Easter Sunday Wonderful Day Sunday, April 1 st, 2018 The Sunshine Cathedral Walt Lawrence & Stephen Lewis Center for Worship and the Arts
Easter Sunday Morning A Positive Worship Experience Service of the Word Retelling the Good Friday Story Solo Was It a Morning Like This By Jim Crogaert Performed by Sara Burns Please rise as you are able. Opening Affirmation Sunshine Cathedral is a different kind of church where the past is past and the future has infinite possibilities. Call to Worship Alleluia! Christ is risen. Christ is risen indeed. Alleluia!
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Adoration Deacon: (+) Blessed be God: creator, redeemer, and sustainer. Congregation: And blessed is God s kin-dom, now and forever. Amen. O God, Beyond All Praising O God beyond all praising we worship you today and sing the love amazing that song cannot repay: for we can only wonder at every gift you send, at blessings without number and mercies without end. We lift our hearts before you and wait upon your word, we honor and adore you our great and mighty Lord. Readings Priest and poet John Banister Tabb wrote: Out of the dusk a shadow, then, a spark. Out of the cloud a silence, then, a lark. Out of the heart a rapture, then, a pain. Out of the dead, cold ashes, Life again. In these human words, God s voice is heard. Thanks be to God. Please rise as you are able. Gradual Now the Green Blade Rises Now the green blade rises from the buried grain; wheat that in dark earth for many days has lain. Love lives again, that with the dead had been: Love is come again like wheat that rises green. When our hearts are wintry, grieving or in pain, Christ s warm touch can call us back to life again. Fields of our hearts that dead and bare have been: Love is come again like wheat that rises green. (+) The Good News as recorded in the Fourth Gospel (John 20.1-16, 18a): Early on the first day of the week, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene came to the tomb and saw that the stone had been removed from the tomb. So she ran and went to Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one whom Jesus loved, and said to them, They have taken the Lord out of the tomb, and we do not know where they have laid him. Then Peter and the other disciple set out and went toward the tomb. The two were running together, but the other disciple outran Peter and reached the tomb first. He bent down to look in and saw the linen wrappings lying there, but he did not go in. Then Simon Peter came, following him, and went into the tomb. He saw the linen wrappings lying there, and the cloth that had been on Jesus head, not lying with the linen wrappings but rolled up in a place by itself. Then the other disciple, who reached the tomb first, also went in, and he saw and believed Then the disciples returned to their homes But Mary stood weeping outside the tomb. As she wept, she bent over to look into the tomb; and she saw two angels in white, sitting where the body of Jesus had been lying, one at the head and the other at the feet. They said to her, Woman, why are you weeping? She said to them, They have taken away my Lord, and I do not know where they have laid him. When she had said this, she turned around and saw Jesus standing there, but she did not know that it was Jesus. Jesus said to her, Woman, why are you weeping? [For] whom are you looking? Supposing him to be the gardener, she said to him, Sir, if you have carried him away, tell me where you have laid him, and I will take him away. Jesus said to her, Mary! She turned and said to him in Hebrew, Rabbouni! (which means Teacher). Mary Magdalene went and announced to the disciples, I have seen the Lord. In these human words, God s voice is heard. Thanks be to God. 8 9 : ; < = >? @ A 9 B C D E = F G H I J C K L H M N >? @ : O F @ < P 9 ; O < A = 9 G
Prayer: Our hearts are filled with Alleluias today, O God. Receive our praise and continue to fill us with joy. Amen. Anthem Homily Choral Invitation to Prayer Glorious Easter Wonderful Day By David Lantz III Rev Dr Durrell Watkins Senior Minister I Believe In Miracles Sign of Peace Raise You Up Tithes & Offerings Stewardship Thought Of all the varieties of virtue, generosity is the most beloved. Aristotle Offering Prayer: Divine Love, through me, blesses and multiplies all that I have, all that I give, and all that I receive. Thank you, God! Amen. Offertory Music You Raise Me Up By Rolf Lovland and Brendan Graham Performed by Tara Sperry Please rise as you are able. Doxology You Can t Beat God Giving You can t beat God giving, no matter how you try. And just as sure as you are living and the Lord is in heaven on high, the more you give, the more God gives to you. Just keep on giving because it s really true, that You can t beat God giving no matter how you try. Q R S T U V W X Y Z [ \ ] ^ _ ` a b c d e \ ` e c f \ ] ^ b g g g Q h h i c j a \ ` U d k e c l ] Z m ` n f Q o X ] p T Q S
Š Œ Ž Service of Holy Communion Eucharistic Intentions We Remember ž š š œ ž Ÿ ž ž ª ž «ž ž Ÿ Our Shared Witness Deacon: Let us affirm the gospel message. Congregation: I believe in God, the Good, and in the message and mission of God s anointed prophet, Jesus the Wayshower who was born of Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was executed for empowering the powerless and restoring the dignity of the marginalized, and yet he lives in our hearts and ministry. I believe in the omnipresent power of divine Love, in the Blessed Community, in the sacred value of all people, and in life without end. Amen. Intercessions The Prayer of Faith God is my help in every need; God does my ever hunger feed; God walks beside me, guides my way through every moment of the day. Deacon: Let us pray for our loved ones, our neighbors, our leaders, our nation, the community of nations, those who feel poor or unsafe or unwell, for our church, and for all who have been entrusted to the care of our prayers. Congregation: May they be filled with loving-kindness; may they be well. May they be peaceful and at ease; and may they be happy. Deacon: And let us affirm blessings for our lives. Congregation: There is good for us and we ought to have it. Deacon: Let us remember our loved ones who have died (+). Congregation: To God, all are alive. Deacon: And with people all over the world we pray Congregation: May peace prevail on earth. Deacon: Joining hands and hearts together, let us continue praying as Jesus taught us Model Prayer Creator, which art in heaven, hallowed be thy names. Thy kin-dom 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 kin-dom, and the power, and the glory forever, Amen. q r s t u v w x y z r { } ~ v ƒ w x y s ˆ y u r t ˆ u z v r
Sursum Corda Clergy: God is with you Congregation: And also with you. Clergy: Lift up your hearts. Congregation: We lift them to God. Clergy: Let us give thanks to God Most High. Congregation: It is right to give God thanks and praise. Clergy: Eternal God, we thank you for making us in your own image, for forgiving our errors in thought and deed, and for keeping us in your steadfast care. We rejoice in Jesus Christ, the great example of living as a child of God (may we follow that blessed example). We take courage, O God, from the abiding presence of your holy Spirit in our midst. And we offer you our praise for women and men of faith in every age who stand as witnesses to your love and justice. With prophets and poets, sages and saints, and all the company of heaven, we glorify you saying Sanctus Congregation: Holy, holy, holy, God of love and majesty, the whole universe speaks of your glory. (+) Blessed in the one who comes in the name of our God! Hosanna in the highest! The Lord s Supper Jesus took the bread, daily gift of God, formed of wheat and sweat and toil, sun, rain, and sod. In our hands we take gifts of bread and wine, gathered from the fields of earth, signs of love divine. Jesus blessed the bread, thanked the God of grace, thanked the One who made all worlds, all time, all space. Blessing, honor, praise, all to God belong. Let us lift our hearts to God in a thankful song. Jesus broke the bread; then he poured the wine, broken body, life poured out, God gives as sign. Weak, afraid, and lost: that is when we re healed. In our human brokenness: there God is revealed. Invitation to Communion Jesus gives the bread at our table still, gives the cup to those who seek God s loving will. Let us go in peace; let us freely give, sharing love with all the world daily as we live. Communion Song You Are Welcome Here By Marty Parks Prayer of Thanksgiving ± ² ³ µ ¹ º» ¼ ½ ¾ À Á ¼ Á  ¹ º ¾ Ã Ã Ã Ä Å Æ Ç ½ ¼ ± À È Á É ¹ Ê ¼ Ë Â Ì ¹ Í
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