Easter Sunday

He has risen!
He has risen!
Jesus is alive!

Today we celebrated the amazing truth that Jesus is alive.

We celebrated the reality that God is working in the lives of people within church as Abena, Demi and Mandy became adherents in the Salvation Army. They are followers of Jesus and they stood in front of the congregation and acknowledged this and said that the Salvation Army Clapton was their church.

Melanie then became a soldier of the Salvation Army - she signed something called a Soldiers Covenant.

In so doing, she testified along with all soldiers that

• She/They worship God as Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
• They have accepted Jesus Christ as Saviour and Lord.
• They desire to fulfill their membership of his Church on earth as a soldier of The Salvation Army. They affirm their belief in the Bible as the word of
God and their acceptance of The Salvation Army’s articles of faith.
They declare that:
• They will be responsive to the Holy Spirit and seek to grow in grace.
• They will make the values of the Kingdom of God the standard for their lives, showing Christian integrity in their deeds, maintaining Christian ideals in their relationships, and upholding the sanctity of marriage and family life.
• They will be faithful stewards of all they have and are.
• They will abstain from the use of all enslaving substances and harmful activities.
• They will be active in God's work both in sharing the gospel and in serving the needy, and will contribute financially to its support.
• They will be true to the principles of The Salvation Army.
They witness that they freely enter into this covenant, convinced that the love of Christ requires the devotion of their lives to his service for the salvation of the whole world.
And they declare their determination, by God's help, to be true soldiers of The Salvation Army.

This Easter as we read again the story of the resurrection may we all be challenged by Gods word to live lives in and through the power of the resurrection!

1 corinthians 15 "...Christ died for our sins, just as the Scriptures said. He was buried, and he was raised from the dead on the third day, just as the Scriptures said. He was seen by Peter and then by the Twelve. After that, he was seen by more than 500 of his follower at one time, most of whom are still alive, though some have died. Then he was seen by James and later by all the apostles."

Happy Easter!