Jeff Pierpont – Service
Hal Parker – Musical Director
Priscilla Bonney-Smith – Flowers
Easter Sunday Service
March 31, 2023
10:00am
Scripture: John 20: 1 – 10
Sermon: “The Resurrection Appearances” by Jeff Pierpont
*Hymn: #205 (Songs of Spirit) Christ the Lord Is Risen Today
*Hymn: #216 (Songs of Spirit) The Day of Resurrection!
*Hymn: #206 (Songs of Spirit) Lord of the Dance
Prelude: Sonata 3 in G Major by Guiseppi Sammartini (1693-1770) Allegro
Sonia Dunbar and Gina Jenkins, recorders, Tom Anastasio, gamba, Hal, harpsichord
Welcome & Announcements
Call to Worship
One: This is the day that God has made; Let us rejoice and be glad in it.
All: We gather today to shout Alleluia! Christ is risen; he is risen indeed.
One: Out of the doom of death and despair, Victory comes, glory appears.
All: We gather today to shout Alleluia! Christ is risen; he is risen indeed.
One: We shall live, witness, and recount the deeds of our God whose love endures forever.
All: We gather today to shout Alleluia! Christ is risen; he is risen indeed!
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: John 20:1 – 10
Anthem: “This Is The Day” by Leslie Garrett (1967)
Sermon: “The Resurrection Appearances” by Jeff Pierpont
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
Giver of all good things, let your grace flow through us; a generous stream,
unstoppable, refreshing, abundant. We release these gifts into your river of love, flowing out to our community and the world. Amen.
*Hymn: #216 (Songs of Spirit) The Day of Resurrection!
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.
*Hymn: #206 (Songs of Spirit) Lord of the Dance
*Benediction
*Musical Benediction #174 (Songs of Spirit), Amen, Amen
Postlude Sonata 3 in G Major by Guiseppi Sammartini (1693-1770) Allegro
Sonia Dunbar and Gina Jenkins, recorders, Tom Anastasio, gamba, Hal, harpsichord