April, 2026

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Greetings,

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During this past Lenten season we have been having bread in church every Sunday. What was your favorite? There is an aspect to bread making that mirrors the Lenten season of expectation. Put all the ingredients together. Put them in the bread machine. Set the correct setting for the particular type of bread. And then you wait. Wait to see if the bread will rise like it is supposed to. Wait to see if the bread will taste good. Wait and see how it all comes out. Waiting. It is a big piece of bread making and it is a part of Lent. We wait for Easter. We prepare and then we wait. But there is that moment in bread making when the bread smells great and the signal tells you it is all ready and you pull it out and it is all as it should be.

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Easter is the ultimate of a rising. Only instead of bread it is Christ rising from death. We have waited, we have watched, we have prepared and now we get to see the final product - a risen savior. What a joyful time it is!

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In your Lenten preparations I hope you had time to prepare, to watch, to wait and now as Easter arrives, I hope you are ready to celebrate the risen Christ as it all comes out as it is supposed to do.

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In Christ, 

Pastor Pat

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