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107 North Orchard Street • Mackinaw, Illinois 61755 • (309) 359-5511 • Pastor Jack Wolfe

OUR VISION

Jesus!

Love Him! Serve Him! Share Him!

OUR MISSION

To Build Christ-Like Relationships.

Fix these words of mine in your hearts and minds; tie them as symbols on your hands and bind them on your foreheads. Teach them to your children, talking about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up.

Deuteronomy 11:18

HAVE YOU EVER SEEN EASTER THIS EARLY?

Easter is always the 1st Sunday after the 1st full moon after the Spring Equinox (which is March 20). This dating of Easter is based on the lunar calendar that Hebrew people used to identify Passover, which is why it moves around on our Roman calendar. This year is the earliest Easter any of us will ever see the rest of our lives! And only the most elderly of our population have ever seen it this early (95 years old or above!). And none of us have ever, or will ever, see it a day earlier!

Here are the facts:

The earliest calendar date on which Easter can fall is March 22. The latest date it can fall is April 25.

The next time Easter will be this early (March 23) will be the year 2160 (152 years from now). The last time it was this early was 1913 (so if you're 95 or older, you are the only ones that were around for that!).

The next time it will be a day earlier, March 22, will be in the year 2285 (277 years from now). The last time it was on March 22 was 1818. So, no one alive today has or will ever see it any earlier than this year!

Seeing a late Easter may be more likely for many of us: the last time Easter fell on April 25 was in 1943, and the next time it will fall on this latest possible date will be in 2038, only thirty years from now!

MIDWEEK BIBLE STUDY

Join us on Wednesday evenings for fellowship and bible study. A light meal is provided at 5:45pm, followed by the study session from 6:30 pm to 7:30 pm. Childcare can be provided as well.

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