SUNDAY MORNING April 1, 2018 ELEVEN O CLOCK AM. Easter Sunday THE MUSIC FOR MEDITATION. THE ORGAN PRELUDE Festival Alleluia Dan Miller

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3 SUNDAY MORNING April 1, 2018 ELEVEN O CLOCK AM Easter Sunday The liturgical color today is white. White is the color of purity and is reserved for the most joyful celebrations of the church. Today we celebrate Jesus resurrection and triumph over death. THE MUSIC FOR MEDITATION THE GREETING Jim Davis Julia Falkner THE CHIMING OF THE TRINITY THE INVOCATION Julia Falkner THE ORGAN PRELUDE Festival Alleluia Dan Miller THE CALL TO WORSHIP Julia Falkner LEADER: Alleluia! Christ is risen! ALL: He is risen indeed! Alleluia! Alleluia! LEADER: Rejoice, O heavenly powers! Sing, choirs of angels! ALL: Sound the trumpet of salvation!

4 LEADER: Rejoice, O earth, in shining splendor, radiant in the brightness of your sovereign! ALL: Christ has conquered! Glory fills you! LEADER: Rejoice, O servant church! The risen Savior shines upon you. Let this place resound with joy, echoing the mighty song of all God s people: ALL: Christ has died, Christ is risen, Christ will come again! Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia! THE PROCESSIONAL HYMN OF PRAISE 100 Christ the Lord Is Risen Today EASTER HYMN THE PSALTER LESSON: Psalm 136 David Cole Refrain: LEADER: O give thanks to the Lord, for God is good. ALL: God s steadfast love endures forever. LEADER: O give thanks to the God of gods; give thanks to the Lord of lords. ALL: God s steadfast love endures forever. LEADER: Who alone does great wonders; Who made the heavens and the earth. ALL: God s steadfast love endures forever. LEADER: Who made the great lights: the sun to rule over the day, the moon and stars to rule over the night.

5 ALL: God s steadfast love endures forever. R LEADER: Who brought Israel out of Egypt with a strong hand and an outstretched arm. ALL: God s steadfast love endures forever. LEADER: Who divided the Red Sea in two and led the people through the wilderness into the promised land. ALL: God s steadfast love endures forever. LEADER: It is God who remembered us in our low estate and rescued us from our foes. ALL: God s steadfast love endures forever. LEADER: O give thanks to the God of heaven. ALL: God s steadfast love endures forever. R THE NEW TESTAMENT LESSON: Acts 10:34-43 (NT p113) Brandi Parker THE MUSIC FOR WORSHIP Rise Up, My Heart, With Gladness J. S. Bach Rise up, my heart, with gladness, and hear the news today. Now let all bloom and sadness be gone without delay. Lifeless our Savior lay. So, too, shall we one day, but we shall know God s love, and rise to heaven above. With joy the foe had shouted when Christ was laid in the tomb. But now the foe is routed. His joy is turned to gloom. Christ gains the victory. Through him we all are free. He who was born to save has triumphed over the grave! - Paul Gerhardt THE GOSPEL LESSON: Mark 16:1-8 (NT p47)

6 THE GLORIA 416 WESTMINSTER ABBEY Four- and five-year-olds may depart for Children s Church during the singing of the Gloria. THE SERMON And So the Story Goes Ronald Cava THE HYMN 104 That Easter Day With Joy Was Bright PUER NOBIS NASCITUR THE CALL TO PRAYER Amy Russell THE MORNING PRAYER AND THE LORD S PRAYER THE GIVING OF TITHES AND OFFERINGS THE OFFERTORY ANTHEM Joy to the Heart K. Lee Scott Look there! The Christ, our Brother, comes resplendent from the gallows tree, and what he brings in his hurt hands is life on life for you and me. Joy! Joy! Joy to the heart all in this good day s dawning!

7 Good Jesus Christ inside his pain looked down Golgotha s stony slope, and let the blood flow from his flesh to fill the springs of living hope. Good Jesus Christ, our Brother, died in darkest hurt upon the tree to offer us the worlds of light that live inside the Trinity. -John Bennett AT THE PRESENTATION: The Doxology 424 LASST UNS ERFREUEN THE CELEBRATION OF EASTERTIDE Tammy Hight THE HYMN OF RESURRECTION 102 Christ Is Alive! TRURO THE BENEDICTION Ronald Cava

8 THE BENEDICTION RESPONSE Hallelujah! from Christ on the Mount of Olives Ludwig Van Beethoven THE PEALING OF THE TOWER BELLS IN CELEBRATION OF THE RESURRECTION THE ORGAN POSTLUDE Carillon de Westminster Louis Vierne

9 Assisting with worship leadership today are Deacon of the Week Julia Falkner and Brandi Parker. Banks Kirby opens the Bible. The Crucifer is Coleman Hines. Acolytes are Solomon Parker and Maddox Long. Music for this morning s service is offered by tenor Andy Dickerson, trumpeters Robert Hopper and Brandon Russell, trombonists Jack Hopper and Keith Pearson; percussionist Saylor Gray; and Tympanist Greg Milton. Artist Jan McDaniel has again created a series of artistic bulletin covers to guide our collective journey through Holy Week and Eastertide. The floral arrangement on the communion table is given to the glory of God and in loving memory of Richard R. and Grace B. Davis, Miss Dale Burke, and J. Edwin Burke, and in honor of John, Laura-Burke, Grace and Ellie Kerr by Jim and Diane Davis. The original Easter lily watercolors are by Carolyn De Brand. The Prayer Shawl Ministry has provided shawls in the back of the Sanctuary. Should you need physical warmth or spiritual comfort, please borrow one for today s service.

10 2018 Easter Lilies Easter Lilies Given in Honor of by Dave, Jamie, and Megan Ayscue... Grandma and J. W. Sarah and Daniel Baker... Grandma and J. W. Jim, Jari, Maddox, Grayson, Mike, Ashley,... Trish and Rick Bean Christian, Noah, and Levi Sam Robertson... Jim and Betty Goodwin Our Grandchildren: Avery, Cole, and Sam... Jim and Betty Goodwin

11 Our Children: James and Fagan Goodwin,... Jim and Betty Goodwin Caroline and Andrew Wilson Mark Hopper... His Morning Ding-a-Lings Our Amazing Church Staff... Jim and Betty Goodwin The First Baptist Church Staff... Tommy and Jenny Hester Bob and Sarah Lloyd... Morrison Lloyd, Joey and Cameron Cremeens John and Donna Wester... Linda Weaver Rebecca Fleming... Linda Weaver Faye Stewardson... Tracy, Dana, Grayson, and Molly Greenway Bess Mitchell... Tracy, Dana, Grayson, and Molly Greenway Our Great Granddaughter, Ellerbe Green... Bob and Jackie Hubbard Our three grandchildren: Chandler, Lane, and Bryson... Tommy and Jenny Hester Nancy Noel... All her grandchildren: Taylor, Morgan, Carson, Ben, Amanda, Katie, Samantha, and Blair Audio-Visual/Television Ministry Committee... Alice and Art Falkner Will White, Marie Scott White, and Callie-Mae Cole... Betty O. White Betty and Sam Dickerson... Anne Coghill Luke, Anderson, Steven, Chip, Sarah, and Anne Stark... Net Net The Kitchen Committee... Carolyn De Brand Members of the Kitchen and Hospitality Committee... FBC Friends The Congregational Care Committee... Carolyn De Brand Linda Weaver... John and Donna Wester The Laffman Class... Ellen, Jerry, and Rebecca Stainback The JOY Class... Jane Baker Mrs. Hal Pegram... The Mills Family

12 Easter Lilies Given in Memory of by Barbara Dorsey Moody and D.T. Ayscue Jr.... Nancy and J. W. Moody Amos and Agnes McLemore and Catherine Marie Ayscue... Nancy A. Moody Dr. Oscar and Elizabeth Goodwin... Jim and Betty Goodwin Betsy Avera Robertson... Jim and Betty Goodwin William Shreve Goodwin... Jim and Betty Goodwin Mae Lloyd... Morrison Lloyd, Joey and Cameron Cremeens John Weaver... Linda Weaver Jim and Nell Briley... Linda Weaver Bob Stewardson... Tracy, Dana, Grayson, and Molly Greenway Peggy Mason... Tracy, Dana, Grayson, and Molly Greenway C. Jennings Bennett... Louise Bennett Stewart Fogleman and Jay Fogleman... Julie Fogleman Pearson Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Hubbard... Bob and Jackie Hubbard Dr. and Mrs. P. F. Yates... Bob and Jackie Hubbard Harry C. Lewis, Jr. (Chuck)... Alice and Art Falkner Channing Falkner... Alice and Art Falkner My Parents: Leroy and Ruby Tarkenton... Jean Finch Bill and Jane Fleming... Angel, Dawn, and April Mary S. White and Jerry M. White, Sr.... Betty O. White William L. Stark... His Family Patricia Morris... Carlyle A. Morris Dr. Roy E. De Brand... The De Brand and Lyda Family Dr. Roy E. De Brand... Tim, Celia, and Logan Brinker, Cameron and Kendall Driver Ruby and Mac Watkins... Angela Watkins Hall, Ed Hall, and Edwin Hall Bill and Mary Elizabeth Wester... John and Donna Wester Barbara Gwynn... John and Donna Wester Lewis Amos... His Family Mary Lou Young... Her Family Jim Young... His Family

13 Brooks and George Tucker... Their Family Paul J. Stainback and Eloise Stainback... Ellen, Jerry, and Rebecca Stainback Richard T. Davis... Ellen, Jerry, and Rebecca Stainback Dr. Franklin Mills... Ellen, Jerry, and Rebecca Stainback Franklin Mills... His grandchildren, Henry, Callaway, Lindley, Mills, and Luke Winters Franklin Mills... Janet and Ben Mills & Taylor and Jeremiah Winters Maria Legg Wortham... Louise Wortham Maria Watkins Legg... Louise Wortham Turner Jones Wortham... Louise Wortham Our parents, Cecil and Frances Gay... Harley B. and Kathy Gay Our parents, Pressley and Katherleen Gay... Harley B. and Kathy Gay Dr. M. W. Wester, Jr.... His Family Annice Cannady... Her grandchildren, Fagan Goodwin and Joel Cheatham Pettis and Gladys Terrell... Their Family Alva and Ben Terrell... Their Family Rita Smith... Her Family

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15 Opportunities for Worship and Service 9:15 AM Pre-Sunday School Fellowship Fellowship Hall SUNDAY 9:15-10:45 Sue Kelly Library open 9:45 Sunday School 11:00 Morning Worship Sanctuary MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY Church Office Closed No Children s After-School Programs No Children s After-School Programs

16 The First Baptist Church Henderson, North Carolina Ronald S. Cava, Senior Minister Amy S. Russell, Associate Minister Mark L. Hopper, Minister of Music and Organist David Cole, Associate Minister of Music and Organist Tammy C. Hight, Director of Childhood Discipleship Gregory Milton, Pastoral Intern Linda O Brien, Financial Secretary Tammy Manning, Ministry Support Coordinator Amber Jones, Administrative Support Coordinator Robert Snow, Custodian Telephone (252) Fax (252) fbchurch@fbchenderson.net