Easter at the OC Fairgrounds

With Francis Chan
Sunday, April 8
9am & 11:15am
100 Fair Dr., Costa Mesa
OCEaster.com

Why We Celebrate

The story of Easter begins with God. In the beginning, God created the world and everything in it. And as the crowning achievement of His creation, He created two human beings, a man named Adam and a woman Eve – the only created things that were said to be in the Creator’s image.

God placed these two humans in a beautiful garden. It was His plan to always have them and their descendants dwell with Him. And in His presence in that garden, Adam and Eve were complete. They had life and they had it to the full. It was how God intended.

But the man and woman rebelled against God and, in an instant, were banished from the garden. The fullness of God’s presence was gone and with it went life as God intended. The world became increasingly grim.

In that same instant, God, in His great love, initiated a plan to redeem the world and to free the people He created. He promised a Savior that would one day come and reclaim what was His.

Generations later, Jesus came into this world. From His birth in a simple manger to His teachings that He was the way, the truth, and the life to His offer of an entirely new way of looking at the world, Jesus was a revolutionary and a threat to the established order of things. But more than just a revolutionary, He was God in the flesh, here to dwell with His people.

Eventually, this Jesus gave up His life. He was nailed to a cross and crucified as the redeeming sacrifice for the rebelliousness of mankind. But three days later, He rose from the dead…restoring the path to life as it was intended.

And through this Jesus, our Savior, those who believe in Him can once again have freedom and life as God intended.

Baptism Orientation:

If you’re interested in being baptized on Easter Sunday, make sure to come to this orientation. Together, we’ll dive into what the Scriptures say about baptism and we’ll create space to ask any and all questions regarding it. This orientation will allow you to be baptized on Easter morning. To sign up, see the link on the sidebar to your right.

Find out more

Please contact HuntingtonBeach@rockharbor.org for more info on Easter at RHHB. See the schedule for Easter week here or check out a recap of our 2011 Easter Celebration