Happy Easter, He is Risen // Mission Advance 2026
Happy Easter Stillmeadow Family!
He is Risen!
What a joy filled day it was to spend together on Easter. I thank God for the baptisms and the family experience of worship with the JTAG Choir at the Stillmeadow Lane Campus and then the family time of hunting for egg surprises on both campuses!
We’re entering a new series called “Embracing Resurrection.” Each week of this series we’re looking at scripture with the question: “what does it mean to keep the resurrection of Jesus at the center of our everyday lives?”
On Easter Sunday we were challenged to:
Believe in the resurrected Jesus and receive forgiveness of sins through his name (Acts 10:43).
Put your mind on where the resurrected Jesus is. (the way Paul describes in Colossians 3:1-4)
Tell others about the truth and hope of resurrection. (the way Mary did in John 20:18 and Peter did in Acts 10:34-43)
As we journey through this season, ask the Holy Spirit to help you in these things. Invite a friend to journey with you.
Mid-Atlantic Mission Advance
We’ve got Mid Atlantic Nazarene district assembly next weekend (April 11-12) where Tabitha Martin will be ordained, Chastity Frederick, Tara Strauser and Andrew Workman will all receive their district licenses, and Kent and Ronnie Vandervort and Kathy Foltz will move to retired status! You can watch the services here. Tune in Sunday night for the Service on Ministry.
In Resurrection Hope,
Pastor Josh
PS Keep up with the Living Word Devotionals here.
The Main Announcements
Here are the main announcements for this week:
Baptisms
Vacation Bible School 2026
Baptisms June 7
Have you been baptized? Baptism is the first step a believer takes after putting their faith and trust in Jesus. It is a public declaration of faith in Jesus and his people. If you want to be baptized, sign up for our next baptism Sunday at www.stillnaz.com/baptism.
Vacation Bible School 2026
We are getting ready for our VBS “kingdomQuest” June 15 - 18 6:30pm - 8:30pm! Registration is open to all 3yr olds - 5th grade! Register HERE
Volunteer @ VBS
We need volunteers for our VBS 2026 “Kingdom Quest” June 15 - 18! Whether you can help one night or all four, your presence makes a difference! If interested, sign up at stillnaz.com/vbsvol26
Grow
The Journey: A course @ SLC that will focus on Biblical literacy, learning the Jesus way and applying scripture to our lives. This course will incrementally start a new study roughly every 10-12 weeks. This course is lead by Ray & Beth Stark and Burdette & Nedra Lahr and will meet Sundays at 10:30AM in the Multi-Purpose Room.
Go to stillnaz.com/courses for more information
VBS 2026 - We need volunteers for our VBS 2026 “Kingdom Quest” June 15 - 18! Whether you can help one night or all four, your presence makes a difference! If interested, sign up at stillnaz.com/vbsvol26
Habitat for Humanity - Make a multi-generational impact. April Serve Days are Saturday the 4 and Friday the 17. If interested, sign up at stillnaz.com/serve.
Day2Pray: April 28 Join us in praying from midnight to midnight, serving our community through prayer. We will end the day in prayer together at Prayer Night at 6:30 at our Stillmeadow Lane Campus. Sign up for your hour to pray at or on the clipboard at the welcome desk. Day2Pray Prayer Guides and Prayer Requests here.
Give
WEF - World Evangelism Fund
When we tithe (give 10%), we contribute to God’s mission through the local church body. And when we give to Nazarene World Evangelism fund, we contribute to God’s work around the globe. Let’s meet our 2026 WEF goal of $68,000 together! Give at stillnaz.com/give or text “Give” to 1-855-974-3801
Congratulations to…
Reid and Kiersten Lowery for the dedication of their two daughters, Wren and Willow.
Todd and Shyeanne Taylor for the dedication of their son, Avery.
Shae Harleman for the dedication of her son, Sylo.
Condolences to…
Gregg and Cathy Smith and family for the passing of their daughter, Laura Runkle on March 16.
Mike Graham and family, whose mother Carol passed away on March 9.