Old Meets New

As most of you know, this Sunday is Palm Sunday, the day we recognize Jesus triumphal entry into Jerusalem the week before His death and resurrection. It also marks one year since Ascension Church had its first public worship service. That's right, a year ago we went public with 4:30 pm worship services in a private school library with significantly fewer people than we have regularly attending our current 10:30 am services in the public school auditorium where we meet now. God has brought this church through its first exciting year and we are excited to imagine what He will do in years to come.

To celebrate, we are having a special banquet to mark this milestone in the life of our church. We are also having a Passover seder conducted by a Messianic Rabbi from Chosen People Ministries, an organization with which we've had good relations. The goal of this seder is to demonstrate how Jesus, the Messiah, is clearly portrayed in the Passover meal. Sure our church may be reasonably young, but the roots of the Gospel we proclaim are ancient. It should be both fun and edifying for everyone who comes to this event on Sunday evening.

As I've been mentioning for the last several weeks, our big EasterFest celebration is coming up next Saturday, April 7. We will be finalizing all the elements of it this coming week and are prayerfully excited about this outreach opportunity. Please continue to keep this event in your prayers this week and I'll keep you updated, as always, right here... same day, same blog.