Rev Ed Sunday-Winters – Service
Hal Parker – Musical Director
Priscilla Bonney-Smith – Flowers
Easter Sunday Service
April 9, 2023
10:00am
Scripture: Matthew 28:1-10
Sermon: “Suddenly” by Rev Ed Sunday-Winters
*Hymn: #205 (Songs of Spirit) Christ the Lord is Risen Today
*Hymn: #214 (Songs of Spirit) Thine Is the Glory
*Hymn: #216 (Songs of Spirit) The Day of Resurrection
Prelude: “Jesus Shall Reign” arr. Lani Smith, Hal, organ solo
Welcome & Announcements
Call to Worship
One: Give thanks to our Good God whose unfailing love lasts forever!
Many: Give thanks to our Risen God whose unfailing love lives forever!
One: We gather together in the dawn of a new day. We look toward the tomb to seek the Enfleshed Word.Many: The stone has been rolled away. The tomb is empty! Alleluia!
One: We find God alive in the searching, in the garden, in our hope-filled spaces.
Many: Alleluia. Christ lives and finds us with unfailing love!
Opening Prayer
*Gloria Patri #36
Glory be to the Creator, and to the Christ and to the Holy Ghost; as it was in the beginning is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen. Amen.
*Hymn: #205 (Songs of Spirit) Christ the Lord is Risen Today
Scripture: Matthew 28:1-10
Anthem: “Come, My Way, My Truth, My Life” by R. Vaughn-Williams, Hal, voice & piano
Sermon: “Suddenly” by Rev Ed Sunday-Winters
A Time of Silence
Offertory
*Doxology
Praise God from whom all blessings flow; Praise God, all creatures here below;
Praise God for all that love has done; Creator, Christ, and Spirit, One. Amen.
*Unison Prayer of Dedication
Giving God, receive this portion of the gifts you have given to us. May our time, treasure, and talent be magnified and multiplied for your glory. Amen.
*Hymn: #214 (Songs of Spirit) Thine Is the Glory
Prayers of the People and 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: #216 (Songs of Spirit) The Day of Resurrection
*Benediction Rev Ed Sunday-Winters
*Musical Benediction
“We are Building a New World” (tune of “We Are Climbing Jacob’s Ladder”, #500 NCH),
“We are building up a new world, We are building up a new world, We are building up a new world, Builders must be strong!”
“Rise, shine and give God glory, Rise, shine and give God glory, Rise, shine and give God glory, Children of the Light.”
Postlude: “Hallelujah Chorus” by GF Handel, Hal, solo organ