Dear Northern Friends, When I served on staff in a rural church in Texas, Easter Sunday involved more than a morning worship service. We planned a sunrise service at the football stadium, community breakfast in the fellowship hall, Sunday School, and the regular morning service. The day felt more like an Easter pageant than a day of worship. Then we came back to church for Sunday evening. Invariably, there were always more parts to play than there were people to volunteer. Several people had to volunteer for multiple roles to celebrate the resurrection. For over a year, COVID-19 has felt like a long-running Easter pageant. Pastoral leaders have played multiple parts simultaneously. With relatively little preparation, pastors have become technology specialists, healthcare workers, building sanitizers, and food pantry organizers-- all while fulfilling their calling to "shepherd the flock under their care." They border on exhaustion while holding onto the hope of resurrection.