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HAPPY EASTER!!

wakebird — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 13:36:51 +0000

I’m looking for the awkwardly fun element where the pastor says, “He is risen!.” And then we all say, “He is risen indeed!!”

Thank you Jesus for your great power and gift of salvation. May Your Kingdom come on earth as it is in heaven.

Easter Debrief

wakebird — Mon, 09 Apr 2007 03:42:00 +0000

1. Dinner at Bea’s parents on Saturday night. Yes, we did eat the Roast Lamb (of God) and yes I did make too many awkward jokes about it. And if you’re wondering, it did resurrect this morning. I’m still not into lamb. I like tenderloin of lamb, just not leg or chop.

2. First Ever (at least for several years) Student Ministry Easter Service at Calvary Church. It was awesome!! The band rocked out some great songs like Salvation is Here, Mighty to Save, Christ the Lord is Risen Today, and Nothing But the Blood. Matt Doan and Melissa Brosch (doesn’t have a blog but should) talked about the scapegoat and brought in a live goat. It’s always fun to have live animals in church. I talked about the Empty Tomb and my experiences in Israel. I read 1 Corinthians 15 from The Message and it has a cool verse (12) that says, “And I’m not going to let that grace go to waste.” I like that phrase. I’m actually pretty unclear of what that translates directly from, but I still like it. It definitely preached. There were a ton of kids because we combined JH, HS, and College. It’s fun to have that kind of energy in the room.

3. Elevation Easter Service. We had great worship with many similar songs. Salvation is Here, Mighty to Save, Christ the Lord is Risen Today, Marvelous Light. They did The Easter Song (Hear the Bells Ringing) as a pre-service song, but unfortunately is was not in the 80s Glam Metal style that I suggested. I’m sure Victor will post more on the music. Then we had these cool Digital Short Films that we made and Pastor Dave aka P-Diddy preached out of them. Chad Ashton did a ton of the work on the videos and he is a stud. They looked cool. The audio voiceover was overly theatrical and that kind of bummed me out, but they were visually awesome. The service ended with everybody pretty pumped up on worship and all that. A good morning overall.

4. Now we are packing and getting ready to leave in the morning. The blogging might be a bit sporadic over the next week.

He is Risen…He is Risen INDEED!!

Shout out from Marko

wakebird — Sun, 08 Apr 2007 22:15:00 +0000

Wakebird.com and Calvary Church got a shout-out from Marko over on his blog. Check it out here. Does anyone know who the HS Pastor is that he is talking about? That’s a funny story.

Roast Lamb for Easter

wakebird — Mon, 26 Mar 2007 20:41:00 +0000

So we are celebrating Easter with Bea’s family on Saturday night before Easter Sunday. They said we are having Roast Lamb and I think that’s traditionally what they and many others eat on Easter. I have some questions about that.
1. Is it symbolic?
2. Is it because Jesus is the Lamb of God and He died?
3. Is it a twisted form of communion eating the body of Christ while He is dead?
4. Will He resurrect from my bowel movement the next day?

This is all too weird. It’s just wrong. I think I will just have a burger or at least just some matzah ball soup.