Emmanuel (Baust) United Church of Christ Service of Word and Sacrament April 12, 20120 Easter 1 Christ the Redeemer Prelude and Lighting of the Altar Candles Welcome and Announcements Liturgist Greeting Liturgist Leader: We come to this place, seeking Jesus in the familiar story of our faith. People: Do not meet us only here, O Living Christ, but surprise us with Resurrection power in all the places of our lives! Leader: We gather together to sing and pray the story we know by heart, a story of loving triumph and powerful grace. People: This story of “Alleluia!” means great joy for the One who lives and the ones who witness to this new life in all the places of our lives! Leader: We rejoice and thank you for the life of your son, resurrected by the power of your loving, vibrant Spirit. People: Let this same Spirit fill all the places of our lives, that we may know the truth of resurrection for the rest of our lives! Leader: We join our hearts in song and cry, “Alleluia! Gracious Jesus!” for Christ is living and so are we! People: Alleluia indeed! Prayer of Invocation Pastor Easter Acclamation Pastor: Christ is risen! Alleluia! ALL: Christ is risen indeed! Alleluia! -2- Opening Hymn “Christ the Lord Is Risen Today” Green Hymnal Pg. 288 Prayer for Our Humanity Pastor God, we confess to you that while we know well the story of your victory over the grave, it is not a story we always live. We are dragged down by all manner of death – Fear may suffocate us: the loss of dreams and hopes for ourselves, our families, our communities and our nation. Sorrow may wall us off like a grave, isolating us with anger, frustration, and grief. Yet the stories of our faith are inscribed not with the marks of death, but with the word,
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Emmanuel (Baust) United Church of Christ
Service of Word and Sacrament April 12, 20120
Easter 1 Christ the Redeemer
Prelude and Lighting of the Altar Candles
Welcome and Announcements Liturgist
Greeting Liturgist
Leader: We come to this place, seeking Jesus in the familiar story of our faith. People: Do not meet us only here, O Living Christ, but surprise us with Resurrection power in all the places of our lives!Leader: We gather together to sing and pray the story we know by heart, a story of loving triumph and powerful grace. People: This story of “Alleluia!” means great joy for the One who lives and the ones who witness to this new life in all the places of our lives!Leader: We rejoice and thank you for the life of your son, resurrected by the power of your loving, vibrant Spirit.People: Let this same Spirit fill all the places of our lives, that we may know the truth of resurrection for the rest of our lives!Leader: We join our hearts in song and cry, “Alleluia! Gracious Jesus!” for Christ is living and so are we!People: Alleluia indeed!
Prayer of Invocation Pastor
Easter Acclamation
Pastor: Christ is risen! Alleluia!
ALL: Christ is risen indeed! Alleluia!
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Opening Hymn “Christ the Lord Is Risen Today” Green Hymnal Pg. 288
Prayer for Our Humanity Pastor
God, we confess to you that while we know well the story of your victory over the grave, it is not a story we always live. We are dragged down by all manner of death – Fear may suffocate us: the loss of dreams and hopes for ourselves, our families, our communities and our nation. Sorrow may wall us off like a grave, isolating us with anger, frustration, and grief. Yet the stories of our faith are inscribed not with the marks of death, but with the word, “Alleluia!” So on this Easter morning, we pray that you will fill us with “fear and great joy” so that, like those women who came to the tomb expecting death, we may instead find the radiant new life that is ever before us in your Resurrection! Amen.
Silence for ReflectionAssurance of Pardon Pastor
Time with Our ChildrenHebrew Scripture Jeremiah 31:1-6 Liturgist
New Testament Lesson Colossians 3:1-4 Liturgist
Sermon Hymn “In The Garden” Green Hymnal Pg. 300
Gospel Lesson: John 20:1-18 PastorSermon "Listen and Believe" Pastor JeffThe Earliest Christian Creed Liturgist
A Redaction of I Corinthians 15:3-8ALL: Christ died for our sins in accordance with the scriptures, he was buried, and was raised on the third day in accordance with the scriptures. He appeared to Cephas, then to the twelve. Then he appeared to more than five hundred brothers and sisters at one time. He appeared to
James, then to all the apostles. Last of all, as to one untimely born, he appeared also to Paul. Amen.Pastoral PrayerThe Offering of Our Gifts Liturgist
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OffertoryDoxology: (Sung to "From All That Dwell Below the Skies"
NCH No.27)Praise the Creator for each day, thanks for our guide who leads the way;Preparation. Meditation. Bathe in discovery, Spirit led,and live anew in days ahead.In remembrance. Crucifixion. Easter promise! Resurrection! Alleluia!
Prayer of Dedication (Unison) Liturgist
ALL: God of seekers and doubters, Bless these gifts so that the world may know hat you are always appearing. Bless our hands so that your love might appear in the work we share. Amen.
Invitation Pastor
Pastor: What are we to make of this day? When graves are opened... When the dead awaken... When life refuses to be contained... Then nothing is impossible! Hope is never extinguished and love is never conquered.People: We celebrate You today, Jesus, because you have made it clear that death does not have the last word; because you have filled us again with hope and faith; because you have given us a vision of new possibilities, new realities, and new ways of being.Pastor: Open our minds to believe what we cannot explain;open our hearts to hope for what we cannot see; open our lives to live and to love in the midst of death and despair;
ALL: Let resurrection happen again in us today and let all who want to know and join with the risen Christ, and all of God's family, come to this table offered by Jesus. Amen. Communion Prayer
All: Risen Christ, you remain a sacred mystery to us. You have brought Good News for all the people and we will not be afraid, for you are here. We are hungry for your love which surpasses all our understanding; we are thirsty for your spirit
-4-that never runs dry. In this meal nourish our souls, feed our minds, quench our deepest longings and forgive our transgressions, that we may glorify you every day of our lives. Therefore, with the entire company of saints in heaven and on earth, we worship and glorify you, God Most Holy.
Seraphic Hymn Sung to the Tune of No. 795
Holy, holy, holy, Lord God of Sabaoth;Heaven and earth are full, are full of the majesty of thy glory.Hosanna, hosanna, hosanna in the highest!Blessed is He that cometh in the name of the LordHosanna, hosanna, hosanna in the highest!
Prayer of Our Savior (Using debts)
Breaking Bread and Pouring Wine Pastor
Agnus Dei Sung to the Tune of No. 803
O Christ, Thou Lamb of God, that takestaway the sin of the world, have mercyupon us!O Christ, Thou Lamb of God, that takestaway the sin of the world, have mercyupon us!O Christ, Thou Lamb of God, that takestaway the sin of the world, grant us Thypeace! Amen.
Call to the Supper Pastor
Sharing the Elements
Prayer of Thanksgiving
ALL: Thank you, O Christ, for this feast of life. We are fed by your love; we are strengthened by your life. We are sent forth into this world to live your way and share your joy. We are now commissioned to: feed as we have been fed, forgive as we have been forgiven, love as we have been loved. Thanks be to God. Amen. Closing Hymn “The Strife Is O’er” Green Hymnal Pg. 290
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Postlude
1. Landowski, Paul Maximilien, 1875-1961, Leonida, Gheorghe. Christ the Redeemer, from Art in the Christian Tradition, a project of the Vanderbilt Divinity Library, Nashville, TN. http://diglib.library.vanderbilt.edu/act-imagelink.pl?RC=57362 [retrieved April 6, 2020]. Original source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Christtheredeemer.jpg.
ANNOUNCEMENTS AND INFORMATIONWeek of April 12, 2020
“Whoever you are and wherever you are on life’s journey, you are welcome here!”
We extend a warm welcome to each one in worship, whether a member, friend or guest with us today. If you are not currently on our church mailing list to receive the church newsletter and would like to be included, please let us know. Our church website is: ebucc.comIf you use email and would like to receive updated prayer concerns, Church information and announcements please send an email to: [email protected] noting that we may include you in our electronic mailings which include our church newsletter. You may also contact Helen Miller at (410) 848-0923 with information for the bulletin or newsletter.
Altar flowers are given to the Glory of God wishing joyous Easter blessings to all of our Baust Family from the Oxley, Hardinger, Wilt, Staubs and Eccleston families.If you have prayer requests that you would like the pastor to mention during the Prayers of the People please email them by Saturday to [email protected] Articles: Please email all items for the May newsletter to Helen Miller by Sunday, April 19th. Email Address: [email protected] & Book Sale: Per Susie Lawrence, as of this time we are still optimistically hoping to have a sale sometime this spring. We may have to go to late May if we are still working at social distancing and restricted gatherings. I personally thought about waiting until mid-April to make a decision.
-6-Baust Literary Society: In May the group will be reading “The Devil in the White City” by Eric Larson. Author Erik Larson imbues the incredible events surrounding the 1893 Chicago World's Fair with such drama that readers may find themselves checking the book's categorization to be sure that 'The Devil in the White City' is not, in fact, a highly imaginative novel. Larson tells the stories of two men: Daniel H. Burnham, the architect responsible for the fair's construction, and H.H. Holmes, a serial killer masquerading as a charming doctor. The Literary Society we will not be meeting until further notice but we will keep reading.
PRAYERS AND CONCERNS
Church Members Friends
Shirley Ecker Libby Hill Todd Kriner Ralph & Linda Dennis Bernetta Arrington Cindy Williams Hank & Anna Dalley Brent & June Grove Gloria Pierce Sharon & Skeeter Dull John & Norma Smith Bernie McVicker, Jr.
