Weekly Church UpdateApril 25, 2025“Death has been swallowed up in victory.”
“Where, O death, is your victory?
Where, O death, is your sting?”
1 Corinthians 15:54-55
This Sunday, we’re celebrating Holy Humor Sunday, a tradition with deep roots in the early church. In Europe, the Sunday after Easter was once known as Bright Sunday, when Christians gathered to laugh, tell stories, and celebrate the “divine joke” God played on death. After all, what greater reversal could there be than the empty tomb?
In the spirit of that joy, we’ll gather this Sunday for a worship service filled with stories, hymns, and holy laughter. We will journey with the disciples as they unpack what life with Jesus has been like and claim their relationship with the risen one.
We will find joy in our God who continues to surprise us with grace, and we will reflect on how the Risen Christ walks with us, even when we don’t recognize him and how joy often arrives when bread is broken, and stories are shared.
As we continue to understand the importance for finishing life faithfully, Holy Humor Sunday reminds us that resurrection joy is meant to last. So come ready to smile, to explore, to try something new, and maybe even to laugh a little.
You are welcome to wear bright colors or something that brings you joy. And if you have a good, clean church joke… you just might get a chance to share it!
Christ is risen! He is risen indeed! Join us in person or on our YouTube page this Sunday.
Brett |
