Easter Brochure 2012

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Contents page

4. Experience Easter

10. The Real Easter Egg

6. Easter Sunday Service

11. T he Young Man on Calvary’s Cross

7. Easter Art Competition 8. About Palm Sunday 9. Palm Sunday Service

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13. About Good Friday 15. Happy Easter!

Easter - New Life

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t Easter, millions across the world buy and consume chocolate eggs but few really know the significance of this period. The celebration of Easter is about more than just chocolate and fun. Easter highlights one of the most important periods in the Christian calendar, it holds a deeper meaning and significance than just festivities.

The preparation for Easter starts at the beginning of Lent, a 40 day period when Christians remember the 40 days and nights Jesus was led up into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil. This six week period starts with Ash Wednesday, a day marked as the beginning of abstinence and repentance.

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The last week leading up to Easter is known as Holy week, this starts with Palm Sunday, Maundy Thursday, Good Friday and Holy Saturday. Sundays are usually a day of celebration in the Christian church and so are not included in the 40 days of Lent. Easter Sunday marks the death of Jesus and his resurrection two days later.

Jesus gave his life for the sake of all people, including you and me. His sacrifice and the access it gives us to God lives on today, you can be renewed in Christ Jesus by accepting Him into your heart and life today.

Find out more about Easter at www.easterinbarnet.com.

Easter - Fresh Hope

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erience Today take tim e out to find ou t more about what Jesus’ sac rifice has purch ased for you so you can reall y experience Ea ster

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Sunday April 8th 2012 Service Times: 9.00AM, 11.30AM & 6.00PM Venue: The Jesus House Centre 112 Brent Terrace, London NW2 1LT

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John 13:21 New International Version (NIV) 21. After he had said this, Jesus was troubled in spirit and testified, “Very truly I tell you, one of you is going to betray me.”

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Jesus House organised an Art Competition as part of the Easter celebrations themed ‘Circles of Life’, in keeping with the 2012 Olympics.

Entries will be displayed at Jesus House as part of our Easter Art Exhibition from Tuesday, March 27th – Tuesday, April 12th. Also the Art Competition Award Ceremony will be held at the Easter Sunday Service on April 8th, at 11.30 am.

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alm Sunday is a part of Holy week, and falls on the Sunday before Easter.

It was the time of the Jewish feast of Passover when many Jews travelled to Jerusalem to celebrate. This day commemorates the triumphant entry of Jesus into Jerusalem days before his crucifixion. Great crowds of people lined the streets in excitement waving palm branches to welcome him. They spread branches on the road and even laid down their clothes. They shouted 'Hosanna!' which means 'Save us Now!'

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Easter - Joy

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You are cordially invited to our

Palm Sunday Family Service Sunday

April 1st 2012

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It's hard to believe that, out of the whopping 80 million chocolate Easter Eggs sold each year, not one of them mentions Jesus on the box. Until now that is.

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• Brighter colours • The three crosses on the front are bigger • The Easter story is a colourful visual story board as opposed to last year’s text only version • If you open the lid, you will see ‘Happy Easter’

• Under the lid, and for the first time ever on an Easter Egg, there is a quote from the bible - the resurrection text from Mark.

• Inside the box is a copy of the Easter story in booklet form for children to keep and parents to share.

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The Young Man on Calvary’s Cross t happened early one Friday morn Just shortly after the break of dawn Looking out of my window I see a crowd on a hill Curiosity got the best of me I had to inspect what was going on Not the prettiest sight I admit, bearing visions of ill For hanging on a tree they called a cross I see a young man looking down Battered and bruised and upon his bleeding head, rested a thorny crown

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he went about doing only good deeds But they beat him because he said he was his father’s son So how’d he come to be hanging right here in front of me with nails through his hands?

Simply because they say he claimed to be the King of Jews, I don’t understand I hear that Pilate knew of his innocence But he was much too afraid to pass his judgment So the people asked for his death and set a murderer free Is this the price you pay for your good deeds?

For healing those with all kinds of disease?

Because they say you’re Messiah, and what if this was true?

It’s such a cruel thing to watch a great man slowly die. Oh what a great, great loss I only wish that I’d seen his deeds with my very eyes, the young man on Calvary’s Cross Irrespective of what you believe, there is truth in the pilgrim’s lament. For the believer it is a time for meditation and reflection on the price of our salvation, while for those who choose not to believe there is plenty to admire in a man who, despite evidence to the contrary, accepted an underserved punishment in order to achieve a greater good.

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About Good Friday he name Good Friday is derived from 'God's Friday' in the same way that good-bye is derived from 'God be with ye'. Good Friday is the Friday before Easter Sunday, a day many Christians remember Jesus’ crucifixion on a cross. Jesus was arrested and was tried, in a mock trial. He was handed over to the Roman soldiers to be beaten and flogged with whips.

A crown of long, sharp thorns was thrust upon his head.

Jesus was forced to carry his own cross outside the city to Skull Hill. He was so weak after the beating that a man named Simon, who was from Cyrene, was pulled from the crowd and forced to carry Jesus' cross the rest of the way.

Jesus was nailed to the cross and a sign put above His head, "The King of the Jews."

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D irections SERVICE SCHEDULE

By Road

1st service

Brent Terrace is next to the North Circular [A406], off the intersection which leads to the M1. Do not join the M1. Keep to the left-hand lane, which leads into Tilling Road, and follow it around into Brent Terrace.

2nd service 11:30am - 1:15pm 3rd service

9am – 10:45am 6pm - 7:30pm

TM4:12 Service times are to run concurrent with the

Wednesday 7:00pm: Midweek Service

By Tube

[where we delve into a deeper level of worship and Bible study]

Brent Cross is the nearest underground station and is on the Northern Line (Edgware Branch). Take Bus 210 from across the road outside the station, after which you have two options: get off at the first stop after the station, which is Claremont Road, and continue on foot for five minutes; or remain on the bus till its final destination (Brent Cross Shopping Centre) and follow the instructions below.

By Bus Buses that serve Jesus House include 112, 232, 266, 182 and 142, which all run from Brent Cross Shopping Centre. Please get off at Tilling Road which is the first stop after the Shopping Center, and from which our building is a two minute walk.

SHUTTLE BUS SCHEDULE Jesus House runs a shuttle bus service to and from Brent Cross Underground Station and Brent Cross Bus Station (outside the Shopping Centre) at these times:

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Shuttle Bus Schedule Sunday 1st Service: every 15 minutes from 8:30am - 9:30am 2nd Service: every 15 minutes from 11:00am - 12noon

Wednesday Midweek Service: every 15 minutes from 6:30pm - 7:30pm Shuttle Buses pick up and drop off at bus stand [L] opposite the Brent Cross Shopping Centre sign.

John 13:21 New International Version (NIV) 21. After he had said this, Jesus was troubled in spirit and testified, “Very truly I tell you, one of you is going to betray me.”

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