Easter Sunday morning we met at 10 am to celebrate the resurrection of Our Lord. The Church was filled with masses of beautiful flowers, we sang traditional Easter hymns and the choir sang an Easter Carol, 'on easter day at break of day' Joanna was well enough to be with us.

The celebrant was Father John, and his sermon reflected on the joy this day brings to us all.

We took our traditional photo of the Choir after the service 

We left after coffee on a beautiful spring morning with our hearts filled with gladness!

Acts 10:34-43 

A reading from the Acts of the Apostles.

Peter began to speak to those assembled in the house of Cornelius: 

"I truly understand that God shows no partiality, 

but in every nation anyone who fears him and does what is right 

is acceptable to him. 

You know the message he sent to the people of Israel, 

preaching peace by Jesus Christ—he is Lord of all.

That message spread throughout Judea, 

beginning in Galilee after the baptism that John announced: 

how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth 

with the Holy Spirit and with power; 

how he went about doing good 

and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, 

for God was with him. 

We are witnesses to all that he did 

both in Judea and in Jerusalem. 

They put him to death by hanging him on a tree; 

but God raised him on the third day and allowed him to appear, 

not to all the people but to us 

who were chosen by God as witnesses, a

nd who ate and drank with him after he rose from the dead. 

He commanded us to preach to the people 

and to testify that he is the one ordained by God 

as judge of the living and the dead. 

All the prophets testify about him 

that everyone who believes in him receives forgiveness of sins through his name." 

Hear the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to John.

Early on the first day of the week, 

while it was still dark,

 Mary Magdalene came to the tomb

 and saw that the stone had been removed from the tomb. 

So she ran and went to Simon Peter and the other disciple, 

the one whom Jesus loved, and said to them, 

"They have taken the Lord out of the tomb, 

and we do not know where they have laid him." 

Then Peter and the other disciple set out 

and went toward the tomb. 

The two were running together, 

but the other disciple outran Peter 

and reached the tomb first. 

He bent down to look in 

and saw the linen wrappings lying there, 

but he did not go in. 

Then Simon Peter came, following him, and went into the tomb. 

He saw the linen wrappings lying there, 

and the cloth that had been on Jesus' head, 

not lying with the linen wrappings 

but rolled up in a place by itself. 

Then the other disciple, who reached the tomb first, also went in, 

and he saw and believed; 

for as yet they did not understand the scripture, 

that he must rise from the dead. 

Then the disciples returned to their homes. 

But Mary stood weeping outside the tomb. 

As she wept, she bent over to look into the tomb; 

and she saw two angels in white, 

sitting where the body of Jesus had been lying, 

one at the head and the other at the feet. 

They said to her, 

"Woman, why are you weeping?" 

She said to them, 

"They have taken away my Lord, 

and I do not know where they have laid him." 

When she had said this, 

she turned around and saw Jesus standing there, 

but she did not know that it was Jesus. 

Jesus said to her, 

"Woman, why are you weeping? 

Whom are you looking for?" 

Supposing him to be the gardener, she said to him, 

"Sir, if you have carried him away, 

tell me where you have laid him, 

and I will take him away."

Jesus said to her, "Mary!" 

She turned and said to him in Hebrew, 

"Rabbouni!" (which means Teacher). 

Jesus said to her, 

"Do not hold on to me, 

because I have not yet ascended to the Father. 

But go to my brothers and say to them, 

"I am ascending to my Father and your Father, 

to my God and your God.' " 

Mary Magdalene went and announced to the disciples, 

"I have seen the Lord"; 

and she told them that he had said these things to her.