A joyful communion service was held on Easter Sunday. The church looked beautiful with flowers everywhere and candles lit and, outside, the stone was rolled away in the Easter Garden to reveal the folded linen inside. The wooden cross that had been the focus on Good Friday now stands outside bedecked with flowers for all to see. We were delighted to welcome children to hear the Easter story with us during our service. They enjoyed puzzles and colouring as well as a chance to scatter grass seed which we hope will bring new life to a patch of ground left bare after last summer's building work. They also made their own miniature Easter gardens. At the end of the service they added bright daffodils to the flowers at the foot of the Paschal candle and everyone was offered a small Easter egg! Dana's sermon linked the Christmas story to the Easter story ( you cannot have one without the other!) directing our thoughts to why Easter is so amazing and such good news. 

Easter joy is to be shared, to be grown, to be treasured. May that joy be our strength, our inspiration, and our refuge in trouble.