Easter Sunday, April 21, 2019

APPLE MUSIC PLAYLIST FOR SONGS CAN BE FOUND HERE.

Prelude: Mystery [Hall]

CALL TO WORSHIP

This is the good news—the grave is empty; Christ is risen. Hallelujah!

This is the good news—the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness can never put it out. Hallelujah!

This is the good news—once we were no people; now we are God’s people. Hallelujah!

Christ is our peace, the indestructible peace we now share with each other. Hallelujah!

Song: The Solid Rock [Lyte]

CONFESSION

O Mighty Father, the tomb calls forth my adoring wonder, for it is empty and Christ is risen! Grant me to be crucified with Christ that I may live a new life, for I wish to be dead and buried to sin, to selfishness, to the world; that I might not hear the voice of the charmer and be seduced by his lusts. Purge me from selfishness, pride, the fear of man, and the desire to be highly esteemed by others. Grant me to stand with my dying Savior, to be content to be rejected, and to be willing to hold to unpopular truths. Grant me more and more of His resurrection life: may it rule me, may I walk in its power, and be strengthened through its influence, through Jesus Christ my resurrected and ascended Lord! Amen.

Song: In Christ Alone [Getty]

Song: Living Hope [Wickham, Johnson]

ASSURANCE OF PARDON (Romans 5:8-11)

GIVING

READING OF GOD’S WORD (Psalm 24)

PREACHING OF THE WORD (Psalm 24)

COMMUNION 

Song: Living Hope [Wickham, Johnson]

BAPTISMS

Song: Absent From Flesh [Watts] 

BENEDICTION

May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound in hope. (Romans 15:12-13 ESV)