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OPENING
MUSIC
Welcome, Happy Morning - Charles Ore
Choir Spring Bursts Today Text/ Christina
Rosetti; Music/ Sam Batt Owens
Spring bursts today,
for Christ is risen and
all the earth’s at play.
Flash forth the sun, the
rain is over and gone, its work is done.
Winter is past, sweet
spring is come at last.
Break forth this morning
in roses,
thou but yesterday a
thorn.
Sing, creatures, sing,
angels and birds and everything.
Alleluia! Jesus Is
Risen
I.
David
Johnson
II.
David Cherwien
WHymn
Alleluia!
Jesus Is Risen Blue WOV 674
The text of this hymn may not be reproduced here.
Alleluia! Christ is risen!
He is risen
indeed! Alleluia!
The grace
of our Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God,
and the communion of the Holy Spirit be with you all.
And also with you.
Amen
CALL TO
THE WORD
The women ran to tell the good news to the
disciples.
Let us hear the Word of the Lord.
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FIRST READING Acts 10:34-43
34Peter
began to speak to [the people]: “I truly understand that God shows no
partiality, 35but in every nation anyone who fears him and does what
is right is acceptable to him. 36You know the message he sent to the
people of Israel, preaching peace by Jesus Christ—he is Lord of all. 37That
message spread throughout Judea, beginning in Galilee after the baptism that
John announced: 38how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy
Spirit and with power; how he went about doing good and healing all who were
oppressed by the devil, for God was with him. 39We are witnesses to
all that he did both in Judea and in Jerusalem. They put him to death by
hanging him on a tree; 40but God raised him on the third day and allowed
him to appear, 41not to all the people but to us who were chosen by
God as witnesses, and who ate and drank with him after he rose from the dead. 42He
commanded us to preach to the people and to testify that he is the one ordained
by God as judge of the living and the dead. 43All the prophets
testify about him that everyone who believes in him receives forgiveness of
sins through his name.”
The
Word of the Lord.
Thanks be to God.
Psalm for Easter Text/
Psalm 118; Music/ C. Alexander Peloquin
Choir
sings antiphon
ALL
sing antiphon, then where indicated in text.
Organ Introduction
Antiphon
Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good, for his mercy
endures forever.
Let the house of Israel say, “His mercy endures forever.”
Amen.
Antiphon
The right hand of the Lord has struck with power.
The right hand of the Lord is exalted.
I shall not die, but live, and declare the works of the Lord.
Amen.
Antiphon
The stone which the builders rejected has become the
cornerstone.
By the Lord has this been done; it is wonderful in our eyes.
Amen.
Antiphon
Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!
SECOND
READING 1 Corinthians
15:19-26
19If for this life only we have
hoped in Christ, we are of all people most to be pitied.
20But in fact Christ has been raised from the dead, the first
fruits of those who have died. 21For since death came through a
human being, the resurrection of the dead has also come through a human being; 22for
as all die in Adam, so all will be made alive in Christ. 23But each
in his own order: Christ the first fruits, then at his coming those who belong
to Christ. 24Then comes the end, when he hands over the kingdom to
God the Father, after he has destroyed every ruler and every authority and
power. 25For he must reign until he has put all his enemies under
his feet. 26The last enemy to be destroyed is death.
The Word of the Lord.
Thanks be to
God.
Stand
VERSE
Romans 6:9; Psalm 118:24 Setting by Walter L. Pelz
Alleluia.
Christ being raised from the dead will die no more; death has no more dominion over
him. This is the day which the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it.
Alleluia.
Gospel Luke
24:1-12
The Holy Gospel according to St. Luke.
Glory to you, O Lord.
1On the first day of the week, at
early dawn, [the women] came to the tomb, taking the spices that they had
prepared. 2They found the stone rolled away from the tomb, 3but
when they went in, they did not find the body. 4While they were
perplexed about this, suddenly two men in dazzling clothes stood beside them. 5The
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. 6Remember how he told you, while he was still in Galilee, 7that
the Son of Man must be handed over to sinners, and be crucified, and on the
third day rise again.” 8Then they remembered his words, 9and
returning from the tomb, they told all this to the eleven and to all the rest. 10Now
it was Mary Magdalene, Joanna, Mary the mother of James, and the other women
with them who told this to the apostles. 11But these words seemed to
them an idle tale, and they did not believe them. 12But Peter got up
and ran to the tomb; stooping and looking in, he saw the linen cloths by
themselves; then he went home, amazed at what had happened.
The Gospel of the Lord.
Praise to you, O Christ.
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Choir
Anthem Praise
the Savior
Text/
Venantius Honorius Fortunatus (530-603)
Music/
Paul D. Weber
Praise the Savior, now and
ever;
Praise him all beneath the skies;
Come before him and adore
him,
God’s
own perfect sacrifice;
Victory gaining, life
obtaining,
Now in
glory see him rise!
Day of gladness! Gone is
sadness;
Christ has bruised the serpent’s head;
Death no longer is the
stronger;
Hell itself is captive led.
Christ our Savior lives
forever;
O’er the tomb his light is shed.
Anthems glorious, hymns
victorious,
Rise we to our paschal King.
Bonds are broken, heaven
is open;
Sing, O ransomed mortals, sing!
Christ is risen from
death’s prison,
Healing in his wings to bring.
Earth rejoices, all its
voices
Glory to the Father sing!
Praise the Savior, laud
him ever,
Son of God, our Lord and King!
Praise the Spirit, through
Christ’s merit
Life eternal see him bring!
Hallelujah!
Sermon Pastor Frontz
Stand
W Hymn of the DaY
Welcome,
Happy Morning Green LBW 153
1 “Welcome, happy morning!” age to age shall say;
“Hell
today is vanquished, heav’n is won today!”
Christ,
once dead, is living, God forevermore!
Him,
their true creator, all his works adore.
“Welcome,
happy morning!” age to age shall say.
2 Maker
and redeemer, life and health of all,
God
from heav’n beholding human nature’s fall,
you,
the true and only Son of God above,
died
as mortal man to save us by your love.
“Welcome,
happy morning!” age to age shall say.
3 Source
of all things living, you came down to die,
plumbed
the depths of hell to raise us up on high.
Come
then, true and faithful; come, fulfill your word;
this
is your third morning: rise, O buried Lord!
“Welcome,
happy morning!” age to age shall say.
4 Free
the souls long prisoned, bound with Satan’s chain;
all
that once had fallen raise to life again;
show
your face in brightness, shine in ev’ry land
as
in Eden’s garden when the world began.
“Welcome,
happy morning!” age to age shall say.
Text: Venantius Honorius Fortunatus,
530-609; tr. John Ellerton, 1826-1893, adapt.
CONFESSION
OF FAITH
The pastor
and people confess the faith of the Church in the words of the Nicene Creed.
X At the words ‘For
us and for our salvation,’ and continuing through ‘and was made man,’ a solemn bow
is appropriate to praise the incarnation of our Lord.
We
believe in one God,
the
Father, the Almighty,
maker of heaven
and earth,
of all that is,
seen and unseen.
We
believe in one Lord, Jesus Christ,
the only Son of God,
eternally begotten of the Father,
God from God, Light from Light,
true God from true God,
begotten, not made,
of one Being with the Father.
Through him all things were made.
X For us and for our
salvation
he
came down from heaven;
by the power of the
Holy Spirit
he became
incarnate from the virgin Mary, and was made man. X
For our sake he was crucified under Pontius Pilate;
he suffered death
and was buried.
On
the third day he rose again
in
accordance with the Scriptures;
he ascended into
heaven
and
is seated at the right hand of the Father.
He will come again in glory to
judge the living and the dead,
and his kingdom will
have no end.
We
believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the giver of life,
who proceeds from the Father and
the Son.
With the Father and the Son he is
worshiped and glorified.
He has spoken through the
prophets.
We believe in one holy catholic and
apostolic Church.
We acknowledge one Baptism for
the forgiveness of sins.
We look for the resurrection of
the dead,
and the life of
the world to come. Amen
PRAYERS
OF THE CHURCH
Rejoicing in the resurrection of
our Lord, let us pray for the whole people of God in Christ Jesus, and for all
people according to their needs.
A brief silence is kept.
God our Father, your Son rose
triumphant from death and made this the day of new creation and of victory. We
thank you for the new life given to us in Christ. Continually renew in us the
joy of resurrection. Lord, in your mercy,
hear our prayer.
Your Son rose triumphant from
death, and the women ran to bear the tidings to his chosen apostles. Grant that
your Church may proclaim the good news in word and deed to all the people of
the world. Empower us to be witnesses to the resurrection. Lord, in your mercy,
hear our prayer.
Your Son rose triumphant from
death, and all rulers, authorities, and powers are now made subject to him.
Bless our elected leaders and all who work for the public good, and help them
to seek your will and serve faithfully in their offices. Lord, in your mercy,
hear our prayer.
Your Son rose triumphant from
death and made sure the promise of the new world, free from war, pestilence,
and want. Give us signs of that new world in our troubled times. Come to the
aid of the poor and the ill in body, mind, and spirit. Restrain the violent,
lift up the lowly, and give peace in our world, in our homes, and in our
hearts. Lord, in your mercy,
hear our prayer.
Your Son rose triumphant from
death and commanded us to pray in his name for our needs and the needs of
others. We pray in faithful confidence for the forgiveness of our sins, for
strength in suffering, and in thanksgiving for all your mercies. We bring
before you the godly desires of our hearts and the needs of those who have
asked for our prayers.
The pastor reads the names
submitted for prayer.
The people may offer spoken or
silent petitions.
Lord, in your mercy,
hear our prayer.
Your Son rose triumphant from
death, and in him we put our hope, not only for this life but also for the life
to come. We give thanks for all the faithful ones who have trusted in him; for
Mary his Mother, for Mary Magdalene and her companions, for the apostles and
all the saints, together with those most dear to us who now rest in you. Bring
us to the day when we will celebrate the resurrection with them in glory. Lord,
in your mercy,
hear our prayer.
Into your hands, Father, we commend all for whom we
pray, trusting in your steadfast love, through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Amen
The peace of the Lord be with you
always.
And also with
you.
The
people exchange a sign of peace with the simple words, Peace be with you.
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The Lord’s Table is prepared.
Stand
OFFERTORY 1 Corinthians 5:7-8 Setting by Walter L. Pelz
Alleluia.
Cleanse out the old yeast to make yourselves fresh dough, new unleavened bread!
For Christ our Passover Lamb has been sacrificed. Therefore let us celebrate the feast with the
unleavened bread of sincerity and truth. Alleluia.
Almighty Father, creator of all,
you wash away our sins and give us new birth by the
Spirit
by the redemption of the blood of Christ.
In this time of rejoicing,
renew your gift of life within us;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Amen
GREAT THANKSGIVING
It is indeed right and salutary that we should at all times and in all places offer thanks and praise to you, O Lord, holy Father, almighty and ever-living God.
But chiefly we are bound to praise you for the glorious resurrection of our Lord; for he is the true Passover Lamb who gave himself to take away our sin, who by his death has destroyed death, and by his rising has brought us to eternal life.
And so, with Mary Magdalene and Peter and all the witnesses of the resurrection, with earth and sea and all their creatures, and with angels and archangels, cherubim and seraphim, we praise your name and join their unending hymn:
The
pastor leads the people in praying the Eucharistic canon.
You are indeed
holy, O God, the fountain of all holiness;
you bring light from darkness, life from death,
speech from silence.
We worship you
for our lives and for the world you give us.
We thank you for
the new world to come
and for the love that will rule all in all.
We praise you
for the grace shown to Israel, your chosen,
the people of your promise:
the rescue from Egypt, the gift of the
promised land,
the memory of the fathers, the homecoming
from exile,
and the prophets' words that will not be in
vain.
In all this we
bless you for your only-begotten Son,
who fulfilled and will fulfill all your
promises.
In the night in
which he was betrayed,
our Lord Jesus took bread, and gave thanks;
broke it, and gave it to his disciples,
saying:
Take and eat; this is my body, given for you.
Do this for the remembrance of me.
Again, after
supper, he took the cup, gave thanks,
and gave it for all to drink, saying:
This cup is the new covenant in my blood,
shed for you and for all people for the
forgiveness of sin.
Do this for the remembrance of me.
For as often as
we eat of this bread and drink from this cup,
we proclaim the Lord's death until he comes.
Christ has died. Christ is risen. Christ
will come again.
Therefore, O
God, with this bread and cup
we remember the incarnation of your Son:
his human birth and the covenant he made with
us.
We remember the
sacrifice of his life:
his eating with outcasts and sinners,
and his acceptance of death.
But chiefly on
this day we remember his rising from the tomb,
his ascension to the seat of power,
and his sending of the holy and life-giving
Spirit.
We cry out for
the resurrection of our lives,
when Christ will come again in beauty and
power
to share with us the great and promised
feast.
Amen. Come, Lord Jesus.
Send now, we
pray, your Holy Spirit,
that we and all who share in this bread and
cup
may be united in the fellowship of the Holy
Spirit,
may enter the fullness of the kingdom of
heaven,
and may receive our inheritance with all your
saints in light.
Amen. Come, Holy Spirit.
Join our prayers
with those of your servants
of every time and every place,
and unite them with the ceaseless petitions
of our great high priest until he comes as
victorious Lord of all.
In the presence of Christ, we pray to his Father using the words he gave us.
Christ is in our midst.
By the power of the Spirit,
we pray to his Father, saying:
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 trespasses,
as we forgive those who trespass against us;
and lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from evil.
For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory,
forever and ever. Amen Matthew 6:9-15
Alleluia! Christ our Passover is sacrificed for us.
Therefore let us keep the feast! Alleluia!
We adore Christ, present in bread and wine.
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DISTRIBUTION
They may receive the Lord’s Body and Blood who are baptized in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, who commune in their home churches, and who believe that Jesus Christ, crucified and risen, is truly present in, with, and under the forms of bread and wine for the forgiveness of sins, life, and salvation.
Please come forward, take a communion cup from the tray, and kneel at the altar rail on your ‘side’ of the worship space. Please make an effort to leave some distance between your family unit and the next family unit. When your side has finished communing, please place your empty cup in the tray provided.
WDISTRIBUTION HYMNS
Choir
Christ the Lord Is Risen
Text/ Margaret Rose, alt; Music/ Sam
Batt Owens
Sing songs
of joy today, your sweetest music raising,
from
valleys far away lift up your voice in praising.
The Lord
is risen today, to him all praise be given,
lift up
your voice and say that Christ the Lord is risen.
Great
Easter Day with joy without a cloud of sadness
for
Christ has brought us gladness.
The Lord
is risen today, to him all praise be given,
lift up
your voice and say that Christ the Lord is risen.
No death
can hold the Christians who believeth,
their
faith is strong and bold and heaven their souls receiveth.
The Lord
is risen today; to him all praise be given.
Sing
songs of joy today, your sweetest music raising.
This Joyful Eastertide Blue
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1 This joyful
Eastertide,
away with sin and
sorrow!
My love, the
Crucified,
has sprung to life
this morrow.
Refrain
Had Christ, who once
was slain,
not burst his
three-day prison,
our faith had been in
vain.
But now has Christ
arisen,
arisen, arisen,
arisen.
2 My flesh in hope shall
rest
and for a season
slumber
till trump from east
to west
shall wake the dead
in number. Refrain
3 Death's flood has lost
its chill
since Jesus crossed
the river.
Lover of souls, from
ill
my passing soul
deliver. Refrain
Text: George R. Woodward, 1848-1934
When
all have received, the congregation stands at the direction of the pastor.
The body and
blood of our Lord Jesus Christ
strengthen
you and keep you in his grace.
Amen
POST-COMMUNION PRAYER
Pour out upon us the spirit of
your love, O Lord,
and unite the wills of those whom
you have fed with one heavenly food; through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Amen
Silence for meditation.
BENEDICTION
Almighty God, Father, X Son, and Holy Spirit,
bless you now and forever.
Amen
WCLOSING HYMN
Jesus Christ Is Risen
Today Green LBW 151
1 Jesus Christ is ris'n today, Alleluia!
our triumphant holy day, Alleluia!
who did once upon the cross, Alleluia!
suffer to redeem our loss. Alleluia!
2 Hymns of praise then let us sing,
Alleluia!
unto Christ, our heav'nly king,
Alleluia!
who endured the cross and grave,
Alleluia!
sinners to redeem and save. Alleluia!
3 But the pains which he endured, Alleluia!
our salvation have procured; Alleluia!
now above the sky he's king, Alleluia!
where the angels ever sing. Alleluia!
4 Sing we to our God above, Alleluia!
praise eternal as his love; Alleluia!
praise him, all you heav'nly host,
Alleluia!
Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. Alleluia!
Text: Latin carol, 14th cent., sts. 1-3;
tr. J. Walsh, Lyra Davidica, 1708, alt.; Charles Wesley, 1707-1788, st.
4
DISMISSAL
Alleluia! Christ is risen!
He
is risen indeed! Alleluia!
Go in peace. Serve the Lord.
Thanks
be to God!
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