April 4, 2021

Welcome
“Love Crucified Arose” Mike Joyce

Call to Worship

Pastor:
Christ is Risen!

All:
He is Risen, Indeed!

Pastor:
Christ is Risen!

All:
He is Risen, Indeed!

Pastor:
Christ is Risen!

All:
He is Risen, Indeed!

Resurrection Hope and Worship:

Pastor:
I tell you this, brothers: flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God,

Congregation:
nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable.

Pastor:
Behold! I tell you a mystery.

Congregation:
We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed,

Pastor:
in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet.

Congregation:
For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised imperishable, and we shall be changed.

Pastor:
For this perishable body must put on the imperishable,

Congregation:
and this mortal body must put on immortality.

Pastor:
When the perishable puts on the imperishable, and the mortal puts on immortality,

Congregation:
then shall come to pass the saying that is written: "Death is swallowed up in victory."

Pastor:
"O death, where is your victory?

Congregation:
O death, where is your sting?"

Pastor:
The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law.

All:
But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.

Congregational Response of Praise

Hymn 277 Christ the Lord Is Risen Today

Prayer of Worship

The Word of the Lord

John 19:17-24, 28-37; Romans 5:6, 8-11

“Nothing But the Blood” Vocal Ensemble

The Word of the Lord

Matthew 27:62-66; Luke 24:1-12

Congregational Response of Praise

Hymn 286 Worship Christ, the Risen King!

The Word of the Lord

John 20:26-29

Congregational Response of Praise

Hymn 287 Morning Sun

We Confess Our Faith Belgic Confession Article 20

We believe that God-- who is perfectly merciful and also very just-- sent his Son to assume the nature in which the disobedience (our sin) had been committed, in order to bear in it the punishment of sin by his most bitter passion and death. So God made known his justice toward his Son, who was charged with our sin, and he poured out his goodness and mercy on us, who are guilty and worthy of damnation, giving to us his Son to die, by a most perfect love, and raising him to life for our justification, in order that by him we might have immortality and eternal life.

“O Happy Day” Joyce Family

Sermon

“The Gospel of the Bodily Resurrection of Christ”

1 Corinthians 15:1-8

The Sacrament of the Lord’s Supper

We Worship God with Our Tithes and Offerings

“Love Medley” Pattie Herrel, Barb Walts, Gina Leeker

Congregational Response of Thanksgiving

Hymn 276 Up from the Grave He Arose

Benediction

Announcements

Postlude