This Sunday is Palm Sunday, marking the beginning of Holy Week, which culminates in Good Friday and Easter.
As Jesus rode triumphantly and ironically into Jerusalem on a donkey, he faced an unimaginably grueling week: betrayal, arrest, abuse, public humiliation, torture, and death.
Yet as he gathered his dying breath on the cross, he proclaimed these victorious words: “It is finished.”
As Oswald Chambers writes:
“The greatest note of triumph ever sounded in the ears of a startled universe was that sounded on the Cross of Christ—‘It is finished!’ That is the final word in the redemption of humankind.”
This week, as we meditate on the “Last Words of Jesus,” we come to this declaration of victory in the midst of a violent death.
We’re excited to have our friend Carlos Gonzalez joining us to teach from John 19:30.
Friends, the battle has been won. This changes everything.
See you this Sunday at 10am.
Grace and peace,
Zach
Radiant Events Calendar
3/29 – Child Dedication Sunday
3/29 – Radiant Youth 5:47PM at ELC
4/1 – Women’s Gathering 6-7AM at ELC
4/3 – Good Friday Service at MJC 6PM
4/5 – Easter Sunday at Radiant 10AM (egg hunt for the kids)
4/19 – Park Day Potluck Picnic at Roosevelt Park
4/25 – Love Modesto Service Day
4/25 – Radiant Adoption into the Pacific Southwest Conference
5/2 – Women’s Tea (mark the calendar!)
5/10 – Baptism Sunday (with Mother’s Day treats)
Good Friday Service
We will gather at the MJC Musical Recital Hall for a 6PM Good Friday service. All ages welcome — kids will engage in service for time of interactive worship. We’re blessed to be joined by Redeemer Church for this gathering!
Easter Sunday
We excited to proclaim the resurrection together this Easter Sunday, April 5th. We’ll be the MJC Recital Hall. Invite your friends, family, neighbors to join us to celebrate the hope we have in Jesus. We’ll have some treats and an egg hunt for children after the service.
RadCov Kids
We are excited about all the kiddos coming in our community. For the Easter Sunday egg hunt we need about 150 plastic eggs with candy (must be wrapped) for this — if you are able to bring a dozen or two eggs, please let our Children’s Director, Crystal Nicholson know – 408.802.7061
Love Modesto is April 25
Love Mo! Radiant is a sponsor of Love Modesto and encourages all to sign up to serve and demonstrate the love of Christ in a tangible way in this city wide service day! Sign up here.
Community Notes
BABY DEDICATION – We will be having a baby dedication service on Sunday, March 29th. If you would like to have your child dedicated, please contact pastor Zach (209.497.3710). Child dedications are a way for both the parents and the church to prayerfully commit our children to the Lord’s care and nurture as they grow and mature.
RADIANT ADOPTION INTO THE COVENANT – This is an exciting moment for the church — Radiant is being adopted into the Evangelical Covenant Church this summer. It begins by Radiant being adopted into the Pacific Southwest Conference on the 25th of April at the Conference annual meeting in Davis, CA. In June, we will be adopted into the larger denomination on the 25th in Scottsdale, AZ. Anybody up for a roadtrip? We’d love to have anyone from Radiant join us — talk to Zach if interested.
BAND APP – One way to connect to the Radiant community is to join our BAND APP group. Think of this as a sort of Radiant message board — our own little social media space. People can extend invites, share about needs and opportunities.
Giving
Thank you for your generosity and partnership in Radiant’s ministry!
For the remainder of this Lenten Season we are also partnering with a ministry in Nepal (Three Angels Nepal) that provides care for women rescued from trafficking. You can select this option from the pull down menu on the giving link.
“Each of you should give what you have decided in your heart to give, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver. And God is able to bless you abundantly, so that in all things at all times, having all that you need, you will abound in every good work.”
2 Corinthians 9:7-8
