Church Family,
This past Sunday was Easter, so we as a church made the bold decision to spend our morning considering the events of Resurrection Sunday. After what was surely a devastating Saturday on which it seemed all hope had been lost, Jesus’ followers arose that Sunday to find that the grave was empty, that Jesus had risen and overcome death itself. Now when the chief priests heard the reports of this resurrection they rejected this good news and spread lies that the whole thing was a hoax, as many reject the good news of Jesus today. But Jesus’ followers responded rightly, first with praise, and then by obediently setting out to spread the word of the resurrection. Let us respond likewise by marveling at the salvation secured by Jesus’ resurrection and by going out to share the joy of that salvation with the world.
Life Among the Nations
On April 19th at 6:00 p.m. Light in the Desert will help host a dinner for Life Among the Nations. This is a ministry run by Church on Mill in Tempe seeking to minister to international students at the main ASU campus. If you are interested in helping there are two ways you can serve. First, you can help provide some of the food by preparing either a salad or a dessert. Second, you can come to the dinner to help serve the food to the international students. If you are interested in helping in one or both of those ways, please sign up on the sheet at the welcome desk in our foyer.
New Series
We will be starting a new sermon series this upcoming Sunday in which we will be working our way through Acts. We would encourage you to begin reading ahead to be prepared to engage with the sermons each Sunday. In particular, since this book focuses on the early days of the Church, we encourage you to prayerfully consider the implications of Acts for our church body here at Light in the Desert. The first sermon will be covering Acts 1:1-11, though you are by no means limited to just those first few verses for now.
Grace be with you,
Logan Murphy
Pastoral Intern