April 27, 2025

Our Lectionary readings for this Sunday, the Second Sunday of Easter, are Acts 5:27-32; Psalm 150; Revelation 1:4-8; and John 20:19-31.

The Book of Revelation, says Justin Martyr, a leader in the Church of the late 2d Century after Christ, "Has as many mysteries as there are words." The mysterious character of the book should not discourage us from engagement. New Testament scholar Beverly Gaventa gets at the heart of the book's message when she offers that Revelation 1:8--"I am the Alpha and the Omega"--reminds us that "the God who had the first word, the word by which creation came into being, will also have the last word, the word by which new creation will come into being. That is the promise of Easter."

Our church will host Don Dial, a representative from the Gideons this Sunday. Our church offers regular support for the ministry of the Gideons. Please consider how you might further that support this Sunday in a special offering.