April 16, 2017
Easter Sunday
Bell Choir Prelude
Hail Thee, Festival Day arr. Douglas E. Wagner
Easter Rhondo arr. Michael Helman
Jesus Christ is Risen Today arr. Michael Helman
Jesus Christ is Risen Today arr. Michael Helman
Prelude on Llandfair
Prelude: Allegro from Sonata in C Felix Mendelssohn
Chiming of the Hour
*Hymn: #232 Jesus Christ Is Risen Today
Welcome
Joys and Concerns
Choral Introit: Thine Is The Glory
Call to Worship
One: Day has dawned and shadows are left behind.
The stone is rolled away and hope is reborn.
All: This is the day our God has made.
We will rejoice and be glad in it.
One: God opens us to the gates of righteousness.
We enter to give thanks to our God.
All: We give thanks, for our God is good.
God’s steadfast love endures forever.
One: Set your mind on things that are above.
Look up and welcome Christ’s appearing.
All: We have been raised with Christ.
Glory is being revealed to us on this holy day.
One: Come, let us worship God together!
Prayer of Invocation (in unison)
O God of all of our days, we come this morning with eager anticipation. We seek to know you, to see you, to touch you. Open our hearts, that we might experience you anew. Open our lives, that we may be faithful witnesses to your resurrection. May we, with shouts of joy, proclaim your steadfast, liberating love to all people, everywhere. Amen.
Call to Confession
Prayer of Confession (in unison)
O God, the message of Easter has come again before we were ready to receive it. The Palm Sunday parade demanded very little of us. We could join in the hosannas. But the betrayal and denial, the suffering and shame, the agony and death, have left us fearful and shaken. We have become enemies of Jesus without intending to be disloyal. We have left him in the tomb, lest he has upset our daily lives. The Jesus of long ago seems more comfortable to us than the Christ who is risen today in our midst. We confess our reluctance to let Christ claim us and change us. O God, we need forgiveness. Hear now our silent confessions as we seek your mercy, forgiveness and grace.
Moment of silent prayer
Assurance of God’s Love
Gloria Patri: 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.
Responsive Reading – Psalm 118: 1-2, 14-24
(Page 694 HS in the pew bible)
Reading from the Early Church – Acts 10:34-43
(Page 157 NT in the pew bible)
Children’s Message and Lord’s Prayer
*Hymn: #236 The Strife Is Over
Offering of our Gifts ~ One Great Hour of Sharing
Anthem: Coronation Craig Courtney
*Doxology: Praise God from whom all blessings flow; Praise God, all creatures here below; Praise God above, ye heavenly host; Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. Amen.
Prayer of Dedication
Gospel Reading – John 20:1-18
(Page 140 in the pew bible)
Sermon: “Are You Contagious?”
Reverend Diane Monti-Catania
Pastoral Prayer and Silent Prayer
Response: Alleluia, Alleluia! Give Thanks
*Hymn: #245 Christ The Lord Is Risen Today
Benediction
Choral Response: Hallelujah Chorus G.F. Handel
Postlude: Carillon-Sortie Henri Mulet
(* Please stand if able.)
A special thank you to the brass quartet from Housatonic Valley Regional High School: Jacob Sphur & Cameron Foley (trumpets), Caleb Sphur & Tyler Wallace (trombones).
Prayer List
Terre Lefferts, Hatsie Baltus, Emma Mae, Leonard Kaufman, Laura Flores, Paul McAbee, Shirley Rogers, Jane Fitting, Nancy Tuckerman, Barbara Jacquette, Gloria Buckley, Petie Robinson, Gay Ayers, The Sosnoff Family, Wilma Tillerman, Will, Nina, Jack and Linda, Schaper family, family and friends of Walter Crain
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