Here we are, 2,000 years later, because Jesus called Mary by her name and this woman told people that she had seen the Lord.
Here we are, 2,000 years later, because Jesus called Mary by her name and this woman told people that she had seen the Lord.
There was a time, we used to speak about the bedside manner of doctors or nurses and how important that was to create a sense of trust between medical professionals and their patients. This trust, cultivated through a good bedside manner, often meant that when outcomes were not as good as hoped for by patients or their families, that the medical staff…
Luke 24:1-11 (NRSV, slightly adapted) On the first day of the week, at early dawn, the women came to the tomb, taking the spices that they had prepared. They found the stone rolled away from the tomb, but when they went in, they did not find the body. While they were perplexed about this, suddenly two men in dazzling clothes stood beside…
Were You There? Sunrise Readers’ Theater, a/k/a the Confirmation Class Haddam and Higganum Congregational Churches, Haddam, CT Haddam Meadows, Easter Sunrise, March 27, 2016, 6:30 a.m. Voices: Joseph of Arimathea (Michael); Nicodemus (Thomas); Mary Magdalene (Jordan); Joanna (Stella); the other Mary (Sally); Salome (Bridget) Congregation Sings: Were you there when they laid him in the tomb? Joseph: I am Joseph, from the…
Text: Luke 23:26-38 26As they led Jesus away, they seized a man, Simon of Cyrene, who was coming from the country, and they laid the cross on him, and made him carry it behind Jesus. 27A great number of the people followed him, and among them were women who were beating their breasts and wailing for him. 28But Jesus turned to them…
Scripture: 1 Corinthians 11:23-26 For I received from the Lord what I also handed on to you, that the Lord Jesus on the night when he was betrayed took a loaf of bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it and said, “This is my body that is for you. Do this in remembrance of me.” In the same way…
1Early on the first day of the week, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene came to the tomb and saw that the stone had been removed from the tomb. 2So she ran and went to Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one whom Jesus loved, and said to them, “They have taken the Lord out of the tomb, and we…
After the Sabbath, as the first day of the week was dawning, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to see the tomb. And suddenly there was a great earthquake; for an angel of the Lord, descending from heaven, came and rolled back the stone and sat on it. His appearance was like lightning, and his clothing white as snow. For fear of him the…