Easter thoughts from our congregation...

"For me, this time of the year, Good Friday and Resurrection Sunday (Holy Week to some) is the most significant time for all of mankind. This time of the year is a celebration of the culmination of God's wonderful plan of redemption and His love for all. Praise Him from whom all blessings flow." - Wayne Sourbeck

"Easter holds special meaning for Clyde & I. Not only do we celebrate the death, burial and resurrection of our Savior, we thank Him for His providence in our lives. During the days preceding Easter in 1979, I was in a coma. I had an asthma attack that put me into respiratory failure and then into the coma. Doctors told Clyde and my family that if I should live, I would be in a vegetative state and recommended that he take me off life support. I began to wake up on Good Friday and to the astonishment of everyone concerned, I awoke more fully on Easter Sunday. We hold special memories of that difficult but joyous time and rejoice in the mercy and grace of Almighty God. He alone is worthy of our praise and adoration! He lives! He rules! He reigns!" - Clyde & Louise Moore

"My Easter Memory is Sunrise Service. With my Dad doing it we had to be there really early.

At the time I did not like it but as I got older I really enjoyed it. And it was always outside. The only time it was not was if it was rain. My Dad and Mom really did mold my life and I am so glad that I had Christian parents." - Pat Grant

"Easter is always another New Year's day for me. It's a reminder that Christ is victor over death; Spring will be victor over Winter; green grass, singing birds, budding trees, daffodils and tulips will be victor over snow and drab looking yards. It's a new beginning point in a Christian's life and a new beginning point in nature." - Evelyn Farris

This poem comes from Everett Sollars -

Written in fond memory of Easter Breakfast, 1977

at Grace Bible Church

Green Eggs & Ham & Praising The Great I AM

It was Resurrection Sunday Morning

and the pews were mostly full

while down in the basement

breakfast was about to take its toll.

The men of Grace would take a turn

and breakfast they would make

they would cook up a big country breakfast,

it was a piece of cake.

Dozens of eggs were scrambled,

by those at the stove who did toil

then they passed them on to others

who covered them in a pan of foil.

On the back burners,

ham and sausage links were frying,

in the oven bacon strips were keeping

warm for time they were buying.

The coffee urns were perking,

waiting for their contents to be ejected,

while the drippings for the sausage gravy,

they were being collected.

The biscuits were out of the oven,

and the blessing it was said,

the food was on the table,

including the french toast made out of bread.

The chefs lined up to take a bow,

their faces all a gleam,

but when they uncovered the eggs,

they had all turned green!

They looked and tasted like eggs,

but somehow they had been changed,

and so it is with all believers

when John 3:16 they claim.

God sent His only Son, Jesus Christ,

whose death, burial and resurrection,

provided the only way

for man to go to heaven.

That's the Easter we gave thanks

for green eggs and ham,

and praises to our Heavenly Father,

the great "I AM".

"My earliest memories of Easter are of family get-togethers, many with my Grandma (Mom) Wilkins. We always had an Easter Ham, and always, "ALWAYS", stayed dressed up all day (white shirts & ties for the males, and dresses for the females - most of the time something new just for Easter). I think back to how my mother always talked of how she loved Spring, with all the new growth, and everything coming back to life, and how she always related that to our Lord's resurrection and the new life we have through Him. I also remember the Easter Sunrise Services and the "Green Eggs and Ham Breakfast" of Everett's poem - lots of laughs and great memories." - Bill Wilkins