Happy Easter! Lead pastor Jeff Krajewski shares why Easter is about more than just one day, and takes a look ahead at our new sermon series with a question for all of us:

What is it that we’re clinging to right now?

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He is risen! He is risen indeed!

Easter Sunday is, according to theologian NT Wright, either the most senseless waste and misunderstanding the world has ever seen, or it is the fulcrum around which history turns.

So if we believe it’s the latter… What does that mean for us, today, nearly 2,000 years later?

Lead pastor Jeff Krajewski reflects on how the the Disciples must have felt on that first Easter Sunday, and what the story of Jesus’ resurrection holds for His followers in 2020.

The ancients' practice of Selection Sunday — the day the sacrificial lamb was chosen for Passover — has become our Palm Sunday: The day Jesus entered Jerusalem for the last time.

Lead pastor Jeff Krajewski explores what this means for us, and why a colt and some palm branches became part of a story that changed the world.

Mark your calendar now for our special Good Friday virtual service (6:30pm) and our upcoming Easter Sunday celebration service! Details for both will be in this week's Midtown Connect emails.

This week lead pastor Jeff Krajewski dives into Lament in our newfound reality of social distancing and separation. Gather up, listen in, and make some room to reflect.

Find more Lenten resources and Covid-19 response information at cground.org/midtown.

Our guest for this Sunday's virtual sermon will be Dr. Leah Gunning Francis, the academic dean and dean of faculty at Christian Theological Seminary. She had been scheduled to preach on Lamentations 4 this week and has graciously agreed to join for a conversation on race and ethnicity, and where faith (and the church) meets inequality.

We missed seeing everyone in person this Sunday, and encourage you to take some time to watch our very special virtual sermon with lead pastor Jeff Krajewski and Dr. Michael Twyman.

Dr. Twyman is one of the voices helping to guide us on our journey to becoming a people of reconciliation, and has a keen and unique insight into the causes of and the existing tensions between cultures. Don't miss out on the conversation!

Remember, CG Midtown's offices will be closed until at least Friday, March 20.

Be sure to subscribe to our weekly newsletter at cground.org/midtown-news to stay up-to-date on other changes or closures, and follow our friends at the Martin Luther King Community Center to find ways to serve our neighbors during these uncertain times.

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Find more Lent resources at cground.org/midtown-lent

The Narrator of Lamentations says they are weeping until the tears stop. In the second of our series in Lament, pastoral intern Hazel Owens explores justice and suffering in Lamentations 2.

Find more Lent resources at cground.org/midtown-lent.

Event information at cground.org/midtown-events.

In the first sermon in our lenten series, Lament, lead pastor Jeff Krajewski lays out what’s happening in Jerusalem and Israel in the book of Lamentations — and why it’s our choice for Lent 2020.

Find more Lent resources at cground.org/midtown-lent.

Event information at cground.org/midtown-events.