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WORSHIP APRIL 8, 2012
EASTER SUNDAY

THE GATHERING Chris Peters
Leader: The Lord be with you.
People: And also with you.

THE PRELUDE Prelude (from Te Deum) Marc-Antoine Charpentier
Mark Mashburn, trumpet

* THE CALL TO WORSHIP
Leader: But on the first day of the week, at early dawn, they came to the tomb,
taking the spices that they had prepared. They found the stone rolled
away from the tomb, but when they went in, they did not find the body.
While they were perplexed about this, suddenly two men in dazzling
clothes stood beside them. The women were terrified and bowed their
faces to the ground, but the men said to them, “Why do you look for the
living among the dead? He is not here, but has risen!”
People: Christ is risen indeed! - Luke 24:1-5

* THE PROCESSIONAL HYMN 123 Jesus Christ Is Risen Today

THE CALL TO CONFESSION

THE PRAYER OF CONFESSION
Eternal God, in Jesus Christ you have reconciled the world to yourself. The
empty tomb proclaims your redemption of all that you have made and loved.
In Christ’s resurrection lies the hope of our own. Hallelujah! And yet, it is so
easy to roll the stone back over the tomb and live as though Easter has not
happened. It is easy to retreat to fear. It is easy to continue as though the resurrection
were not true. Forgive our fears, enliven our hearts, and call us to
proclaim the good news that Christ is risen. He is risen indeed! Amen.

A MOMENT OF SILENCE (for examination of conscience and personal prayers of confession)

THE ASSURANCE OF PARDON
Leader: So if you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, where
Christ is, seated at the right hand of God.
People: Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on
earth, for you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God.
Leader: When Christ who is your life is revealed, then you also will be revealed with
him in glory. Believe the promise of the Gospel:
People: In Jesus Christ, we are forgiven! - Colossians 3:1-4

*THE CONGREGATIONAL RESPONSE (Hymn 119)
The strife is o’er, the battle done, the victory of life is won.
The song of triumph has begun. Alleluia!

* THE PEACE OF CHRIST
(Children ages 3-8 are invited to leave after the Peace of Christ for special classes. Three through five-year-
olds in Room 011; K - 1st grade in Room 001; 2nd - 3rd grade in Room 003.

THE CONCERNS OF THE CHURCH
(Visitors and members are invited to sign the blue friendship register pad and pass it down the pew.)

THE FIRST LESSON Isaiah 25:6-9 (page 613 in the pew Bible, OT)

THE ANTHEM How Can I Keep from Singing? Lowry, arr. Ellingboe
James Zellers, flute
My life flows on in endless song above earth’s lamentation. I hear the real, though far-off hymn
that hails a new creation. No storm can shake my inmost calm while to that rock I’m clinging. Since
Christ is Lord of heaven and earth, how can I keep from singing? Through all the tumult and the
strife, I hear the music ringing! It sounds and echoes in my soul. How can I keep from singing? What
though the tempest around me roar, I hear the truth; it liveth. What though the darkness around me
close, songs in the night it giveth.

THE SECOND LESSON Mark 16:1-8 (page 51 in the pew Bible, NT)

THE SERMON “Hallelujah” Baron Mullis

* THE HYMN 115 Come, Ye Faithful, Raise the Strain

* THE APOSTLES’ CREED
I believe in God the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth, and in Jesus
Christ his only Son our Lord; who was conceived by the Holy Ghost, born of the Virgin
Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, dead, and buried; he descended
into hell; the third day he rose again from the dead; he ascended into
heaven, and sitteth on the right hand of God the Father Almighty; from thence he
shall come to judge the quick and the dead. I believe in the Holy Ghost; the holy
catholic church; the communion of saints; the forgiveness of sins; the resurrection of
the body; and the life everlasting. Amen.

THE PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE AND THE LORD’S PRAYER
Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come, thy will
be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread; and forgive us
our debts, as we forgive our debtors; and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us
from evil. For thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory, forever. Amen.

THE OFFERTORY Te Deum Marc-Antoine Charpentier
(opening three movements: Te Deum Laudamus, Te Aeternum Patrem, Pleni Sunt Caeli)
We praise thee, O God: we acknowledge thee to be the Lord. All the earth doth worship thee: the Father
everlasting. To thee all angels cry aloud: the heavens, and all the powers therein. To thee Cherubim and
Seraphim continually do cry: Holy, Holy, Holy, Lord God of Sabaoth. Heaven and earth are full of the majesty
of thy glory. The glorious company of the Apostles praise thee. The goodly fellowship of the Prophets
praise thee. The noble army of Martyrs praise thee.

* THE RESPONSE AND PRAYER OF DEDICATION (Hymn 150)
Praise yet our Christ again. Alleluia! Amen!
Life shall not end the strain. Alleluia! Amen!
On heaven’s blissful shore His goodness we’ll adore,
Singing forevermore, “Alleluia! Amen!”

* THE HYMN 423 Jesus Shall Reign Where’er the Sun (verses 1 through 5)

* THE CHARGE AND BENEDICTION