The Ascension rock on Mount of Olives, Jerusalem, said to bear the imprint of the right foot of Jesus as he ascended, venerated by Christians as the last point on earth touched by the incarnate Christ. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Resurrection and Ascension of Jesus
From Ludwig Beethoven’s Oratorio: Christ on the Mount of Olives–Hallelujah
Have a Blessed Easter!
John 11:25-26
New King James Version (NKJV)
25 Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in Me, though he may die, he shall live. 26 And whoever lives and believes in Me shall never die. Do you believe this?”
Good Friday is observed on the Friday before Easter Sunday. On this day Christians commemorate the passion, or suffering, and death on the cross of the Lord, Jesus Christ.
Many Christians spend this day in fasting, prayer, repentance, and meditation on the agony and suffering of Christ on the cross. (For a more detailed explanation about Christ’s death, listen to the Palm Sunday sermon Why Did Jesus Have to Die?)
The biblical account of Jesus’ death on the cross, or crucifixion, his burial and his resurrection, or raising from the dead, can be found in the following passages of Scripture:
The Good Friday service at Pender UMC will focus on the “Wondrous Love” of Christ and how that love manifested itself in His sacrifice on the cross. The service will include special music from the Sanctuary Choir.
Bring a flower to place on the Easter Cross in the Sanctuary on Easter Sunday.
Frank Decker currently serves as the Vice President for Member Care and Development for The Mission Society, based in Norcross, GA, where he enables the ministries of over 200 missionaries serving in 35 countries.
Prior to serving in the home office, Frank and his wife Vicki served as a missionaries to Ghana, West Africa, for seven years. In Ghana Frank served as the National Director of Evangelism for the Methodist Church of Ghana, taught evangelism at Trinity College, and developed a ministry that currently has over 300 tent-making evangelists. The Deckers also started a church in their living room in Accra, Ghana that currently has several hundred members and thrives under national leadership today.
Frank has written over 60 published columns and articles on missions.
Frank and Vicki have been married for 31 years and they have three adult children.
Frank’s formal education includes degrees from West Virginia Wesleyan College and Emory University.
The 26th Annual Missions Conference at Pender UMC will take place April 12-14, 2013.
We invite you to come and bring your family and friends. There will be special activities for the children as well as babysitting for each event.
Come share in this exciting weekend! The Annual Missions Conference is an opportunity to meet visiting missionaries, hear their stories about what God is doing in the lives of people, and how lives are being changed throughout the world because of Pender’s Faith Promise Missions outreach. Come and be blessed by sharing in the excitement and joy!
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