What members of the Centurion West Presbyterian Church said about their experience of Eastertide

I asked few members about their experience of Eastertide in our congregation and this is what they said:

One of the elders said: Holy Week and Eastertide celebrations at our church is a time to remember more intensely that Jesus died for our sins and to celebrate his resurrection from death. It is a time to honour him, recognizing that we can only hope to have eternal life through him. It also is the confirmation of all that Jesus preached and taught during his ministry.

A Steward said: When Christians commemorate Jesus’ way to the cross, the price he paid for the salvation of sinners like me, and his glorious resurrection, gives rise to a sense of thankfulness to God, our Saviour, Friend, Father and Helper. It is a privilege to be part of a congregation where one experiences the love and care of fellow Christians during Eastertide. “By this all men will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another,” Jesus said.

A student at our Bible School said: To me celebrating Eastertide means that Jesus loved me (a sinner) so much that he conquered death so that I can have eternal life with him - to be able to call him Father and Friend. It helps me to have a relationship with him and to grow to fullness until the day he will come and fetch me to be with him. It is his gift to us all – yet his grace & mercy we will only fully understand when we will be in heaven with him.

A leading elder said: To me, reaching others with the message of Easter- the hope that is the result of the death and resurrection of Jesus - is the crux of Christianity. Our Eastertide services encourage us to celebrate the salvation through the death of Jesus, in order to rejoice because he rose again and lives to intercede for us.