PRELUDE: Variations on Easter Hymns arr. by P. L. Bates
WORD OF WELCOME & ANNOUNCEMENTS
CALL TO WORSHIP
LEADER: Christ is risen!
PEOPLE: Christ is risen indeed!
LEADER: This is the day which the Lord has made;
PEOPLE: Let us rejoice and be glad in it.
PRAYER OF PRAISE
HYMN: Christ is Risen! Shout Hosanna! [Hymn to Joy]
PRAYER OF CONFESSION
WORDS OF ASSURANCE (1 Corinthians 15:53-57)
LEADER: “Death has been swallowed up in victory.
PEOPLE: Where, O death, is your victory? Where, O death, is your sting?
LEADER: The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law.
PEOPLE: Thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.”
LEADER: Friends, believe the good news! In Jesus Christ we are forgiven!
PEOPLE: Alleluia!
RESPONSE OF PRAISE: Glory, Glory, Hallelujah!
SCRIPTURE LESSON: Luke 24:1-12
ANTHEM: He Has the Power! (from “The Mass of St. Augustine”) by Leon C. Roberts
Christ! He rose to tell the world he has the power, almighty power in his hands. The grave could not hold the Son of Man. I’m so glad he lives today. He gave his life for me, he gave his life for you, and I’m so glad he has the power in his hands. The tomb is bare where he once laid. He ascended and is seated at the right hand of the Father. Power in his hands!
SERMON: “Standing by His Word”
HYMN: In the Bulb There Is a Flower [Promise]
PRAYER [Alleluia, Alleluia! Give Thanks [Alleluia No. 1] Refrain
Alleluia, alleluia! Give thanks to the risen Lord. Alleluia, alleluia! Give praise to his name.
HYMN: The Day of Resurrection [Lancashire]
BENEDICTION
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