17th April 2022 – Easter Sunday
17th April 2022 – Easter Sunday All Saints Church, Childwall
Read: Luke 24: 1-12 – Jesus has Risen
24 On the first day of the week, very early in the morning, the women took the spices they had
prepared and went to the tomb. 2 They found the stone rolled away from the tomb, 3 but when they entered, they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus. 4 While they were wondering about this, suddenly two men in clothes that gleamed like lightning stood beside them. 5 In their fright the women bowed down with their faces to the ground, but the men said to them, “Why do you look for the living among the dead? 6 He is not here; he has risen! Remember how he told you, while he was still with you in
Galilee: 7 ‘The Son of Man must be delivered over to the hands of sinners, be crucified and on the third day be raised again.’ 8 Then they remembered his words.
9 When they came back from the tomb, they told all these things to the Eleven and to all the others. 10 It was Mary Magdalene, Joanna, Mary the mother of James, and the others with them who told this to the apostles. 11 But they did not believe the women, because their words seemed to them like
nonsense. 12 Peter, however, got up and ran to the tomb. Bending over, he saw the strips of linen lying by themselves, and he went away, wondering to himself what had happened.
Reflect:
On the first Easter Sunday very early in the morning it was a group of women that were the first to go to the tomb of Jesus. Mary Magdalene, Joanna, Mary the mother of James and some others were all there. They were carrying prepared spices to complete the ritual burial of the body. On arrival they must have stopped and stared in shock for the large stone that sealed the tomb had been rolled away. This was not what they were expecting, and must have caused a real stir amongst them. They go into the tomb to see what is going on. Inside whilst they are wondering what has happened two men in gleaming clothes appear, the women are frightened and bow down to the ground. The angels ask them why they are looking for the living amongst the dead. They declare that Jesus is not there because he has risen and remind the women of this truth that Jesus had previously told them.
Whenever you receive good news in life, particularly when it is exciting the natural response is to share it. You want to tell someone immediately!
After leaving the tomb the women’s focus was no different they went to tell the disciples the good news. For them the news that Jesus had risen, they truly believed! They didn’t get the reception they expected though. In fact the disciples felt they were talking nonsense. I wonder how this made the women feel? Did they try and convince them that what they were saying was true? What we do know is that Peter who was there and heard their firsthand testimony responded immediately by going to the tomb himself. What is significant is that he ran, he was eager to get there quickly. He obviously hadn’t dismissed the words of the women, in fact his actions imply that he was open minded and he wanted to see for himself!
Respond: What do you believe, when you hear the statement, ‘Jesus is Risen’? Do you think it is nonsense and dismiss it as a tale? Or maybe you want to know more, and like Peter are eager to find out for yourself. I personally believe that Jesus Christ rose from the dead is alive today and calls us all to follow him. He also calls us to share this life changing news. When was the last time you told someone what you believe?
Pray: Heavenly Father, Thank you for sending your Son Jesus Christ to be my Saviour, dying for me and rising again. Help me to believe in you and help me to follow you and share this good news with others. Through Jesus Christ my Lord. Amen.
Andrew Colmer (Vicar of All Saints)
Sunday 17th April 9.15am – Holy Communion service 11am – Holy Communion Service
Church services
Sunday 24th April – 9.15am – Holy Communion 11am – Service of the Word with Baptism
12.30pm – Baptism Service 6pm – Evening Worship (in the Church Hall)
All Saints Annual Parochial Church Meeting – Monday 16th May at 8pm in the Church Hall & on Zoom
Morning Prayer – Monday and Friday at 8:00am – Common Worship Morning prayer service with words on screen. Optional Chat after the service. Meeting ID: 948 786 2454 Passcode: 4allsaints
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Weekly prayer meeting – Thursday 6.30pm on Zoom. Why not join a group of us at All Saints that pray regularly. It lasts 40 minutes, you can pray, sit and listen or just contemplate. – Aidan Holmes
Vestry Hour – every Tuesday 7pm – 8pm. There will be no Vestry hour in church on Tuesday 19th
April. Vestry hour will restart on Tuesday 26th April.
To book a Baptism or a Wedding or speak to a member of the clergy, please come to Vestry Hour which is held in the church every Tuesday, no appointment is necessary. Please use the wooden door to the left of the tower. You do not need to knock, just come in, take a seat and you will be seen privately in turn.
CHURCH HALL CLEANING ROTA
Currently there is a team of people who clean our church. Since Playgroup closed, there is no longer a cleaner employed to clean our church hall. Can you please spare an hour a week to work in a small team to clean the church hall? Please contact me if you are willing and available to help.
Thank you Mary Harrison 078 1747 1857
Easter Egg Appeal
Thursday 21st April – 10.45am – BCP Holy Communion
6pm – Easter Praise (in the Church Hall)
https://us04web.zoom.us/j/8802380315?pwd=cGxQTnQ0QVRjU1gyUnBrYnJMMzZldz09
Please note joining ID. Meeting ID: 880 238 0315
Passcode: yt76bq
The Leprosy Mission – The focus of their appeal this year is on their Research Laboratory in Anandaban, Nepal. This is essential to their work treating people with Leprosy but is urgently in need of renovating. If you would like to make a donation or have a collection box to hand in please pass this to me over the coming weeks. I can then forward these on to TLM. Thank you so much. Sandra Dunn
On behalf of Liverpool Homeless Football Club and all the Children who will receive an Easter egg this year a big massive THANK YOU.
We know how hard it is for everyone in these difficult times, everyone is struggling but as always you and the church
congregation have helped make a big difference with 284 Easter eggs.
We would like to wish you and everyone a happy Easter. Kind regards, John Finnnigan
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Weekly Prayer requests – Please pray for all those who are unwell at this time particularly praying for Gary McCoy, Stan Cowley and Alison Kefford. We pray for the bereaved family and friends of Graham McCulloch, Diana Cowley, Sybil Francis and Daniel Melling.
Andrew Colmer – Vicar – Tel: 07305 842257 – vicar.allsaintschildwall@gmail.com Helen Deegan – Curate – Tel: 07984 933467 – curate.allsaintschildwall@gmail.com Bill Forster – Associate Minister – william.forster1@btinternet.com Adeyinka Olushonde – Ordinand – adeyinka.allsaintschildwall@gmail.com
