Thursday evening, April 1, we will gather as the family of God to eat a meal. We will celebrate a Seder (Sa-der) service, commemorating the exodus of the Jews from Egypt. This was the meal eaten together by Jewish families the first night of Passover. This wasn’t a meal they ate simply because they were hungry. They ate this meal to remember the blood by which they had been saved and safely delivered out of the land of slavery. Likewise, we will gather not simply because we are hungry -- though we do anticipate a delicious meal -- but because of the Blood.
It will be a family meal. Our focus will be on remembering what God has done. Hopefully God will use our time of celebration to encourage us in our faith and “to spur (us))…toward love and good deeds” (Hebrews 10:24).
Most of us who gather will not be related. But all those who gather, in love with Jesus, will be fathers and mothers, brothers and sisters, members of the Family of God. And the reason we will all be members of the same family is because of the Blood -- that Blood symbolized by the blood shed in Egypt, the Blood that was poured out by Christ on Calvary’s cross, the Blood that paid the God-appointed penalty for our sins, the Blood that cleanses us from all unrighteousness, the Blood that makes us once and for all time members of the family of God.”
Because of the popularity of the Seder service and because we’ve invited East Ridge and Trinity churches to join us, we have switched the location from our fellowship hall to the Colonnade in Ringgold. Registration is required. You may register by completing the form in this Sunday’s bulletin, by email to mwilson@covenantchattanooga.org or call the church office at 899-5377.
Pastor Mullinax