Getting Ready to reach the community during Easter

As I have been driving more than usual across the state this week, and several states last week, I have noticed very few signs up that mark anything special coming for the season.  We are getting ready to launch a community Easter Egg Hunt on April 13 to invite the community through the doors of our church before Easter.  We have a traditional Easter Egg Hunt every year for the kids in our church, but this year we are doing two hunts on purpose. We want to continue our tradition that we have for the kids at church, but we want to grow our tradition for children who may not have a church home. The message of Easter is about good news. More and more, our community needs to hear from the church that we are a people of good news. God loves us. Jesus died for us to save us from sin, and he rose from the grave. When we pray, we recall the whole story, knowing we are sinners saved by grace. This Easter my challenge to you is to think about your relationship with the living Lord Jesus Christ. How are you connected to him? How is your connection to your church, to your family? Is there a spiritual need that you are desperate for God to meet?  God has not moved, and as the movie is reminding the public right now, "God is not dead." Take your knees to the foot of the cross, let them hit the earth or the carpet on your living room floor and cry out to the living God to come and pour his love out on you. That is the gift of Easter. God hears and God will answer. God's love for us through his Son Jesus is from everlasting to everlasting. Share that piece of good news with your friend who is hurting right now, and pray that God will do a great work in their life. God's resurrection power will not be held back.