As I write this letter the sun is shining, the temperature is 73^° and there is hardly a cloud in the sky!  Spring is here.  Since Easter usually comes in the spring it is a time of Resurrection and life.  The daffodils are blooming (my favorite flower) and Christ is risen indeed.  ALLELUIA!   We are Easter people – Let us rejoice and give thanks for our Eternal Life in the Risen Christ.

Easter Day was well attended!  In fact the highest attendance in recent memory!  Thanks be to God.  You can’t imagine how happy it makes me to look from behind the altar and see a full church!  I want to thank everyone who made Holy Week and Easter such a spiritual time.  The worship service, the music, the Easter breakfast were wonderful – thanks so much for all you have done and continue to do to make St. John’s such a unique and wonderful parish.

Please note all the events and programs that will come about from now through the summer and into the fall.  April 26 will be the 1^st Youth Service in my tenure at St. John’s   It will be wonderful to have the youth taking part. 

 Since this will be the last Compass for the spring and summer, don’t forget the time change for the Sunday Eucharist (we begin at 9:00 a.m. on June 7^th), the Youth Eucharist and dinner on May 15^th and Vacation Bible School July 12^th to July 16^th.

My prayer is that all of you will have a great spring and summer. God bless you for each of your ministries here at St. John’s.  Please remember me in your prayers as I remember you in mine.  May Christ and peace be with you always.

 In our Lord Jesus Christ

 Fr. John