Happy Easter!

We did not go to the early sunrise service or the pancake breakfast, but we did go to Easter service at Guilford community Church, and it was a wonderful service. Pastor Allyson had arranged for five members of the congregation to talk about miracles in their lives to match the miracle of the resurrection of Jesus from the dead. They were quite moving stories and the choir also sang three anthems, The Angel Rolled the Stone Away, William Billings's Easter Anthem and Handel's Hallelujah Chorus. I read the scriptures from Isaiah 25 and the gospel of John chapter 20.

The Easter Sunday congregation at Guilford, passing the peace. Mary Alice Amidon and Elizabeth Christie are prominently in the foreground.

Easter Sunday. with Pastor Allyson and the Easter altar flowers.

Reading Scripture this morning.********************************** Good Friday, we went to a "union" service in the evening at Dummerston that brought together four local UCC churches: Dummerston Congregational Church, Centre Congregational Church, Guilford Community Church and 1st Congregational, West Brattleboro. The various paators gave meditatons on the seven last words of Jesus from the cross. During this time, the March Madness Basketball Tournament has been going on. The TarHeels defeated Wagner College in the first round and Michigan State in the second round, thus getting into the "Sw eet Sixteen." But then it played Alabama, who won by two points in a last-minute surge. The TarHeels' star player, R. J. Davis, had a very bad night, especially from 3-point range: 0-10. It was a heart-breaking loss, and I felt especialy badly for him, because I'm sure he felt the expectations very strongly and must have suffered for not meeting them.