The Community Maundy Thursday Service of Worship will be held at 7:30 p.m. at St. Paul Lutheran Church.

The Community Good Friday Service of Worship will be held at 7:30 p.m. at Jefferson United Methodist Church.

Our Easter Sunday begins with SUNRISE SERVICE at 6:30 a.m. in the Jefferson Reformed UCC Cemetary.

At 7:30 a.m. we will gather to fellowship with each other with our Easter Breakfast in the Fellowship Hall of the church.

Our Easter Worship Service will be held at 10:30 a.m.

Please join us to celebrate the risen Christ!

On the first Easter morning, three women found an empty tomb. The discovery left them trembling and afraid. They did not know there was more - a resurrected Lord.

Later that day, the risen Jesus appeared. As happy as the disciples were about this miracle, they did not yet know there was more - a gift of the Holy Spirit that would make their joy complete.

Early Christians in Corinth were so delighted by the gift of baptism that they could scarcely imagine there was more - the resurrection of the body to eternal life.

As great as Easter is, it is only the "first fruits" of what lies ahead. Celebrate the fact that Christ is risen, but remember that the best is yet to come!

One of the most significant statements the early Christians used was "Jesus Christ, God's son, Savior." Because Greek was the universal language then (the New Testament books were written in Greek), Christians often said and wrote, "Jesus Christ, God's Son, Savior" in Greek.

That phrase, if printed as an acrostic (using the first letter of each word), looks like this:

   I = Jesus
   CH = Christ (anointed)
   TH = God
   U = Son
   S = Savior

The acrostic forms the word ICHTHUS, which is Greek for fish. If Christians needed to know where to gather for worship, they could look for a fish and perhaps an arrow pointing in the right direction. Persecuted Christians, seeing a fish on the door of a home or business, knew it was a safe place occupied by fellow Christians.