Sunrise Service:

This year we had a Sunrise Service at the community center at the El Camino Community on the Toledo Bend Reservoir. It was hosted by Jacki and Bob Hennigan. Aaron Purdue, the pastor of the 1st Baptist Church in Hemphill read the lessons and the singing acapella. We had planned to have it outdoors on the shore, but the weather didn't cooperate: it was SNOWING all day on Holy Saturday and was too cold Easter morning. We had a good crowd however: 40 with 36 communions. The service was the Holy Eucharist, Rite II and we had a special service bulletin that contained the whole liturgy so there was no need for prayer books or hymnals. Thre gradual him was Amazing Grace sung to an accompanying harmonica.

Here are some pictures:

The Kotar Family

Frank and Sherri Kotar's family were with us for Easter. The Kotars are communicants of St. Martin's Episcopal Church in Houston, but attend Christ Church regularly on weekends when they are here at their vacation/retirement) home on the Lake.

From left to right: Frank, Sherri, granddaughter Morgan Wilson, 
grandson Jeffery Wilson, daughter Cindy Mathis, and grandson Cody Strickland.

Below are two shots the Kotars made of the same scene at their lakeside home.  The one on the left 
was taken on Holy Saturday: the one on the right was taken the next day on Easter Day. Talk about
your "Texas" weather! 

The last picture was taken  from the south side of the church on Saturday while it was snowing.