April 18:

Hello Olivet families!  I am so excited that I will be able to see many of you during the 9:00 or 11:00 service on Sunday!  We’ve been anxiously awaiting this time of physical gathering in community to worship our risen Lord! We’re going to have a little fun during kids’ time with Illusion-oculars.  An illusion is when something appears to be something it’s not.  I’ve attached an illusion-nocular page for those of you who will be joining us on livestream.  Print out the illusion-nocular attachment BELOW, roll it lengthwise starting with the edge that has the least amount of white space on the side and then tape it so you  have a cylinder that’s about an inch and a half.   I will walk you through how to use it during the kids’ message!

In the Gospel for Sunday, Jesus suddenly appears to his disciples in a locked room.  Luke tells us that the disciples were startled and terrified, and thought they were seeing a ghost!  Jesus appeared to be something he wasn’t – a ghost!  Jesus invites the disciples to look at his hands and feet where the scars from his crucifixion remained.  Jesus tells them, “Touch me and see; for a ghost does not have flesh and bones as you see that I have.”  While in their joy, they were disbelieving and still wondering, so Jesus said to them, “Have you anything here to eat?”  They gave him a piece of boiled fish and he ate it in their presence. 

I wonder what Jesus’ resurrected body looked like, that no one immediately recognized Jesus for who he was.  Let’s talk about that on Sunday – and have some illusion-nocular fun! 

Christ is risen indeed!  Alleluia!

Donna