22 Apr Easter at Our Church: Temperance, Mich.

Mark Smith, Morocco UB church (Temperance, Mich.)

Again this year, Morocco UB church served an Easter breakfast to over 70 people. We opened the morning service with a choir of over 16 people. Our Attendance for the morning worship service was 88. The sanctuary looked wonderful with over 38 spring plants that we purchased in honor or memory or someone.

Pastor Todd Greenman brought a challenging sermon as we finish our series “Would you Believe.” Following the service we had our annual Easter egg hunt. We Praise God for what he has done and is doing here at Morocco Church

21 Apr Easter at Our Church: Dayton, Iowa

Holly Lundberg, McGuire Bend UB church (Dayton, Iowa)

On Good Friday, we were blessed to have with us Jeff Bleijerveld, the Director of Global Ministries. After enjoying a potluck supper, Jeff shared with us the work and goals of Global Ministries. We traveled through the different countries and learned of the mission work going on in each one. It is such a big world with an even bigger God!

On Easter Sunday, Dan Carrow was our lay speaker. He spoke about how Jesus conquered death.

21 Apr Easter at Our Church: Mason, Mich.

Annette Haines, Eden UB (Mason, Mich.)

Eden UB church hosted an Easter Egg Hunt on the Saturday morning before Easter. This has grown from about 30 kids to about 300 kids. One reason for this is that we have the Upward Basketball program through February and March and are able to contact a lot of families that way.

On Saturday morning, the children started in the sanctuary with an object lesson on Jesus being the only way to get to Heaven. Then they swarmed onto our ball field and collected over 8000 eggs. Most contained wrapped candy, but some held tickets which could be turned in for a small prize. The church provided a pancake and sausage breakfast at no charge to the visitors.

We also had drawings for door prizes (large Easter baskets), and we were able to get contact information from the slips turned in. One family that I know of has started attending our church because of last year’s Easter Egg Hunt. Yesterday, we talked to a couple of moms who are interested in coming, and one will bring her daughter to our Upward Soccer program this summer.

21 Apr Easter at Our Church: Franklin, Pa.

Mandy Miller, Atlantic Avenue UB (Franklin, Pa.)

On April 12, the Atlantic Avenue church had an event for families that involved a walk through 5 stations that depicted Jesus’ walk–Palm Sunday, The Last Supper, Garden of Gethsemane, The Crucifixion, and The Empty Tomb. About 40 families participated.

We had a Maundy Thursday Communion Service with about 150 in attendance. We had 825 in attendance for our three services on Easter.

21 Apr Easter at Our Church: Shippensburg, Pa.

Roxton Spear (right), senior pastor, Mongul UB Church (Shippensburg, Pa.)

Saturday, April 19, Mongul Church held its 5th Annual Easter Eggs-travaganza at a local park in Shippensburg. Volunteers filled close to 13,000 eggs. This provided an exciting time for hundreds of children. Altogether, 563 adults and children registered for the event.

Kristi Davis, our Children’s Director, did a fantastic job of organizing the event and Mongul’s volunteers were superb.

Easter Sunday was well-attended and, once again, our volunteers served Christ and the church with excellence.