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Easter Day 2020 worship.​ 

He is risen
​He is risen indeed

Let us worship God
A prayer to start
Take some time to pray with the words of this well known Easter hymn
Jesus Christ is risen today. Alleluia!
our triumphant holy day. Alleluia!
Who did once, upon the cross, Alleluia!
​suffer to redeem our loss. Alleluia!

Lord we thank you
Alleluia
​Amen
An Easter  story read by Rachel
There are more stories, activities ad our Easter gallery on the Kid's kirk page. Click here
An Easter message from Sarah
A bible reading from Luke 24: 1-12 
A bible reading from Luke 24: 13-35
Join me in a prayer of thanksgiving and for the needs of ourselves and others
Let us pray together the prayer Jesus taught us.

Come and join Norma on an Easter egg hunt around the manse garden

Listen carefully to the instructions- you never know there maybe some clues.
Start the egg hunt below
As you hunt for the eggs, enjoy the sounds of nature helping you along.
​You'll find the answers to Norma's hunt by clicking here for the KIds kirk page
They do Easter egg hunts differently on the farm. Join Sarah and her friends for a second Easter egg hunt.

View our gallery of Easter pictures here.

A thought to close with

The Lord went to his crucifixion
among the people and the donkeys.
A man of immense power and giving,
he hung on the cross for our salvation.
Women prayed at his feet as he hung there dying.
Others, men and women, begged for his forgiveness.
He assured the penitent thief he would meet him in 
       Paradise
and promised new joy.

In the rising of the Lord
as the stone was rolled away
the world found new hope and 
a new beginning.
Today we sing his praises
for the Lord has risen indeed,
and with the promise of all our failings forgiven
we go our joyful way.

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​Bible reading plan
 oHere's a simple bible reading plan for the next few weeks taken from Janie Stuart's favourite Bible commentator-Dale Bruner. He calls it making a home with Jesus. (John 15). His suggestion is that we read a a book a month, reading a chapter a day and think about what we have read and what is happening in our lives. Since some books are have fewer chapters than days in the month, then you either get to have a few days holiday or spend time chewing over passages that caught your attention in that particular book.
His scheme for the next few months would be:
March: Luke 1-24
April: John 1-21
May: Acts 1-28
June: Romans: 1-16
We are part way through the gospel of Luke in the church so I would suggest the following:
March 22 to April 12 Luke 10 -24
April 13 to May 3: John 1-21
May: Acts 1-28 which would gets us back onto Dale's plan but let us read and reflect on the Easter story at Easter.

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22 March 2020- a prayer to start; a prayer for ourselves and others; a prayer for all ages
29 March 2020
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East Church Contact Details

Contact details:
Alan - AJSMURRAY@churchofscotland.org.uk or phone the manse number
Sarah - Sarah@banchoryeastchurch.com