Prelude

Morning Song Alexander Arutiunian

The Day of Resurrection! arr. Thomas Elliott

The day of resurrection! Earth, tell it out abroad; the Passover of gladness, the Passover of God.

From death to life eternal, from this world to the sky, our Christ hath brought us over with hymns of victory.

Jesus Shall Reign arr. Stuart Sacks

Jesus shall reign where’er the sun does His successive journeys run;

His kingdom stretch from shore to shore, till moons shall wax and wane no more.

Westminster Brass

Call to Worship

Acclamation

Minister: Christ is risen!

People: He is risen indeed!

Invocation

Hymn: Christ the Lord Is Risen Today Easter Hymn

Christ the Lord is ris’n today; Alleluia! Sons of men and angels say; Alleluia!

Raise your joys and triumphs high; Alleluia! Sing ye heav’ns, and earth, reply. Alleluia!

Vain the stone, the watch, the seal; Alleluia! Christ has burst the gates of hell; Alleluia!

Death in vain forbids His rise; Alleluia! Christ has opened paradise. Alleluia!

Lives again our glorious King; Alleluia! Where, O death, is now thy sting? Alleluia!

Once He died, our souls to save; Alleluia! Where thy victory, O grave? Alleluia!

Soar we now where Christ has led; Alleluia! Foll’wing our exalted Head; Alleluia!

Made like Him, like Him we rise; Alleluia! Ours the cross, the grave, the skies; Alleluia!

Hail, the Lord of earth and heav’n! Alleluia! Praise to Thee by both be giv’n; Alleluia!

Thee we greet triumphant now; Alleluia! Hail, the Resurrection, Thou! Alleluia!

Anthem: Were You There? arr. Stuart Sacks

Were you there when they crucified my Lord?

Oh! Sometimes it causes me to tremble, tremble, tremble.

Were you there when they crucified my Lord?

Were you there when He rose up from the dead?

Sometimes I feel like shouting, “Glory! Glory! Glory!”

Were you there when He rose up from the dead?

Westminster Brass

Scripture Reading: John 20:15

Jesus said to her, ”Woman, why are you weeping? Whom are you seeking?” Supposing him to be the gardener, she said to him, ”Sir, if you have carried him away, tell me where you have laid him and I will take him away.”

Sermon: Supposing Him to Be the Gardener Dr. Liam Goligher

Hymn: Thine Be the Glory Maccabeus

Thine be the glory, risen, conqu’ring Son; endless is the vict’ry Thou o’er death hast won.
Angels in bright raiment rolled the stone away, kept the folded graveclothes, where Thy body lay.
Thine be the glory, risen, conqu’ring Son; endless is the vict’ry Thou o’er death hast won.

Lo! Jesus meets us, risen from the tomb; lovingly He greets us, scatters fear and gloom.
Let the church with gladness, hymns of triumph sing, for her Lord now liveth, death hath lost its sting.
Thine be the glory, risen, conqu’ring Son; endless is the vict’ry Thou o’er death hast won.

No more we doubt Thee, glorious Prince of life; life is naught without Thee; aid us in our strife.
Make us more than conqu’rors, thro’ Thy deathless love: bring us safe thro’ Jordan to Thy home above.
Thine be the glory, risen, conqu’ring Son; endless is the vict’ry Thou o’er death hast won.

Benediction

Postlude: Stand Up, Stand Up for Jesus arr. Stuart Sacks Westminster Brass