Happy Easter

2023 - 4 - 5

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Happy Easter from the McLaren Girls! (Gladwin County Record & Beaverton Clarion)

GLADWIN Lily and Caroline strike again! A few years ago, Karen Moore participated in the Gladwin County Leadership Program. An assignment in that program ...

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Ps & Qs: A hell-bound and happy Easter (soprissun.com)

It may surprise you to know how the date for Easter is decided each year. It sure as hell surprised me. Well no, actually “surprised” may not be the right.

We are an integral part of this den of conformity and chaos, but according to Christianity, we do not possess the autonomy to decide what is best for our very own bodies. This is in direct conflict with the belief that life is sacred, not to mention smelling more like some backwoods, medieval buju than one of the Top Three Best Selling Dogmas. This way we can all shop to our conscience’s delight and the companies that attract the majority will thrive. Some of my earliest Easter memories are waking up in my matching cat pajamas (from Sears) and spotting a small pile of jelly beans matching (not really) the color of their surroundings; like five bright green jelly beans in the middle cushion of our jade green Bethune & Moore couch. Ever since we ordered our clothes out of the Sears catalog and went to pick up the packages in one of the few buildings in Aspen that still looks like it did when I was a kid — for now, at least. Aspen still houses many of my happy childhood memories, despite the developers who are eager to destroy any/all remnants of Aspen-past, in order to pad their own Easter baskets (and if the Almighty is going to judge us by our bank accounts, then I really will be surprised).

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Local churches pray for post-COVID renewal ahead of Easter services (SooToday)

I think this is the first Easter where people will feel confident in coming back to church,” says Anglican Archbishop Anne Germond.

“We have a generous group of people who have helped keep the lights on, and we’re very thankful for that.” “One of our commitments during that pandemic time was to do as much as we could to engage people,” he says. “For Christmas, we were expecting huge numbers, but all the snow came down so it was messed up,” he says. “People have started coming back, and new people have started coming to our churches which is wonderful,” she says. Being able to be back to in-person worship is such a gift for us this year. Most of the programming and activities have returned to regular scheduling at St. Because of the care we took for one another, we’re able to come back and fully worship in-person.” “It’ll take a while, but we’re all in the same boat. Park says they’ve resumed nearly all of the activities and services they enjoyed before the pandemic, including a neighbourhood dinner where they feed the hungry, as well as a children’s activity group called ‘United in Fun.’ This is the first Easter where people will feel confident in coming back to church.” “People were still hesitant about coming back to church at this time last year,” she says. “Our congregations are becoming much more diverse than they were before the pandemic.

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