Sermon: Easter Day

Etching: Christ Appearing to the Marys

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Listen to the sermon preached by the Rev. Liz Maxwell on Easter Day, April 5, 2026.

      Sermon - Easter Sunday 2026 - The Rev. Elizabeth Maxwell

Lessons

You can read the scriptures for this service here:
Acts 10:34-43; Psalm 118:1-2, 14-24; Colossians 3:1-4; Matthew 28:1-10.

The image above is of an etching by Francesco Bartolozzi (1727-1815) of an artwork by Angelica Kauffman (1741-1807) depicting “Christ Appearing to the Marys,” one of 70 full-page copper-plate engravings made for the illustrated Macklin Bible (1800).

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