The Essence of Hope

Sunrise Service, Mt. Lebanon United Methodist Church, April 17, 2022

Mary Magdalene at the tomb, with two angels, Giovanni Biliverti (1585–1644), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

John 20:1–18 (CEB)

Early in the morning of the first day of the week, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene came to the tomb and saw that the stone had been taken away from the tomb. She ran to Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one whom Jesus loved, and said, “They have taken the…