Easter 2023
Order of Service
Leader: Christ is risen!
Congregation: He is risen indeed!
Call to Worship: Isaiah 25:6-9
Invocation
Hymns
#277 - Christ the Lord Is Risen Today
Corporate Confession of Sin: Adapted from The Valley of Vision
Holy Lord, we have sinned times without number, and been guilty of pride and unbelief, of failure to know your mind from your Word, of neglect to seek you in our daily lives. Our transgressions and short-comings present us with a list of accusations. But we bless you that they will not stand against us, for all have been laid on Christ.
Go on to subdue our corruptions, and grant us grace to live above them. Deliver us from every evil habit, every influence of former sins, everything that dims the brightness of your grace is us, everything that prevents us from taking delight in you. Grant us now, the presence of your Holy Spirit, that he might work in us the righteousness to which we are called, as we quiet ourselves to confess our sin.
Silent Confession and Assurance of Forgiveness
Response: Come Behold the Wondrous Mystery
Scripture Readings:
Psalm 16
Romans 4:13-25
Affirmation of Faith: The Apostles’ Creed
I believe in God the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth.
And in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord; who was conceived by the Holy Spirit; born of the virgin Mary; suffered under Pontius Pilate: was crucified, dead, and buried. He descended to the dead; the third day he rose again; he ascended into heaven and sits at the right hand of God the Father Almighty; whence he shall come to judge the living and the dead.
I believe in the Holy Spirit; the holy catholic* church; the communion of saints; the forgiveness of sins; the resurrection of the body; and the life everlasting. Amen.
*catholic refers to the church universal, God’s people in all times and places.
Pastoral Prayer
Hymn: #275 - The Strife Is O’er, the Battle Done
Sermon: Luke 24:1-49
Closing Hymn: #273 - Jesus Christ Is Risen Today
Benediction