The season of Easter, or Eastertide, lasts 50 days beginning on Easter Sunday (April 21) and ending on Pentecost (June 9). Therefore, we have well over a month to continue celebrating the resurrection of our Risen Lord! (Technically, we do this all year round, just sometimes in more subtle ways.)

A lot can happen in 50 days. In the gospels, the disciples went from being afraid for their lives, locking themselves in the upper room to being overjoyed to see Jesus, to accepting Jesus’ call to “feed my sheep” and a Great Commission that will take them to the ends of the earth, to watching Jesus ascend into heaven, to receiving the power of the Holy Spirit with wind and flames. They changed from a bunch of people huddled in a room to a church with a mission all in 50 days!

Did you know that 50 days from May 2 is the official start of summer (June 21)?

Here at the church, there’s a lot going on in those 50 days – a Lovefeast, a baptism, Moravian Music Sunday, two Communions, the Mystery Dinner Theatre, a confirmation retreat, a church picnic, a benevolence breakfast, a Salvation Army Lunch, a couple youth group events, and preparation for more events to come (like an Iron Pigs game and VBS, both of which are 50+ days away). We would love to have you come join us and support these ministries! You can read all about them in this newsletter.

Like the disciples, in the next 50 days, I pray that you continue to be filled with hope upon knowing that Christ lives, leaving nothing to stand in the way between you and his love. May you be blessed and encouraged by the Spirit of Christ who is with you to strengthen you and ahead of you to guide you. Continue serving through the opportunities listed above and in other ministry opportunities that are presented to you in the church and community, doing it all in the name of the one who died, but now lives forevermore.

Eastertide Blessings,
Pastor Dan