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Prelude: Medley of Easter Hymns arr. Todd Marchand Nicaea Brass

Call to Worship

Doxology Old Hundredth

Praise God from whom all blessings flow; praise him, all creatures here below;
Praise him above, ye heav’nly host; praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. Amen.

Prayer of Confession

O Divine Redeemer, great was your goodness in undertaking our redemption, in consenting to be made sin for us, in conquering all our foes. Great was your love in manifesting yourself alive, in showing your sacred wounds, that every fear might vanish and every doubt be removed. O God, pardon all our sins, known and unknown, felt and unfelt, confessed and not confessed, remembered or forgotten. Help us to be a holy, happy people, free from every wrong desire, from everything contrary to your mind. Grant us more and more of the resurrection life: may it rule us, may we walk in its power and be strengthened through its influence. Amen.

The Gospel’s Assurance of Pardon: 1 Peter 1:3

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! According to his great mercy, he has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead.

Invocation

Hymn 277: Christ the Lord Is Risen Today Easter Hymn

Responsive Reading: Psalm 118:14–29 (pew Bible p. 511)

Gloria Patri Meineke

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost;
as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen, Amen.

Nicene Creed

I believe in one God, the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth, and of all things visible and invisible. And in one Lord Jesus Christ, the only-begotten Son of God, begotten of the Father before all worlds; God of God, Light of Light, very God of very God; begotten, not made, being of one substance with the Father, by whom all things were made. Who, for us and our salvation, came down from heaven, and was incarnate by the Holy Spirit of the virgin Mary, and was made man; and was crucified also for us under Pontius Pilate; He suffered death and was buried; and the third day He rose again, according to the Scriptures; and ascended into heaven, and sitteth on the right hand of the Father; and He shall come again, with glory, to judge the living and the dead; whose kingdom shall have no end. And I believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord and Giver of life; who proceedeth from the Father and the Son; who with the Father and the Son together is worshipped and glorified; who spake by the prophets. And I believe in one holy catholic and apostolic Church. I acknowledge one baptism for the remission of sins; and I look for the resurrection of the dead, and the life of the world to come. Amen.

Prayer of Intercession (concluding with The Lord’s Prayer)

Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name, thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. And lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever. Amen.

Hymn 276: Up from the Grave He Arose Christ Arose

Offering Prayer Christopher Pontius, ruling elder (9am)
Michel Hatem, ruling elder (11am)

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Offertory: Easter Rejoicing Jonathan Willcocks
Tenth Church Choir

Good Christian friends, rejoice and sing! Now is the triumph of our King! To all the world glad news we bring: Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia! The Lord of life is risen this day! Bring flow’rs of song, bedeck the way. Let all the world rejoice and say, “Alleluia, alleluia!” Praise we in songs of victory that love, that life which cannot die, and sing with hearts uplifted high, alleluia, alleluia! Your name we bless, O risen Lord, and sing today with one accord, the life laid down, the life restored: Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia!

Scripture Reading: 1 Corinthians 15:1–11 (pew Bible p. 961)

Sermon: Things of First Importance Dr. Jonny Gibson

Hymn: Crown Him with Many Crowns Diademata

Benediction

Prayerful Reflection

Postlude

Serving today:
9am platform: Dr. Enrique Leal, Christopher Pontius
11am platform: Rev. Josiah Vanderveen, Michel Hatem
Organists: Rev. Colin Howland and Josh Kraybill

Nicaea Brass
Nathaniel Hepler and Eric Schweingruber, trumpets
Kathryn Mehrtens, horn
Paul Arbogast, trombone
Brian Brown, tuba
Christopher Hanning, percussion