April 3-5 was the climax of our Easter outreach campaign here at Crown of Life Lutheran in Cadillac, MI. Prior to the weekend we sent out mailings and press releases, hung an Easter banner outside of our church, put up posters around town, and members did some door to door inviting. Like past years we [...]

“Christ is risen! He is risen indeed!” On Easter Sunday people all across Russia will greet each other in this way, but it won’t be the 12th of April, it will be the 19th. Here in Russia Easter usually falls on a different Sunday than in the United States.
Russians like to color Easter eggs. [...]

Christ is risen. He is risen indeed!  That is the familiar chorus that is said on Easter morning in churches around the world.  This year at East Fork and Canyon Day it will be no different and we have many reasons to give thanks for our Savior’s grace and forgiveness.  Times have been rough on [...]

“Yea Sue Foo Hwoh Luh!” is the phrase that will be spoken by Christians on Easter Sunday. In Mandarin Chinese this means, “Jesus has risen from the dead!” Fellow Christians then reply saying, “Shr Duh! Yea Sue Foo Hwoh Luh!”  This response means, “Yes, Jesus has risen from the dead!”   I love this part of [...]

Easter in Portugal will be very low key this year for our family.  Here are a few things we will be missing this year for Easter.

We won’t be going to a 6am sunrise service and eating Easter brunch.
There won’t be trumpets and choirs in church.
There won’t be huge bouquets of flowers and banners in the [...]