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Welcome to the home page of Main Street United Methodist Church. Thank you
for visiting us on the web. We would love to have the opportunity to meet you at
church or via the website. Visitors are always welcome! Please take a few moments
and learn more about Main St. UMC in friendly Dillon, South Carolina.
Come as you are.................leave changed!

Meet Jesus

This week at Main Street

Join us for an Easter sunrise service
at the home of Dan and Jon Bozard.
The service will begin at 7:00am
and will be followed by light
refreshments.

Continue the Easter celebration
with munch and mingle prior to
Sunday School at 10:00am and stay
for an amazing Easter worship
service at 11:00am.

Make plans now to share in these
meaningful times of fellowship!

**Church offices will be closed on
Monday and Tuesday and will
reopen on Wednesday.**

While the focus was once on Easter Sunday, now it is on the Easter
Bunny. But Easter Sunday is much more than a day of colorful
plastic eggs and chocolate bunnies; it is in fact a day that left the
world forever changed. It had been three days since Jesus had
received the death penalty by popular vote. His friends and
followers were devastated, as they had come to believe that He was
not just an ordinary man, but the Son of God. He had performed
miracles, healed every disease, and even brought a man back from
the dead.   On that third day—the day we now celebrate as Easter
Sunday—His friends went to His grave, but instead of finding His
body, they found an open tomb with no body in it. In fact, what they
saw was an angel who told them, “Don’t be afraid! I know you are
looking for Jesus, who was crucified. He isn’t here! He has been
raised from the dead, just as He said it would happen” (Matthew 28:
5, 6). Easter is the most visible sign of God’s love for us! The Bible
says, "God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son,
that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life"
(John 3:16).

                       The problem is that……
All of us have done, said or thought things that are wrong. This is
called sin, and our sins have separated us from God. The Bible says
“All have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.” God is perfect
and holy, and our sins separate us from God forever. The Bible says
“The wages of sin is death.”

       The good news is that, about 2,000 years ago……..
God sent His only Son Jesus Christ to die for our sins. Jesus is the
Son of God. He lived a sinless life and then died on the cross to pay
the penalty for our sins. “God demonstrates His own love for us in
that while we were yet sinners Christ died for us.” Jesus rose from
the dead and now He lives in heaven with God His Father. He offers
us the gift of eternal life -- of living forever with Him in heaven if we
accept Him as our Lord and Savior. Jesus said "I am the way, the
truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except by Me." God
reaches out in love to you and wants you to be His child.... "As many
as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of
God, even to those who believe on His name."

At Main Street United Methodist Church our greatest hope and
prayer is that all the precious souls who grace our doors will one day
become children of God. Thank you for the amazing privilege of
sharing life with you. We cherish the opportunity to partner with
you in building and cultivating your spiritual foundation. May you
and your families have a happy and blessed Easter!