Grace Community Christian Reformed Church

The Lord is risen and we are now in the season of Eastertide.

Eastertide (also known as Eastertime or the Easter season
or Paschaltide also known as Paschaltime or the Paschal season)
is a festal season in the liturgical year of Christianity that focuses on
celebrating the Resurrection of Jesus Christ.

Eastertide is a period of 50 days spanning from Easter Sunday to Pentecost Sunday.
Each Sunday of the season is treated as a Sunday of Easter.

The solemnity of the Ascension of the Lord is celebrated on the 40th day of Eastertide.

Our Eastertide theme song is:
Living Hope by Phil Wickham.

Use the media player below to
listen to the song.
The words to the song are to the right.

LIVING HOPE

How great the chasm that lay between us How high the mountain I could not climb In desperation, I turned to heaven And spoke Your name into the night Then through the darkness,
Your loving kindness Tore through the shadows of my soul The work is ﬁnished, the end is written Jesus Christ, my living hope

Who could imagine so great a mercy? What heart could fathom
such boundless grace? The God of ages stepped down from glory To wear my sin and bear my shame The cross has spoken, I am forgiven The King of kings calls me His own Beautiful Savior, I'm Yours forever Jesus Christ, my living hope

Hallelujah, praise the One who set me free Hallelujah, death has lost its grip on me You have broken every chain There's salvation in Your name Jesus Christ, my living hope Hallelujah, praise the One who set me free Hallelujah, death has lost its grip on me You have broken every chain There's salvation in Your name Jesus Christ, my living hope

Then came the morning that
sealed the promise Your buried body began to breathe Out of the silence, the Roaring Lion Declared the grave has no claim on me Then came the morning that
sealed the promise Your buried body began to breathe Out of the silence, the Roaring Lion Declared the grave has no claim on me Jesus, Yours is the victory, whoa!

Hallelujah, praise the One who set me free Hallelujah, death has lost its grip on me You have broken every chain There's salvation in Your name Jesus Christ, my living hope Hallelujah, praise the One who set me free Hallelujah, death has lost its grip on me You have broken every chain There's salvation in Your name Jesus Christ, my living hope

Jesus Christ, my living hope Oh God, You are my living hope