The Power of Hope

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CALL TO WORSHIP

Reader 1: He is risen!
All: He is risen indeed!
Reader 1: This is the day the Lord has made!
All: We will rejoice and be glad in it!
Reader 2: The Lord is our strength and our song; he has become our victory!
All: Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord!
Reader 2: Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good!
All: His steadfast love endures forever!

PRAYER OF INVOCATION

Lord, we come before you today and we thank You for all the blessings that You have given us in Christ Jesus our Lord. May your Holy Spirit fill us and guide us into all truth. We give you praise and we ask that you would direct our hearts to rest in the glorious truth of the life, death, and resurrection of our Lord. Be glorified in us today. In Christ we pray. Amen.

SONG OF PRAISE

Come People of the Risen King · Lyrics, Audio & Video

SCRIPTURE READING

1 But on the first day of the week, at early dawn, they went to the tomb, taking the spices they had prepared. 2 And they found the stone rolled away from the tomb, 3 but when they went in they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus. 4 While they were perplexed about this, behold, two men stood by them in dazzling apparel. 5 And as they were frightened and bowed their faces to the ground, the men said to them, “Why do you seek the living among the dead? 6 He is not here, but has risen. Remember how he told you, while he was still in Galilee, 7 that the Son of Man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men and be crucified and on the third day rise.” 8 And they remembered his words, 9 and returning from the tomb they told all these things to the eleven and to all the rest. 10 Now it was Mary Magdalene and Joanna and Mary the mother of James and the other women with them who told these things to the apostles, 11 but these words seemed to them an idle tale, and they did not believe them. 12 But Peter rose and ran to the tomb; stooping and looking in, he saw the linen cloths by themselves; and he went home marveling at what had happened.

Luke 24:1-12

CORPORATE CONFESSION 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 Ghost,
born of the Virgin Mary,
suffered under Pontius Pilate,
was crucified, dead, and buried;
He descended into hell;
the third day He rose again from the dead;
He ascended into heaven,
and sits at the right hand of God the Father Almighty;
from thence He shall come to judge the quick and the dead.
I believe in the Holy Ghost;
the holy catholic* church;
the communion of saints;
the forgiveness of sins;
the resurrection of the body;
and the life everlasting.
Amen.

* = universal

SONGS OF WORSHIP

Resurrection Hymn · Lyrics, Audio & Video

Christ the Lord is Risen Today · Video

PRAYER OF INTERCESSION

During this time confess your sins to the Lord. Once done with your time of confession, read Romans 8:1 as a reminder of the forgiveness we have in Christ, then take time as a family to pray for the church, for our leaders, for the world, for the abating of the virus, and other needs you know of. You can always look at the prayer requests in the weekly email.

OFFERING TO THE LORD

One of the ways believers worship when physically gathered is through giving. Currently we can’t do that. Many do however give online. If you would like to, you can do so here. Or you may mail a check to our mailing address. (Note: if you are out of work and find yourself in need - please contact our deacons).

As a song during this time: The Christian’s Hope Can Never Fail · Audio · Lyrics & Chords

SCRIPTURE READING

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, 4 to an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading, kept in heaven for you, 5 who by God’s power are being guarded through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.

1 Peter 1:3-5