Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ,
When Manhattan criminal defense attorney John Jacobs died, his wife, Marion Seltzer buried him with his cell phone fully charged. It has been a few years now but she still pays the monthly phone bill and she still leaves him frequent voice mails. Marion actually went so far as to have John’s cell phone number engraved on his headstone, so that people stopping to visit the grave site can ring him up and leave a message. He, of course, never gets the messages. The phone’s battery – not to mention operator – stopped working years ago. But Marion is hardly alone in this. Being buried with one’s cell phone has become commonplace in our tech-savvy culture. It is just one more way that society tries to cope with death.
Jesus offers a better way, a way that works. He said, “I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in Me, though he die, yet shall he live, and everyone who lives and believes in Me shall never die” (Jn. 11:25-26). Can we hear Jesus now? Yes! And forever!
In Christ,
Pastor
LENTEN SCHEDULE IN MARCH
Mar. 1, 7:00 pm – Ash Wednesday worship with Holy Communion and Imposition of Ashes
Mar. 8, 5:30 pm – Lenten Meal
Mar. 8, 7:00 pm – Lenten Worship
Mar. 15, 5:30 pm – Lenten Meal
Mar. 15, 7:00 pm – Lenten Worship
Mar. 22, 5:30 pm – Lenten Meal
Mar. 22, 7:00 pm – Lenten Worship
Mar. 29, 5:30 pm – Lenten Meal
Mar. 29, 7:00 pm – Lenten Worship
The theme for our messages during Lent is “The Ironies of the Passion.” See you in church during this penitential and humbling season of the church year.