Order of Worship

(on a phone, best viewed horizontally) 

 

April 20, 2025            10:45am

 

Easter Sunday

 

We gather with joy

Pre-service Music

Welcome

Prelude                              Resurrection Te Deum                 Dengler/Naus Dengler

Call to Worship

One:        The tombstone is rolled away!

Many:     Why look for the living among the dead?

One:        Alleluia! Christ is risen!

Many:     Christ is risen indeed! Alleluia!

One:        Christ has overcome death, affecting all of God’s creation.

Many:     Christ has received new life, affecting each of us.

One:        Alleluia! Christ is risen!

All:           Christ is risen indeed! Alleluia!

Prayer

Hymn                                  Low in the Grave He Lay                                            VT 333

                                              Thine is the Glory                                                          VT 355

To hear Christ’s transforming word

Children’s Time

Scripture                            Luke 24:1-12

Hymn                                  Lift Your Glad Voices                                                   VT 340

Sermon                              “Okay, who’s in?”

That shapes us in the way of the resurrection

Confession of Faith

Leader:   O living God, who raised Jesus from the dead

                  we shout your great victory;

                  we sing hymns of praise!

People:  Even when our hearts are heavy

                  and our eyes are dimmed by sorrow,

                  you are faithful.

                  You wipe away all tears

                  and bring joy in the morning.

Leader:   Teach us, O God, to trust your gracious love,

                  to rest in your unfailing goodness,

                  to hope in your true promise,

                  that we may rejoice all our days

                  and share the good news:

                  death is defeated; all are made alive in you.

All:           Alleluia! Amen!

                  Alleluia! Amen!

Hymn                                  Christ is Alive, and Goes Before Us                         VT 565

Time of Sharing

Offering Prayer

Musical Offering       Christ is Risen! Shout Hosanna! (VT 354)

Prayers of the People

Hymn                                  Christ the Lord is Risen Today                                  VT 346

Benediction

Postlude                           

 

Worship Leader: Rachel Siemens                                     Preacher: Debbie Bledsoe

Children’s Time: Don Douglas                                                Pianist: Donna Noton

Readers: Karla Braun, Kerry Braun                             Choir: Bruce Baergen, Ev Buhr

Call to Worship: adapted by Robert Proudfoot     Benedictions: written by Louisa Adria

Ushers: Mathew Wiens, Lauren Reid