EASTER

11:00 a.m. April 8, 2007

Assemble in God’s Name

Organ Prelude:

Choral Introit:

Welcome and Concerns of the Church

s Passing the Peace

s Hymnbook: "Jesus Christ Is Risen Today” #204

Lighting the Candles

Call to Worship

L Christ is Risen.

P He is Risen indeed.

L The King of glory is among us. He has burst forth from the tomb that would hold him.

P Who is the King of Glory?

L The Lord of the stable and the cross, He is the King of glory!

P Who is the King of Glory?

L Jesus, the Word made flesh, He is the King of glory!

P And we saw his glory.

L Such glory as befits the Father's true Son,

P Full of grace and truth.

L Christ is Risen!

P He is Risen indeed!

Opening Prayer

EASTER LITANY (See Insert)

Hymnbook: “Come Ye Faithful, Raise the Strain” #205

s Gloria Patri #546

Presentation of Tithes and Offerings

Offertory

s Doxology #544

Proclaim God’s Word

Children's Sermon

Dismissal to Children’s Church (5 and Under)

Prayers of the People

First Reading: John 20:1-10

Anthem

Second Reading: John 20:11-18

Sermon: "Resurrection Power”

Go in God’s Name

s The Apostles' Creed

s Prayer of Thanksgiving

s The Lord's Prayer

s Hymnbook: “Thine Is the Glory" #209

s Extinguishing the Candles

s Charge and Blessing

Postlude:

s: all who are able, please stand.

The Lord is risen! Hallelujah! Today we celebrate the foundation of our faith: the resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ. It is with exceeding joy that we welcome all who have come to recall Christ’s victory over sin and death. Rejoice!

Bible Study, Wednesday, 10 a.m. and 7 p.m.

The DIACONATE will not meet tonight. They will meet next Sunday night, April 15, at 7:00 p.m.

MEN’S FELLOWSHIP BREAKFAST, next Sabbath, April 15 at 8:00

The Session has received Richard and Carol Cezek as communicant members of the congregation. Richard and Carol come to us by letter of transfer from Dalton Mass. In their honor today, we will sing the first verse of “Blest Be the Tie That Binds” (#473). Richard and Carol, you are most welcome.

BARBECUE

April 28, beginning at 10:30 a.m.

Get your tickets today and sell them to everyone you know. There will be a prize for the person selling the most tickets. Also, we need folks to help cook, serve, work in the kitchen, deliver, and whatever else needs to be done. Please sign up on the sheets in the narthex of the church.

CAMPOUT

The young people are going camping at Kings Mountain State Park on April 14. If interested, see Patrick Brady.

EASTER LITANY

L The stone that sealed Jesus' tomb has been removed.

P The wrappings that held Jesus' body lie empty.

L The tomb lies empty.

P Death cannot hold Jesus our Savior.

L And through his power, death cannot hold us either.

P He died that we might live, and lives that we might never die.

L. We are freed even from the little deaths.

P Little deaths of fear and anxiety and worry and terror

L We are freed from the deaths of doubt and dismay.