The Horeb Mar Thoma Church celebrated our risen Savior this year with a special Holy Communion Service, some wonderful renditions by our Sunday School kids and our choir, followed by a fellowship dinner.
Want to thank everyone who joined us during this special time of the year to celebrate Easter Sunday!
The Horeb Mar Thoma Church celebrated Easter Fest at the GGUMC this year on Sat, April 19th. Thanks to all the organizers, sponsors, donors, volunteers and the especially participants. Praise God for his mercies all through the Passion Week.
Pastor John Piper launched a new, free devotional eBook, titled Love to the Uttermost: Devotional Readings for Holy Week, today. The devotional focuses on the self-giving love of Jesus Christ leading up to his death, burial and resurrection.
In preparation for the Easter, the new devotional was compiled from past teachings and writings of Piper for use in personal devotions or family and group settings. There are eight devotionals, beginning with Palm Sunday and ending with Easter Sunday. Piper chronicles the steps and words of Jesus as he prepares for his own sacrificial death. He takes the devotional reader on a journey of Christ’s love for them through his suffering and sacrifice.
The significance of the term uttermost is explained in the devotional. When used in relation to Jesus’ willing death for the world, it means he endured “unimaginable degrees” of suffering to do so. “To love to the uttermost is to love freely, without reserve or limit, and without flaw or failure,” it reads. “As we watch his arrest and trial and death unfold for eight days, we gaze on a God-man who begrudges no pain or reproach on his pathway to redeem lost sinners. This is the man who humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross” – Philippians 2:8,”
Holy Week Timeline
