Easter sunrise brings 10K believers to University Stadium
Calvary Church youth pastor Caleb Marra said it was powerful for all to see the sun rise on Easter Sunday.
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Easter sunrise brings 10K believers to University Stadium
Calvary Church youth pastor Caleb Marra said it was powerful for all to see the sun rise on Easter Sunday.
Faith in Christianity united an estimated 10,000 people who came to an Easter Sunday sunrise service that’s been held by the Calvary Church for the past 20 years. Caleb Marra, youth pastor at Calvary, said the gathering showed how powerful it can be when a large congregation sees the sun come up on one of the most significant days of the year.”It’s what this builds, a great community, right?” Marra said. “When we’re believing in Jesus, and the Bible calls us to love one another very well, that’s what our world needs. We have so much disunity and we need so much more unity in the world today. Stuff like this is very, very powerful.” Among the congregants was Brittany Benton, who said she sought comfort and strength in a Christian program following the murder of her son. “It’s for a year, but then afterwards I’ll have a lot of healing under my belt, and I can turn my life over to Jesus Christ,” Benton said.She was asked about the importance of events like this to Albuquerque.”They’re very important for Albuquerque, in particular,” Benton said. “The crime rates are high, unusually high, perhaps, and because we need hope, we need faith. Human beings do so much better when they have faith in something. When they have hope, when they practice a religion, the outcomes are much better for groups of people.”Benton said her embrace of faith has been uplifting so far. “I’m finding out that being a born-again Christian is really great,” Benton said. “I feel so much love in my heart. I don’t just feel grief for my son. It’s really beautiful.”
Faith in Christianity united an estimated 10,000 people who came to an Easter Sunday sunrise service that’s been held by the Calvary Church for the past 20 years.
Caleb Marra, youth pastor at Calvary, said the gathering showed how powerful it can be when a large congregation sees the sun come up on one of the most significant days of the year.
“It’s what this builds, a great community, right?” Marra said. “When we’re believing in Jesus, and the Bible calls us to love one another very well, that’s what our world needs. We have so much disunity and we need so much more unity in the world today. Stuff like this is very, very powerful.”
Among the congregants was Brittany Benton, who said she sought comfort and strength in a Christian program following the murder of her son.
“It’s for a year, but then afterwards I’ll have a lot of healing under my belt, and I can turn my life over to Jesus Christ,” Benton said.
She was asked about the importance of events like this to Albuquerque.
“They’re very important for Albuquerque, in particular,” Benton said. “The crime rates are high, unusually high, perhaps, and because we need hope, we need faith. Human beings do so much better when they have faith in something. When they have hope, when they practice a religion, the outcomes are much better for groups of people.”
Benton said her embrace of faith has been uplifting so far.
“I’m finding out that being a born-again Christian is really great,” Benton said. “I feel so much love in my heart. I don’t just feel grief for my son. It’s really beautiful.”
