For our Easter Sunrise service Rev. Jim Baldwin delivered a message from the perspective of Simon of Cyrene. Imagine what it must have been like to physically walk alongside Jesus on the road to Golgotha, helping him carry his cross.

April 20 | Easter Sunday | John 20:1-18 | Love Mingles with Sorrow In life, pain is inevitable. Sorrow is part of the deal. To be human is to suffer, but humanity and life are also meant for us to love. When we experience “no greater love than this,” when we experience Divine Love, it is life changing. Unfortunately, though, as Mary knows, it also leads to sorrow. To love something deeply will inevitably lead to sorrow. But that sorrow is also where we find love. These two, love and sorrow, flow mingled down.

April 13 | Palm Sunday | Luke 19:28-40 | Sorrow and Love Meet Palm Sunday shines light on the sins hiding in the dark. The Temple is being run by sins in the dark. Herod is being controlled by sins in the dark. Rome functions sinfully and in dark, sinister ways. The Pharisees have hidden, private agendas. And it is Palm Sunday that the darkness comes face to face with light. On Palm Sunday, sorrow and love meet.