Our fellowship is preparing to place an ad in The Breeze in anticipation of the Easter holiday. The ad features pictures of Alexander the Great, King Tutankhamen and Julius Caesar above a line of text that says, “They conquered everything but death.”

The body of the ad copy says, “Past world rulers like Alexander the Great, Tutankhamen, and Julius Caesar have all had one thing in common: the past. They’re stuck in it. It makes more sense to follow a ruler who has conquered death…and a leader who has shown us a better way of conquest, through love. Jesus is that ruler. The message of Easter is that Jesus passed through death into an eternal life. And his conquest can be our own, too, for we do not have to fear death but can — even now — enter into life everlasting.” Here is a .pdf of the proposed ad.

This note from Taz Daughtrey explains the details of getting the ad placed: “Please distribute and ask for signatures (name and affiliation) by noon on Thursday. If each person indicates a contribution of between $20 and $30, I will place a quarter-page or half-page ad for next week depending on the total pledged.”