Easter Welcome
Call to Worship
Praise the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.
He has raised Jesus from the dead.
Your dead shall live; their bodies shall rise.
You who dwell in the dust, awake and sing for joy!
For your dew is a dew of light, and the earth will give birth to the dead.
The night is nearly over; the day is almost here.
So let us put aside the deeds of darkness and put on the armor of light.
“Christ is risen from the dead, trampling down death by death,
and upon those in the tombs bestowing life!”
Christ is risen, and you are overthrown.
Christ is risen, and the demons are fallen.
Christ is risen, and the Angels rejoice.
Christ is risen, and life reigns.
Christ is risen, and not one dead remains in the grave.
Alleluia! Christ is risen.
He is risen indeed. Alleluia!
— from Isaiah 26:19, Romans 13:12, the Troparion of Pascha, an Orthodox hymn chanted at Easter (“Pascha”), John Chrysostom’s, Sermon on the Lord’s Resurrection & Traditional Easter Affirmation.
Christ is Risen
Let no one caught in sin remain
Inside the lie of inward shame
But fix our eyes upon the cross
And run to him who showed great love
And bled for us
Freely you’ve bled for us
Christ is risen from the dead
Trampling over death by death
Come awake, come awake
Come and rise up from the grave
Christ is risen from the dead
We are one with him again
Come awake, come awake
Come and rise up from the grave
Beneath the weight of all our sin
You bowed to none but heaven’s will
No scheme of hell, no scoffer’s crown
No burden great can hold you down
In strength you reign
Forever let your church proclaim
Christ is risen from the dead
Trampling over death by death
Come awake, come awake
Come and rise up from the grave
Christ is risen from the dead
We are one with him again
Come awake, come awake
Come and rise up from the grave
O, death, where is your sting?
O, hell, where is your victory?
O, church, come stand in the light
Our God is not dead, he’s alive, he’s alive
Christ is risen from the dead
Trampling over death by death
Come awake, come awake
Come and rise up from the grave
Christ is risen from the dead
We are one with him again
Come awake, come awake
Come and rise up from the grave
Christ is risen from the dead
Trampling over death by death
Come awake, come awake
Come and rise up from the grave
Christ is risen from the dead
We are one with him again
Come awake, come awake
Come and rise up from the grave
Matt Maher, Mia Fieldes © 2009 Thankyou Music CCLI License 241710
Crown Him With Many Crowns
Crown him with many crowns
The Lamb upon his throne
Hark! how the heavenly anthem drowns All music but its own
Awake, my soul, and sing
Of him who died for thee
And hail him as thy matchless King Through all eternity
Crown him the Lord of love
Behold his hands and side
Rich wounds, yet visible above
In beauty glorified
All hail, Redeemer, hail
For thou hast died for me
Thy praise and glory shall not fail Throughout eternity
Crown him the Lord of life
Who triumphed o’er the grave
And rose victorious in the strife
For those he came to save
His glories now we sing
Who died, and rose on high
Who died, eternal life to bring
And lives that death may die
Matthew Bridges, 1851. Tune, DIADEMATA, George J. Elvey, 1868CCLI 241710
Mark 16:1-6
When the Sabbath was over, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought spices so that they might go to anoint Jesus’ body. Very early on the first day of the week, just after sunrise, they were on their way to the tomb and they asked each other, “Who will roll the stone away from the entrance of the tomb?” But when they looked up, they saw that the stone, which was very large, had been rolled away. As they entered the tomb, they saw a young man dressed in a white robe sitting on the right side, and they were alarmed. “Don’t be alarmed,” he said. “You are looking for Jesus the Nazarene, who was crucified. He has risen! He is not here.
Testimony
Easter Prayer
Gifts — All We Sinners
On yonder hill, the darkness flew
The morning broke in light and dew
When day had come again anew
All we sinners sang
In muck and mire our wretched souls
Had fallen to the depths below
Hell deserved, but there was hope
All we sinners sang
Saved, we are saved
The gates of heaven wide open
Saved, we are saved
The keys to the grave have been stolen
What could ever pay the cost?
On Calvary’s hill there rose a cross
And could it be that evil lost?
All we sinners sang
And all we sinners sang
Saved, we are saved
The gates of heaven wide open
Saved, we are saved
The keys to the grave have been stole
Stolen
The crimson river, like a flood
Came washing over all of us
It swallowed sin and death right up
And all we sinners sang
Yeah, all we sinners sang
Saved, we are saved
The gates of heaven wide open
Saved, we are saved
The keys to the grave have been stole
Stolen
Saved, we are saved
The gates of heaven wide open
Saved, we are saved
The keys to the grave have been stole
Stolen
On yonder hill, where darkness flew
When morning breaks in light and dew
Day has come again anew
All we sinners sing
David Crowder, Ed Cash, Seth Philpott © 2016 Inot Music, sixsteps Music Sixsteps Songs, Worship Together Music, worshiptogether.com songs, Alletrop Music CCLI 241710
1 Corinthians 15:50-56
Behold! I tell you a mystery. We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised imperishable, and we shall be changed.
For this perishable body must put on the imperishable, and this mortal body must put on immortality. When the perishable puts on the imperishable, and the mortal puts on immortality, then shall come to pass the saying that is written:
“Death is swallowed up in victory.”
“O death, where is your victory?
O death, where is your sting?”
Holy, Holy, Holy
Holy, holy, holy
Lord God Almighty
Early in the morning
Our song shall rise to thee
Holy, holy, holy
Merciful and mighty
God in three Persons, blessed Trinity
Holy, holy, holy
Though the darkness hide thee
Though the eye of sinful man
Thy glory may not see
Only thou art holy
There is none beside thee
Perfect in pow’r, in love, and purity
Holy, holy, holy
Lord God Almighty
All thy works shall praise thy name
In earth, and sky, and sea
Holy, holy, holy
Merciful and mighty
God in three persons, blessed Trinity
God in three persons, blessed Trinity
John Bacchus Dykes, Reginald Heber © Public Domain CCLI 241710
Revelation Song
Worthy is the Lamb who was slain
Holy, holy is he
Sing a new song to him who sits on
Heaven’s mercy seat
Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God Almighty
Who was and is and is to come
With all creation I sing
Praise to the King of kings
You are my ev’rything and I will adore you
Clothed in rainbows of living color
Flashes of lightning, rolls of thunder
Blessing and honor
Strength and glory and power be
To you the only wise King
Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God Almighty
Who was and is and is to come
With all creation I sing
Praise to the King of kings
You are my ev’rything and I will adore you
Filled with wonder, awestruck wonder
At the mention of your name
Jesus your name is power
Breath and living water
Such a marvelous myst’ry……
Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God Almighty
Who was and is and is to come
With all creation I sing
Praise to the King of kings
You are my ev’rything and I will adore you
Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God Almighty
Who was and is and is to come
With all creation I sing
Praise to the King of kings
You are my ev’rything and I will adore you
Jennie Lee Riddle © 2004 Gateway Create Publishing CCLI 241710
Children Dismissed for Children’s Church
The Easter Message
“The Healed Imagination”
Christ the Lord is Risen Today
Christ, the Lord, is risen today, Alleluia!
Sons of men and angels say, Alleluia!
Raise your joys and triumphs high, Alleluia!
Sing, ye heavens, and earth, reply, Alleluia!
Lives again our glorious King, Alleluia!
Where, O death, is now thy sting? Alleluia!
Once he died our souls to save, Alleluia!
Where thy victory, O grave? Alleluia!
Love’s redeeming work is done, Alleluia!
Fought the fight, the battle won, Alleluia!
Death in vain forbids him rise, Alleluia!
Christ has opened paradise, Alleluia!
Soar we now where Christ hath led, Alleluia!
Following our exalted Head, Alleluia!
Made like him, like him we rise, Alleluia!
Ours the cross, the grave, the skies, Alleluia!
Charles Wesley, Tune EASTER HYMN. from “Lyra Davidica”, London, 1708
Congregational Response
Enter into the joy of your Lord,
You who are rich and you the poor, come to the feast,
Receive all the riches of loving-kindness…
And let no one regret his poverty,
For the Kingdom has been revealed
We celebrate the death of Death,
The annihilation of Hell,
The beginning of a life new and everlasting.
And with joy we sing praises to the Author thereof…
—from the Easter night litany of the Orthodox Church
Benediction
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