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Not forgetting to remember the Saviour

Posted on: 14th April 2022

CMS missionaries Keith and Marion Birchley serve in Papua New Guinea (PNG) with the Tertiary Students Christian Fellowship. They share some of their experience with celebrating Easter in PNG.   We have lived in Port Moresby since 2015, but there are aspects of church and community life that we are still learning. Easter is one of […]

EasterKeith & Marion BirchleyPapua New Guinea

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Easter in Uganda: focus on fasting

Posted on: 14th April 2022

CMS missionaries Andrew and Margie Newman work at Canon Ndimbirwe Bible College in Uganda. They have experienced three Easters in Uganda, two affected by COVID. Nevertheless, they are starting to get a sense of the usual Easter pattern.  Allowing for the fact that two of our three Easters in Uganda have been ‘Corona-ised’, we have […]

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Celebrating redemption with the Easter people

Posted on: 14th April 2022

Last night I went for a walk with a friend in the early evening. The dusty streets of this small Middle Eastern town were uncharacteristically quiet, with hardly a person in sight. Most of the shops were boarded up and the sound of car horns was strangely absent. As we walked, we enjoyed the festive lights hung up across the windows and watched the stray cats dart across the road.  

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Celebrating the uniqueness of Christ – Easter in Toraja

Posted on: 13th April 2022

CMS missionaries Andrew Buchanan and Abi Tandiseru serve in theological education and church-based ministries in Toraja, Indonesia. They share what Easter is like in their location.  The Easter season celebrates the turning point in God’s plan of salvation, as Jesus takes on himself the sin of the world and then conquers the great enemy, death. […]

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Making a joyful noise – celebrating Easter in South Asia

Posted on: 7th April 2022

CMS workers D and S serve in education in a Muslim-majority country in South Asia. They share how local Christians celebrate Easter.  In some ways we were surprised how Easter is celebrated in this country, because it is done with such fervour. We had assumed that, given this is a majority Muslim country, local churches […]

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Embodying Faith

Posted on: 4th April 2022

CMS missionaries Arthur and Tamie Davis work in student ministry in Tanzania. In the lead up to Easter, they explain some of the different Christian practices they have encountered in Africa and how their family has adapted.  How is your preparation for Easter? Do you set aside time to pray or fast? We have heard […]

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Uruguay needs a resurrection of faith

Posted on: 3rd April 2021

CMS missionaries Pedro and Joy Oliveira Woolmer are in their second year of ministry in Uruguay, working with university students. Joy explains that unlike the Catholic culture of surrounding countries, Uruguay is strongly secular.  In the lead up to Easter, countries throughout Latin America are celebrating Holy Week, Semana Santa. But here in Uruguay, businesses and schools are […]

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The empty tomb is full of hope

Posted on: 1st April 2021

This year a significant Chinese Festival and the Christian celebration of Easter fall on the same day. One CMS worker reflects on what differentiates these two occasions and what they have in common. Sunday 4 April is Easter Day this year, the day Christian believers celebrate the empty tomb and the new life bought for us by Jesus.  […]

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