FIRST SERVICE OF EASTER
7:30
A.M. ‑ 8 April 2007
Prelude Gift
of Love arr.
Carter
Call To Worship:
L: Christ is risen!
P: Christ is risen indeed! Alleluia!
L: Rejoice, heavenly powers!
Sing, choirs of angels!
Exult, all creation around God's throne!
Jesus Christ, our King is risen!
Sound the trumpet of salvation!
P: Rejoice,
O earth, in shining splendor,
radiant
in the brightness of our King!
Christ has conquered! Glory fills you!
Darkness vanishes forever!
All: Rejoice,
O
The risen Savior shines upon
you!
Let this place resound with
joy,
echoing the mighty song of all God's people!
Hymn: "Christ the Lord is Risen Today” # 145
Prayer:
Almighty God,
through your only Son you overcame death and
opened to us the gate of everlasting life.
Grant that we who celebrate our Lord's
resurrection,
by the renewing of your Spirit, arise from the
death of sin to the life of righteousness; through the same Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
The Giving of the Bread and Cup
Prayer After Communion:
L: You have given yourself to us, Lord.
P: Now we give ourselves to others.
L: You have raised us with Christ, and made us a new people;
P: As a people of the resurrection, we will serve you with joy.
L: Your glory has filled our hearts;
P: Help us to
glorify you in all things. Amen.
Hymn of Victory:
"Up From the Grave He Arose" # 322
Dismissal with Blessing:
L: Go in peace to love and serve the Lord.
P: We are sent in the power of Christ's resurrection. Alleluia!
Participants in the First Service of Easter:
Greeters/Ushers:
Thomas Curry, Ian Frazier, Janice Smith and Rebecca Smith
Liturgists: Ted Lillie and Will McCurry.
Witnesses: Tim Higgins
Song Leader: Rev. Rick Buckingham
Officiate: Rev. Dr. Karin Walker
Pianist: Mrs. Bobbie Walker
The Word: Israel’s
Deliverance at the Red Sea
Exodus 14:10‑31; 15:20-21
Hymn: "Come Ye Faithful, Raise the Strain" # 315
God
our Savior, as once you delivered by the power of your mighty arm your chosen
The Word: New Life for God’s People Ezekiel 37:1-14
Eternal God, you raised from the dead our Lord Jesus and by your Holy Spirit brought to life your Church. Breathe upon us again with your spirit and give new life to your people, through the same Jesus Christ our Redeemer. Amen.
The Word: Buried and Raised with Christ in Baptism
Romans 6:3-11
Hymn: "Now the Green Blade Riseth" # 311
The Gospel: He is not Here, but has Risen Luke 24:1-12
The Witness: Tim Higgins
The Offering Savior, Like a Shepherd Lead Us arr. Carter
The Service of the Bread and Cup: Rev. Dr. Karin Walker
L: Beloved in Christ!
People shall be gathered from north and south,
from east and west to feast at the heavenly banquet of the Lord.
Christ our Paschal Lamb has been sacrificed.
Let us therefore celebrate the feast. Alleluia!
The Lord be with you.
P: And also with you.
L: Lift up your hearts.
P: We lift them to the Lord.
L: Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.
P: It is right to give him thanks and praise.
The Prayer of Thanksgiving:
God of power and majesty:
With the rising of the sun
you have raised Jesus
Christ and delivered him and us from death's destruction.
We praise you on this bright day
for
all your gifts of new life.
Especially we thank you for
all victories over sin
and evil in our lives, for loyalty and love of friends and family, for the newborn, the newly baptized, and those now in your eternal home, for the renewal of nature, and for the continuing witness of the church of Christ. Amen.
St. Paul’s
United
10401 Armory Ave. ,
Kensington , Maryland
20895
