Resurrection Sunday dawned bright and clear in Clear Creek County.  Our community worship gathering on this day gave us a glimpse of what could be.  Over 100 people (a mega-church for us) crowded into the historic 'United Center' in Idaho Springs!  The United Center is the former United Methodist church building.  It retains it's historic charm with some nice updates.  It is a great place for worshipping together.
A community choir sang.  We celebrated the Lord's Supper and heard a message about how the resurrection speaks into our fears and our tendency to be burdened by guilt and shame.
Earlier in the week--Good Friday to be exact--I led a memorial service for a life-log member of our community who died suddenly.  Marjorie--Chee Chee--Bell was her name.  She and her husband, Bruce had recently come back to the United Church and we had spent some time with them.  Her service was held in the school gymnasium and around 400 people were in attendance.  This was another event that gave us a glimpse of the dream of what a vibrant worshipping church could be like here in our little 'Rocky Mountain Appalachia'.
That is the news from our corner of the world this Monday morning.  Thanks for reading!!