Welcome to April!!!! Spring appears to be here! The daffodils and snowdrops are blooming in the churchyards, the days are getting warmer, and this year, April is the month when we will celebrate Easter. But what does Easter mean to you? For me and for many Christians around the world, it is difficult to celebrate Easter if you have not at least journeyed through Holy Week. The week that starts with the triumphal procession on Palm Sunday, through the last gathering of Jesus with his disciples on the Thursday, the sadness and sorrow of the Friday, the despair and desolation of the Saturday and then the joy of the Sunday. This year we are celebrating all of these here in our churches. One of the joys, for me, is celebrating the arrival of Easter in a sunrise service. Last year, in my first Easter here, we held an outdoor sunrise service in the Peace Garden in St. Lawrence and it was a wonderful experience in such a wonderful location, and it has been decided that as a church, we are doing it again this year. Do consider coming to join us as we welcome Easter in this year, starting our service at 7am on the 20 th April. It is a wonderful experience for me during the service to use the words of proclamation “Alleluia, he is risen!” and to get the affirmation in return from those with me, “He is risen indeed, Alleluia.” Whatever Easter might mean to you, whether it is little lambs, fluffy chickens, chocolate eggs, can I encourage you to perhaps pause and to remember what it means as we remember the risen Christ. Happy Easter, Rob