Signs of spring surround us. Birds are singing. Flowers are blooming. Trees are budding. Afternoons are warmer. Lawnmowers have been serviced. First cuts have been made. Heating pads found to alleviate those aching muscles which have withered during the winter months. You get the idea. New beginnings abound.

We’re also seeing new stirrings at TBC. I saw Julius Reithoffer mowing grass and David edging around trees this week. The insurance adjustor returned this week for another look at our frozen pipe damage and a new adjustment will arrive in about a week to ten days.

Attendance seems to be on the rebound in both Sunday School and worship. Trinity has started a Wednesday fellowship dinner. Our Committee on committees has a new plan in place to link your gifts to what God is doing. The committee members will soon begin calling on you to see how you think God wants to use you.

With spring comes Easter or Resurrection Sunday. We reminded that Jesus is alive, that our Lord has conquered death, that he has overcome our despair. Jesus lives and because he lives our lives can be transformed. Hear the words of John who proclaimed the reality of a new world in Christ: “And I heard a loud voice from the throne, saying, ‘Behold, the tabernacle of God is among men, and He will dwell among them, and they shall be His people, and God Himself will be among them, and He will wipe away every tear from their eyes; and there will no longer be any death; there will no longer be any mourning, or crying, or pain; the first things have passed away.’ And He who sits on the throne said, ‘Behold, I am making all things new.’ And He said, ‘Write, for these words are faithful and true’” (Revelation 21:3-5).