2022 - April

A Message from Chaplain Mark Javery

NOTES FROM CHAPLAIN MARK JAVERY Remember to keep Jeff and Tami Bradford in your thoughts and prayers as they mourn the recent loss of Jeff’s mother Elaine Bradford. P/C Rick Romatz had recently not been feeling well and experienced chest pains. Fortunately he sought treatment which resulted in a short hospital stay and heart catheterization procedure all too familiar for him. A stent was placed correcting a blockage and he is home recovering. Speaking to him at recent ABYA and HPYC events he reports he is feeling great, praise God. “My hope is built on nothing less than Jesus’ blood and righteousness”…A verse from a song that I sang without much thought as a child growing up in a Christian church. Later in my spiritual journey the meaning of these words hit home and they would never be sung again without the solemn realization that there is no hope, nothing we can do to prove ourselves worthy of heaven. It is the blood of Christ on the cross, His subsequent death, burial, and resurrection that saves our souls from an eternity of separation from God. Resurrection Sunday is truly our holiest most important day as a Christian.

The Easter season is upon us, as there are signs of the Lord’s handiwork and blessings everywhere. I love the season of spring with the warmer