Easter Sunday, April 20, 2025 – Happy and glorious Resurrection Sunday! This is the flagship day of our Christian faith. If Christ hadn’t risen, we would have no reason to celebrate. Amen? But do you also realize that Easter is more than a one-day event? Easter truly began long ago on the first Christmas Day; the day Jesus was born marked the beginning of the Easter celebration. Christmas and Easter are the bookends of the greatest news and celebration on planet Earth. That’s why we can creatively call this the “Celebration of Chreaster.” Jesus was born to die a sacrificial death, paying in full the debt that only He could pay for the sins of all mankind. So, on the day we celebrate the birth of Jesus through our gifts, Jesus began His earthly life of sacrifice and suffering, culminating on Easter Sunday, all for the joy set before Him. That joy was for every person who would choose to accept His sacrifice as the forgiveness of our sins, so that they can have a restored relationship with their Heavenly Father. Worship and study with us in our celebration of Chreaster a little differently on this day.