Pastor's Post

Dear People

What a wonderful Easter Celebration we had at Holcomb this past weekend! As I mentioned last week, our activities started with the Easter Egg Hunt on Saturday morning.  And then early on Sunday, we gathered at Dorla Lindstrom’s farm for the Sunrise Service.  Pastor Carter did a wonderful job of leading us in worship with Scripture reading, praise songs, communion, and a devotional emphasizing how the resurrection of Jesus insures our resurrection as believers from the grave.  I appreciate how well the Service went.  There were lots of moving parts, lots of logistics, and we were outside in the cold where anything can happen.  Pastor Carter did a great job of providing a meaningful worship experience to start our Easter Sunday.

Next after Sunrise Service was breakfast back at Holcomb in the Family Center.  The egg casserole and all the fixins’ were yummy!  Our ladies never disappoint!  What a wonderful time of great food and fellowship. 

And then after breakfast, the Family Center was converted into the Worship Center.  How encouraging to see such a big crowd.  I preached from John 1:19-29 in a message entitled, “Behold, The Lamb Of God!”  Continuing on in our series, The Gospel Of John – That You May Believe.  This is the passage where the religious leaders come and ask John The Baptist who he is.  I challenged us to look at our own lives and determine who we are specifically in light of Who Jesus is, the Lamb of God, the One Who takes away the sin of the world.  The One, and Only One, Who can take our sins away.

I originally meant to preach through John 1:37, but as I prepared the message, it became clear, I needed to stop at verse 29, “The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, ‘Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!’”  Which, being the crux of the Easter message, was the right place to stop.  And furthermore, it was enough.  The mind can only receive what the seat can endure.

So tomorrow, I’ll back up to verse 28 and go through verse 37 in a message entitled, “What To Do With Jesus.”  Once again tomorrow, we will be asking the question, Who is Jesus?  And in doing that we’ll dive deeper into Him being the Messiah and the Lamb of God, and then get into some other descriptions the passage brings out.  And then we’ll conclude with our response, what to do  with Jesus. 

Tomorrow is also communion.  So come with prepared hearts to partake of the bread and cup, remembering the broken body and shed blood of our Lord and Savior, Messiah, Lamb of God, Jesus.  And then tomorrow afternoon is Baptism Class at 5:00 in the Hospitality Room.  If you are a believer, and have never followed the Lord in obedience in baptism, this would be a great opportunity.  The Baptism will be the following Sunday, April 19, during Worship Service.  Tomorrow is going to be a terrific day.  See ya at Church!

May We Follow Jesus

Randy