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    Apr 12, 2020

    Easter Sunday - 4/12/2020

    Easter Sunday - 4/12/2020

    Passage: John 19:1-42

    Speaker: Rev. Vivian McCarthy, Pastor

    Don’t weep! Don’t mourn! There is great Good News! Christ the Lord is risen today!

    Easter Sunday

    April 12, 2020 - 10 AM

     Call to Worship  Led by Pastor Barbara Parnell

    L: Don’t weep! Don’t mourn! There is great Good News!
    P: Christ the Lord is risen today!
    L: Put away your garments of mourning; let the light of God’s love flood into your lives.
    P: Christ the Lord is risen today!
    L: No more do we have to fear the darkness; it has been overcome by God’s light.
    P: Christ the Lord is risen today. ALLELUIA!
     

    Hymn     Christ the Lord Is Risen Today           Led by Adam O’Dell

    Christ the Lord is risen today, Alleluia!
    Earth and heaven in chorus say, Alleluia!
    Raise your joys and triumphs high, Alleluia!
    Sing, ye heavens, and earth reply, 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!
     

    Unison Prayer    Led by Pastor Barbara Parnell

    Loving God of light, we hid in the darkness and you brought the light of Salvation to our eyes and our spirits. We praise you for the resurrection of our Savior Jesus Christ. We have received the greatest good news of healing, hope, and restoration. Praise be to you, eternal God, for this gift of love. AMEN.

    Creative Reading of John 19     Read by Pastor Barbara Parnell

    Meditation[1]      Pastor Vivian McCarthy   Listen

    Joys and Concerns and Pastoral Prayer

    Song of Praise        Celebrate Jesus    Led by Phil & Darlene Gobrecht

    Gary Oliver | © 1988 by Integrity’s Hosanna Music CCLI License #1011499
     
    Celebrate Jesus, celebrate! Celebrate Jesus, celebrate! (Repeat)
    He is risen, He is risen;
    and He lives forevermore.
    He is risen, He is risen;
    Come on and celebrate
    The resurrection of our Lord!

    Benediction   Pastor Vivian

     

    [1] Reading excerpts The End Is Life by Frederick Buechner, from Bread and Wine: Readings for Lent and Easter, Plough Publishing House, Walden, New York.  Copyright © 2003 by Plough Publishing House.  All Rights Reserved.