On Easter Sunday, April 9, 2023, VLC gathered in person, which was also broadcasted online via YouTube. Pastor Stuart Nice shared an Easter message encouraging us to expect a sense of disorientation when we experience life-changing events. Jesus promises us, though, that he will be with us and visits us in our hour of need by declaring, “Peace be with you!” Jesus desires for us to place our trust in him and shows us the path to follow that will lead us to deepen our trust in the Lord.

Now Thomas (also known as Didymus), one of the Twelve, was not with the disciples when Jesus came. So the other disciples told him, “We have seen the Lord!”
But he said to them, “Unless I see the nail marks in his hands and put my finger where the nails were, and put my hand into his side, I will not believe.”
A week later his disciples were in the house again, and Thomas was with them. Though the doors were locked, Jesus came and stood among them and said, “Peace be with you!” Then he said to Thomas, “Put your finger here; see my hands. Reach out your hand and put it into my side. Stop doubting and believe.”
Thomas said to him, “My Lord and my God!”
Then Jesus told him, “Because you have seen me, you have believed; blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed.”
John 20:24-29 (NIV)