April 4, 2021

Invitation to Silent Prayer
Processional Hymn: "Jesus Christ Is Risen Today"

Pastor: Christ is risen! C: The Lord is risen indeed!
   P: Praise the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.  C: He gave us new life and hope by Raising Jesus from death.
P: Rejoice, then, even in your distress. C: We shall be counted worthy when Christ appears.
P: God has claimed us as his own. C: He called us from our darkness into the light of his day.
P: Christ is risen! C: The Lord is risen indeed! Alleluia!

First Reading
           The word of the Lord. Thanks be to God.
Psalm 118:1-2, 14-24
Second Reading
           The word of the Lord. Thanks be to God.
Gospel Acclamation "Alleluia"
L: The Holy Gospel according to St. John 20th chapter.
C: Glory to you, O Lord. John 20: 1-18
Children's Time
Sermon

Isaiah 25:6-9


1 Corinthians 15:1-11

ELW pg.216



Pastor George Friedrich

The Apostles' Creed
Offering and Offertory "At the Lamb's High Feast" (vss.1)

The Great Thanksgiving
P: The Lord be with you. C: And also with you.
P: Lift up your hearts. C: We lift them to the Lord.
P: Let us give thanks to the Lord our God. C: It is right to give him thanks and praise.

Hymn: "At The Lamb's High Feast" (vs.2, 3)
P: We praise you, heavenly Father, and you're Son, Christ our Lord, through whom you have saved and redeemed us. Through him you first created us, and through him you still more gloriously rescued us from sin and death.
C: Oh, the greatness of your love, that you would take our fallen nature to yourself and, through your suffering, free us from suffering and death!
P: Oh, the greatness of your love, Lord Christ, that on the night before you went to die, while at table with your disciples, you took bread, gave thanks, broke it and gave it to them, saying: "Take and eat; this is my body, given for you. Do this for the remembrance of me." Then you 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."

Hymn: "At The Lamb's High Feast" (vss.4, 5)
P: Lord, remember us in your kingdom and teach us to pray:
C: The Lord's Prayer
P: Reveal yourself to us, O Lord, in the breaking of bread,as once, arisen from the dead, you revealed yourself to your disciples.

Hymn: "At The Lamb's High Feast" (vs.6, 7) ELW # 362

Distribution
P: The Lord is risen! C: The Lord is risen indeed! Alleluia!
P: Let us pray. C: Almighty God, you give us the joy of celebrating our Lord's resurrection. Give us also the joys of life in your service, and bring us at last to the full joy of life eternal; through your Son, Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives... and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, oneGod, now and forever. Amen.

Hymn: "At The Lamb's High Feast" (vs.8) ELW # 362

Benediction
P: The God of peace - who brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus Christ, the great shepherd of the sheep,
through the blood of the everlasting covenant - make you perfect in every good work to do his will, working in you
that which is well-pleasing in his sight; through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory forever and ever.
People: Amen.

Recessional Hymn: "Now All the Vault of Heaven Resounds" 

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