Here we are in the most important week in the Christian calendar! While our culture tends to get more excited about Christmas, Easter is a bit more important. Christmas celebrates Jesus’ birth (which is a REALLY big deal!), but babies are born all the time. However, it is NOT common for someone to rise from the dead a couple days after they were brutally killed by governmental authorities. And not only is the resurrection of Jesus the greatest miracle the world has ever seen or ever will see, He predicted all of it!

That’s why this Sunday, as we celebrate Riverwood’s 5th birthday, we will be looking at the Easter story (which, I will admit, we talk about almost every Sunday!) So here are some ideas for how to make this “Holy Week” weekend full of worship to draw your heart to God and prepare you to worship together as a church family on Easter Sunday:

THURSDAY

• Take communion with your family at the end of your supper time together, reading 1 Corinthians 11:23-26.
• Read Matthew 26:1-29.
• Listen to (and sing along with) “Nothing But the Blood” by Corey Voss.
• Invite someone to Sunday’s Easter Worship Gathering.

FRIDAY

• Read Matthew 26:30 – 27:66.
• Attend the Community-Wide Good Friday Worship Service at 7:00 pm at the W-SR Middle School.
• After communion at the Good Friday Service, fast from food until Sunday’s breakfast celebration at 9:00 am.

SATURDAY

• Listen & learn the song “Resurrecting” which we’ll sing on Sunday.
• Send a reminder text to anyone you invited to Sunday’s Worship Gathering to join you.
• Read Isaiah 53.
• Take a walk through your neighborhood, praying for this weekend to not just be a holiday weekend, but truly a Holy Weekend for your neighbors. Pray specifically for your neighbors to find and follow Jesus.

SUNDAY

• Come to Droste Hall at the Bremer County Fairgrounds to celebrate the resurrection of Jesus and Riverwood’s 5th Birthday! Breakfast starts at 9:00 am with our Worship Gathering beginning at 10:00 am.
• Before you come, listen to (and learn) “Glorious Day,” with which we’ll close our Worship Gathering.