With the pandemic at a peak here in Virginia, large Easter gatherings have been cancelled.

But neighborhood churches are still recognizing the holiday-

St. Andrews Episcopal Church is holding Easter service online. Click here for details.

And Pine Street Baptist Church has a very poignant sermon in its April monthly Beacon newsletter called “Waiting for Who Knows What”. Here’s an excerpt:

Even as we wait for Easter, even as we wonder if we will worship together on Easter, Easter still shapes us and informs us of who we are. We are an Easter people regardless of what day we find ourselves in. Easter is not a day but a way of life as a follower of Jesus. Easter is what shapes us and forms us and tells us who we are. We wait not in despair but in hope.