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Gary Rowell
Executive Director

From the Executive Director

March-April 2012

We just celebrated Easter. I remember when I was a kid Easter wasn’t too big a deal with me. I mean, on my birthday and Christmas I got presents. On Memorial Day and Labor Day all our family got together and had picnics, and on the 4th of July we had fireworks and a picnic! But Easter, boiled eggs, big deal. Easter Bunny . . . seemed kind of sissy to me, we didn’t even get a day out of school!

I think Easter is probably the same for most people unless they realize the purpose of the holiday. We make a big deal out of Christmas because we celebrate the birth of Christ and I feel that it is important to remember that day because it was important that Jesus came into the world. However, the death of Christ on the cross is so much more important! Without His death and resurrection we would not have victory over death, hell and the grave.

I sincerely think Satan wants us to forget about Jesus’ death and remember His birth. It’s kind of like, why do we use Jesus’ name when we swear, why don’t we say, “Oh Mohammed”, or “Oh Buddha”? It’s because there is no other name under heaven that we may be saved.

Today, for me, things have changed. Easter is the big day because it was on that day that Jesus paid the debt that we could never pay for our Freedom from sin so we can have a new life.

Gary Rowell
Executive Director