What a whirlwind weekend.

We were going in so many directions it was somewhat chaotic. Props to our team for going the extra mile to pull it off. What a team effort. It’s already crazy pulling off 7 services in 3 locations, but you throw in a Good Friday Service, Easter Eggstravaganza, four Godspell productions, and a Baptism and you’ve got chaos. But God still hovers over the chaos just like He did in Genesis 1. That is the best way I can describe this weekend.

Services @ Union were standing room only. Because we’re 73% single twenty-somethings, our attendance typically does down on a holiday weekend, but Easter is the rare exception. Seems like alot of folks have family who make the pilgrimage to DC.

Hard to pick a highlight from the weekend, but it’s tough to top a baptism. Such sacred symbolism. And to do the baptism between Good Friday and Resurrection Sunday was doubly symbolic. I think we may have found a new NCC tradition–an Easter baptism.

One last thought for pastors.

Is it just me or is Easter one of the toughest messages to preach? I think I put a little extra pressure on myself And it is so hard to approximate the emotion we ought to feel. I really think the greatest truths are the toughest to put into words! No combination of the twenty-six letters of the English alphabet can adequately praise God for the victory He won over death. That is when you feel most dependent upon the Holy Spirit to do what only the Holy Spirit can do!