Introit and Prelude                

Alleluia! Alleluia!

Words by Christopher Wordsworth; Music by Ludwig van Beethoven

Arranged by Bruce Greer
Sanctuary Choir and Orchestra

Words: Christopher Wordsworth, 1872

Music: Ludwig van Beethoven, 1824

This arrangement by Bruce Greer

© 1996 Singspiration Music/Benson Music Group, Inc.

**Processional Hymn:  

Alleluia! Alleluia!

Alleluia! Alleluia! Hearts to heaven and voices raise;


Sing to God a hymn of gladness, sing to God a hymn of praise.


Jesus on the cross as Savior for the world’s salvation bled;


But the crucified Redeemer now is risen from the dead!

Now the iron bars are broken, Christ from death to life is born;


Glorious life, and life immortal on this holy sabbath morn;


Christ has triumphed, and we conquer by God’s liberating deed;


Now the Christ with us abiding to eternal life shall lead.

Alleluia! Alleluia! Glory to the God of joy;


Alleluia to the Savior who came death’s bonds to destroy;


Alleluia to the Spirit, Round to love and sanctity;


Alleluia! Alleluia! To the Triune Majesty.

Words: Christopher Wordsworth, 1872

Music: Ludwig van Beethoven, 1824

Welcome and Life of the Church   

 New Member Confirmation    

                                                  

**Sharing of the Peace

Epistle Lesson:

Romans 8:11-17                                                                                      

Our Epistle Lesson is from the Eighth Chapter of Paul’s Letter to the Church in Rome. Hear these words:

If the Spirit of the one who raised Jesus from the dead is living in you, that one will also give life to your mortal bodies because of the Spirit who lives in you. Therefore, siblings, we have an obligation—but it is not to the flesh, to live according to it. For if you according to the flesh, you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the misdeeds of the body, you will live. For those who are led by the Spirit of God are the children of God. For the Spirit that God has given you does not enslave you and trap you in fear; instead, through the Spirit God has adopted you as children, and by that Spirit we cry out, “Abba!” God’s Spirit joins with our spirit to declare that we are God’s children. And if we are children, we are heirs as well: heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ, sharing in Christ’s suffering and sharing in Christ’s glory.

May God Bless the hearing of these ancient words. Amen.

Gospel Acclamation                  

Gospel Alleluia  

Choir:          Alleluia, alleluia. Alleluia, alleluia.

Choir:

Christ, our Passover Lamb, has been sacrificed;
Let us keep the feast with joy in the Lord.

**Gospel Lesson:

Luke 24:36-49      

One: God be with you.

All:    And also with you.

One: A reading from the Holy Gospel according to Luke.

All:    Glory to you, O God.

Jesus stood among the disciples and said to them, “Peace be with you.” They were startled and terrified, and thought that they were seeing a ghost. Jesus said to them, “Why are you frightened, and why do doubts arise in your hearts? Look at my hands and my feet; see that it is I myself. Touch me and see; for a ghost does not have flesh and bones as you see that I have.” After saying this, Jesus showed them the wounds. While in their joy they were still disbelieving and wondering, Jesus said to them, “Have you anything here to eat?” After being given a piece of cooked fish, the savior ate in their presence. Then Jesus said to them, “Remember the words I spoke when I was still with you: everything written about me in the law of Moses, the prophets, and the psalms must be fulfilled.”

Then Jesus opened their minds to the scriptures and said to them,
“Thus it is written, that the Messiah is to suffer and to rise from the dead on the third day. In the Messiah’s name, repentance for the forgiveness of sins will be preached to all nations, beginning at Jerusalem. You are witnesses of these things. I am going to send you what God has promised; but stay in the city until you have been clothed with power from on high.”

One: This is the Gospel of Hope.

All:    Praise to you, Creator, Christ and Holy Spirit.

**Gospel Response

Music by James Chepponis (Gospel Processional G-7202)
©2010 GIA Publications, Inc

Sermon                                               

Living Without Fear

Offering Call   

Offertory                                                       

The Faithful One 

Words and Music by Christopher Eaton and Brian White
Arranged by J. Daniel Smith

Elena Walter, soloist

Sanctuary Choir and Orchestra

I find no hope within to call my own,
for I am frail of heart, my strength is gone.
But deep within my soul is rising up a song,
here in the comfort of the Faithful One. 

I see your wounded hands, I touch your side.
With thorns upon your brow you bled and died.
But there’s an empty tomb, a love for all who come
and give their hearts to you, the Faithful One. 

Faithful, faithful to the end, my true and precious friend.
You have been faithful, faithful, so faithful to me. 

I walk a narrow road through valleys deep
in search of higher ground on mountains steep.
And though with feet unsure I still keep pressing on,
for I am guided by the Faithful One. 

And from the starry sky there shines on me
an everlasting hope of liberty.

And when the day is dawned and when the race is run,
I will bow down before God’s only Son.
And I will lift my hands in praise for all you’ve done,
and I will worship you, my Faithful One.

Faithful, faithful to the end, my true and precious friend.
I will be faithful, faithful, so faithful to you.
Faithful to you.

Words and Music: Christopher Eaton and Brian White

This arrangement by J. Daniel Smith

© 2003 Multisongs, a division of MBG Music Publishing NA, Inc.

/ Here’s to Jo/West Lodge Music

Communion       

Words of Institution      

Prayer of Consecration   

Let us pray.

Pour out your Spirit on this bread and cup, gifts of your creation. Reveal yourself to us in the breaking of the bread. Raise us up as the body of Christ for the world and breathe new life in us. Through Jesus Christ, with the Holy Spirit in your holy Church, all honor and glory are yours, almighty God, now and forever. Amen. 

Invitation 

Music during Communion

Hymn of Promise

In the bulb there is a flower, in the seed, an apple tree;
in cocoons, a hidden promise: butterflies will soon be free!
In the cold and snow of winter there’s a Spring that waits to be,
unrevealed until its season, something God alone can see.
 

In our end is our beginning; in our time, infinity;
in our doubt there is believing; in our life, eternity.
In our death, a resurrection; at the last, a victory,
unrevealed until its season, something God alone can see. 

Words and Music: Natalie Sleeth
© 1986 Hope Publishing Company

Breathe

This is the air I breathe, this is the air I breathe,

Your holy presence living in me.

This is my daily bread, this is my daily bread,

Your very word spoken to me.

And I, I’m desperate for you. And I, I’m lost without you.

Words and Music: Marie Barnett
© 1995 Mercy/Vineyard Publishing

Turn Your Eyes Upon Jesus

Turn your eyes upon Jesus,
look full in his wonderful face,
and the things of earth will grow strangely dim
in the light of his glory and grace.

Words and Music: Helen Howarth Lemmel, 1922
© 1986 Hope Publishing Company

Shout to the Lord

My Jesus, my Savior, Lord, there is none like you;

All of my days I want to praise the wonders of your mighty love.

My Comfort, my Shelter, Tower of refuge and strength,

Let ev’ry breath, all that I am, never cease to worship you.

**Shout to the Lord, all the earth, let us sing, 
power and majesty, praises we bring.

Mountains bow down and the seas will roar at the sound of your name.

I sing for joy at the work of your hands, forever I’ll love you, forever I’ll stand;

Nothing compares to the promise I have in you!

Words and Music: Darlene Zschech
© 1993 Darlene Zschech/Hillsong Publishing/Integrity’s Hosanna! Music

**Prayer of Thanksgiving          

**Recessional Hymn:                                                                        

Easter People, Raise Your Voices

Easter people, raise your voices, sounds of heaven in earth should bring.
Christ has brought us heaven’s choices; heavenly music, let it ring.
Alleluia! Alleluia! Easter people, let us sing.

Fear of death can no more stop us from our pressing here below.
For our Lord empowered us to triumph over every foe.
Alleluia! Alleluia! On to victory now we go.

Every day to us is Easter, with its resurrection song.
When in trouble move the faster to our God who rights the wrong.
Alleluia! Alleluia! See the power of heavenly throngs.

Words: William M. James © 1979 The United Methodist Publishing House

Music: Henry T. Smart, 1866



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**Benediction   

Postlude for Dismissal

The flowers on the chancel are given by Stan Barnett in memory of Keith Couples.