by Pastor Joel E. Wood
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Isaiah 52:1-12, 53:12
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CCLI License #390757
April 20, 2025
9:30a Service
Welcome and Announcements
Choral Introit
GREETING & CALL TO WORSHIP
Leader: He is risen!
People: He is risen indeed!
Leader: Hallelujah Christ is risen!
People: The Lord is risen indeed. Hallelujah!
Leader: “Death is swallowed up in victory.”
People: “O death, where is your victory? O death, where is your sting?”
Leader: The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law.
PRAYER OF ADORATION, ASSISTANCE, & BLESSING
Trinity Hymnal #277 “Christ the Lord Is Risen Today”
"Christ the Lord is ris'n today," Alleluia!
sons of men and angels say; Alleluia!
raise your joys and triumphs high; Alleluia!
Sing ye heav'ns, and earth, reply. Alleluia!
Vain the stone, the watch, the seal; Alleluia!
Christ has burst the gates of hell: Alleluia!
death in vain forbids his rise; Alleluia!
Christ has opened paradise. Alleluia!
Lives again our glorious King; Alleluia!
where, O death, is now thy sting? Alleluia!
Once he died, our souls to save; Alleluia!
where thy victory, O grave? Alleluia!
Soar we now where Christ has led, Alleluia!
foll'wing our exalted Head; Alleluia!
made like him, like him we rise: Alleluia!
ours the cross, the grave, the skies. Alleluia!
Hail, the Lord of earth and heav'n! Alleluia!
Praise to thee by both be giv'n; Alleluia!
thee we greet triumphant now; Alleluia!
hail, the Resurrection, thou! Alleluia!
REFLECTION ON GOD’S LAW
Leader: You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.
People: This is the great and first commandment.
Leader: God spoke all these words, saying, "I am the Lord your God.
You shall have no other gods before me."
People: For although there may be so-called "gods" in heaven or on earth…
yet for us there is one God.
Leader: You shall not make for yourself an idol.
People: What agreement has the temple of God with idols? For we are the temple of the living God.
Leader: You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain.
People: Let your "yes" be yes and your "no" be no, so that you may not fall under condemnation
Leader: Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy.
People: There remains a Sabbath rest for the people of God,
for whoever has entered God's rest has also rested from his works
as God did from his.
SILENT PRAYER OF CONFESSION
ASSURANCE OF GRACE
Trinity Hymnal #263 “Lift High the Cross”
Refrain:
Lift high the cross, the love of Christ proclaim,
till all the world adore his sacred name.
Come, brethren, follow where our Savior trod,
our King victorious, Christ, the Son of God. [Refrain]
Led on their way by this triumphant sign,
the hosts of God in conqu'ring ranks combine. [Refrain]
O Lord, once lifted on the glorious tree,
as thou hast promised, draw men unto thee. [Refrain]
Thy kingdom come, that earth's despair may cease
beneath the shadow of its healing peace. [Refrain]
For thy blest cross which doth for us atone,
creation's praises rise before thy throne. [Refrain]
PRAYER OF THE CHURCH Elder M. Ewing
Psalm 16:1-11 “Preserve Me, O God”
Preserve me, O God, for I’m trusting in You.
“Yes, You are my Master,” I said to the LORD;
Besides You I do not possess any good.
In Your holy messengers I take delight.
Those running to idols will multiply griefs.
I will not pour out their drink off’rings of blood,
Nor will I confess their vain names with my lips.
The LORD’s my inherited portion and cup.
You care for my lot, where the lines fell to me,
My pleasant and lovely inherited land.
The LORD who gives counsel to me I will bless,
For surely my mind teaches me through the night.
The LORD ever present before me I keep.
He stands at my right hand; I shall not be moved.
My glory rejoices, my heart is made glad;
And also my flesh will live safely at ease.
For You’ll not abandon my soul to the grave,
Your Godly One You will preserve from decay.
Life’s path You will show me; full joy is with You;
Your right hand holds pleasures for me evermore.
GOD’S WORD READ Isaiah 52:1-12, 53:12
GOD’S WORD PREACHED by Joel E. Wood
Prayer Of Application & The Lord’s Prayer
All: Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name. Your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory, forever. Amen.
Song “Celebration Unending”
In celebration, lift your voice and sing
In praise to God, our ever-living King.
With joyful hearts our worship now we bring.
Alleluia! Alleluia!
We drink the wine, together break the bread.
Each one in turn is comforted and fed.
We join our hands, one body, Christ the head.
Alleluia! Alleluia!
With joy we go to take our place each day.
Living our lives by following Christ’s way.
In all we do, we sing, we serve, we pray.
Alleluia! Alleluia!
Past place and time, we rise beyond this earth.
Our fellowship in heaven finds rebirth.
Anew our voices sing the Savior’s worth.
Alleluia! Alleluia!
Hymnal p. 845 “Apostles’ Creed”
Minister: Christian, what do you believe?
All: I believe in God the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth.
I believe in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord, who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, and born of the virgin Mary. He suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died, and was buried; he descended into hell. The third day he rose again from the dead. He ascended into Heaven and is seated at the right hand of God the Father Almighty. From there he will come to judge the living and the dead.
I believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy catholic church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and the life everlasting. Amen.
WORDS OF INSTITUTION & WARNING
Minister: The Lord be with you;
People: And also with you.
Minister: Lift up your hearts;
People: We lift them up to the Lord.
Minister: Let us give thanks to the Lord our God;
People: It is right to give him thanks and praise.
COMMUNION PRAYER
Approach the Table for the Lord’s Supper
Prayer of Thanksgiving
Song “Let the Earth Resound”
Let the earth resound with songs of praise
To the Father's pow’r and love.
For the One who set each star in place
Chose to set His heart on us.
To the One whose might gives victory
Yet whose mercies never cease,
As the tapestry of history
Tells the story of His grace.
Chorus:
King immortal, faithful God,
Crowned with splendour, rich in love.
Let the heavens and the earth resound
With songs of praise to You.
Let the earth be stilled before the sight
Of a Father's sacrifice,
That revealed the depths of love divine
In the face of Jesus Christ.
Through a life of full obedience,
And a death in agony,
He removed the rebel's punishment
And He set the pris'ner free. [Chorus]
Let the earth resound with songs of faith
At the wonder yet to come,
When all sin and pain are put to death
And the church and Christ are one.
When we stand as God's great family
And we meet the Father's gaze
And we share in His eternal joy
As we join in ceaseless praise. [Chorus]
Hymnal #731: “Doxology”
Praise God from whom all blessings flow;
Praise Him, all creatures here below:
Praise Him above, ye heav'nly host,
Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost:
THE BENEDICTION
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