Traditional Worship Guide
4/17/2021
Opening Song: Christ the Lord Is Risen Today
“Christ the Lord is ris’n today!”
Saints on earth and angels say;
Raise your joys and triumphs high;
Sing, O heav’ns, and earth, reply.
Love’s redeeming work is done,
Fought the fight, the battle won;
Lo, our sun’s eclipse is o’er;
Lo, he sets in blood no more.
Vain the stone, the watch, the seal;
Christ has burst the gates of hell.
Death in vain forbids his rise;
Christ has opened paradise.
Lives again our glorious King!
Where, O death, is now your sting?
Once he died our souls to save;
Where your victory, O grave?
Soar we now where Christ has led,
Foll’wing our exalted head.
Made like him, like him we rise;
Ours the cross, the grave, the skies!
Hail the Lord of earth and heav’n!
Praise to you by both be giv’n!
God has now fulfilled his Word;
Praise the resurrected Lord!
Saints on earth and angels say;
Raise your joys and triumphs high;
Sing, O heav’ns, and earth, reply.
Love’s redeeming work is done,
Fought the fight, the battle won;
Lo, our sun’s eclipse is o’er;
Lo, he sets in blood no more.
Vain the stone, the watch, the seal;
Christ has burst the gates of hell.
Death in vain forbids his rise;
Christ has opened paradise.
Lives again our glorious King!
Where, O death, is now your sting?
Once he died our souls to save;
Where your victory, O grave?
Soar we now where Christ has led,
Foll’wing our exalted head.
Made like him, like him we rise;
Ours the cross, the grave, the skies!
Hail the Lord of earth and heav’n!
Praise to you by both be giv’n!
God has now fulfilled his Word;
Praise the resurrected Lord!
Easter Litany
P: Christ is risen!
C: He is risen indeed!
P: By his resurrection Jesus was declared to be the Son of God with power!
C: And he has given us a new birth into a living hope.
P: “Do not be afraid,” said the angel, “for you are looking for Jesus the Nazarene, who was crucified.
C: “He is not here! He has risen!”
P: “Do not be afraid,” says the Son of God. “I am the First and the Last, the Living One! I was dead, and behold I am alive forever and ever!”
C: “And I hold the keys of death and the afterlife.”
P: Christ is risen!
C: He is risen indeed!
P: O Almighty God, you created life, you had the power to come back to life, you gave life to each of us. You have spoken to us clearly – in your word – concerning what you would have us believe and how you would want us to act. But we have neglected your word and stubbornly resisted your will.
C: We are a sinful people, a people loaded with guilt. We have done what is evil, and failed to do what is good. Have mercy on us, O God!
P: Because Jesus loved you, He died on the cross. But if Christ was not raised, our faith would be futile, we would be trapped in our sin. But Christ has been raised from the dead! Therefore, you are no longer in your sins, you are forgiven, because Christ is arisen!
C: He is risen indeed!
P: Where O death is your victory, where O grave, is your sting?
C: God has given us the victory through Jesus!
P: “In my Father’s house are many rooms. I am going there to prepare a place for you. And I will come back and take you to be with me.”
C: Amen! Come quickly, Lord Jesus!
P: Christ is risen!
C: He is risen indeed!
C: He is risen indeed!
P: By his resurrection Jesus was declared to be the Son of God with power!
C: And he has given us a new birth into a living hope.
P: “Do not be afraid,” said the angel, “for you are looking for Jesus the Nazarene, who was crucified.
C: “He is not here! He has risen!”
P: “Do not be afraid,” says the Son of God. “I am the First and the Last, the Living One! I was dead, and behold I am alive forever and ever!”
C: “And I hold the keys of death and the afterlife.”
P: Christ is risen!
C: He is risen indeed!
P: O Almighty God, you created life, you had the power to come back to life, you gave life to each of us. You have spoken to us clearly – in your word – concerning what you would have us believe and how you would want us to act. But we have neglected your word and stubbornly resisted your will.
C: We are a sinful people, a people loaded with guilt. We have done what is evil, and failed to do what is good. Have mercy on us, O God!
P: Because Jesus loved you, He died on the cross. But if Christ was not raised, our faith would be futile, we would be trapped in our sin. But Christ has been raised from the dead! Therefore, you are no longer in your sins, you are forgiven, because Christ is arisen!
C: He is risen indeed!
P: Where O death is your victory, where O grave, is your sting?
C: God has given us the victory through Jesus!
P: “In my Father’s house are many rooms. I am going there to prepare a place for you. And I will come back and take you to be with me.”
C: Amen! Come quickly, Lord Jesus!
P: Christ is risen!
C: He is risen indeed!
First Lesson: Exodus 15:1-11
Then Moses and the Israelites sang this song to the Lord. They said:
I will sing to the Lord, for he is highly exalted.
The horse and its rider he has thrown into the sea.
The Lord is my strength and song.
He has become my salvation.
This is my God, and I will praise him;
my father’s God, and I will exalt him.
The Lord is a warrior.
The Lord is his name.
He has cast Pharaoh’s chariots and his army into the sea.
His elite officers are drowned in the Red Sea.
The deep waters covered them.
They sank down to the depths like a stone.
Lord, your right hand is glorious in power.
Lord, your right hand has shattered the enemy.
In your great majesty you overthrew those who opposed you.
You sent out your burning anger.
It consumed them like stubble.
At the blast from your nostrils the waters piled up.
The flowing waters stood up like a dam.
The deep waters became solid in the heart of the sea.
The enemy said, “I will pursue.
I will overtake. I will divide the plunder.
I will do whatever I want with them.
I will draw my sword,
and my hand will destroy them.”
But you blew with your breath,
and the sea covered them.
They sank like lead in the mighty waters.
Lord, who is like you among the gods?
Who is like you, glorious in holiness,
awesome in praise, working wonders?
I will sing to the Lord, for he is highly exalted.
The horse and its rider he has thrown into the sea.
The Lord is my strength and song.
He has become my salvation.
This is my God, and I will praise him;
my father’s God, and I will exalt him.
The Lord is a warrior.
The Lord is his name.
He has cast Pharaoh’s chariots and his army into the sea.
His elite officers are drowned in the Red Sea.
The deep waters covered them.
They sank down to the depths like a stone.
Lord, your right hand is glorious in power.
Lord, your right hand has shattered the enemy.
In your great majesty you overthrew those who opposed you.
You sent out your burning anger.
It consumed them like stubble.
At the blast from your nostrils the waters piled up.
The flowing waters stood up like a dam.
The deep waters became solid in the heart of the sea.
The enemy said, “I will pursue.
I will overtake. I will divide the plunder.
I will do whatever I want with them.
I will draw my sword,
and my hand will destroy them.”
But you blew with your breath,
and the sea covered them.
They sank like lead in the mighty waters.
Lord, who is like you among the gods?
Who is like you, glorious in holiness,
awesome in praise, working wonders?
Second Lesson: 1 Corinthians 15:1-11
1Brothers, I am going to call your attention to the gospel that I preached to you. You received it, and you took your stand on it. You are also being saved by that gospel that was expressed in the words I preached to you, if you keep your hold on it—unless you believed in vain. For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received:
that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the Scriptures,
that he was buried,
that he was raised on the third day in accordance with the Scriptures,
and that he appeared to Cephas, then to the Twelve.
After that he appeared to over five hundred brothers at the same time, most of whom are still alive, but some have fallen asleep. Then he appeared to James, and then to all the apostles. Last of all, he appeared also to me, the stillborn child, so to speak. For I am the least of the apostles, and I am not worthy to be called an apostle, because I persecuted God’s church. But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace toward me was not ineffective. On the contrary, I worked more than all of them (and yet it wasn’t my doing, but it was the grace of God, which was with me, that did it). So whether it is I or they, that is what we preach, and that is what you believed.
that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the Scriptures,
that he was buried,
that he was raised on the third day in accordance with the Scriptures,
and that he appeared to Cephas, then to the Twelve.
After that he appeared to over five hundred brothers at the same time, most of whom are still alive, but some have fallen asleep. Then he appeared to James, and then to all the apostles. Last of all, he appeared also to me, the stillborn child, so to speak. For I am the least of the apostles, and I am not worthy to be called an apostle, because I persecuted God’s church. But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace toward me was not ineffective. On the contrary, I worked more than all of them (and yet it wasn’t my doing, but it was the grace of God, which was with me, that did it). So whether it is I or they, that is what we preach, and that is what you believed.
Song of the Day: Christ, the Life of All the Living
Christ, the Life of all the living,
Christ, the Death of death, our foe,
Who, thyself for me once giving
To the darkest depths of woe--
Through thy suff’rings, death, and merit
I eternal life inherit.
Thousand, thousand thanks shall be,
Dearest Jesus, unto thee.
Thou, ah, thou hast taken on thee
Bonds and stripes, a cruel rod;
Pain and scorn were heaped upon thee,
O thou sinless Son of God!
Thus didst thou my soul deliver
From the bonds of sin forever.
Thousand, thousand thanks shall be,
Dearest Jesus, unto thee.
Thou hast borne the smiting only
That my wounds might all be whole;
Thou hast suffered, sad and lonely,
Rest to give my weary soul;
Yea, the curse of God enduring,
Blessing unto me securing.
Thousand, thousand thanks shall be,
Dearest Jesus, unto thee.
Heartless scoffers did surround thee,
Treating thee with cruel scorn,
And with piercing thorns they crowned thee.
All disgrace thou, Lord, hast borne
That as thine thou mightest own me
And with heav’nly glory crown me.
Thousand, thousand thanks shall be,
Dearest Jesus, unto thee.
Christ, the Death of death, our foe,
Who, thyself for me once giving
To the darkest depths of woe--
Through thy suff’rings, death, and merit
I eternal life inherit.
Thousand, thousand thanks shall be,
Dearest Jesus, unto thee.
Thou, ah, thou hast taken on thee
Bonds and stripes, a cruel rod;
Pain and scorn were heaped upon thee,
O thou sinless Son of God!
Thus didst thou my soul deliver
From the bonds of sin forever.
Thousand, thousand thanks shall be,
Dearest Jesus, unto thee.
Thou hast borne the smiting only
That my wounds might all be whole;
Thou hast suffered, sad and lonely,
Rest to give my weary soul;
Yea, the curse of God enduring,
Blessing unto me securing.
Thousand, thousand thanks shall be,
Dearest Jesus, unto thee.
Heartless scoffers did surround thee,
Treating thee with cruel scorn,
And with piercing thorns they crowned thee.
All disgrace thou, Lord, hast borne
That as thine thou mightest own me
And with heav’nly glory crown me.
Thousand, thousand thanks shall be,
Dearest Jesus, unto thee.
Message: Empty
John 20:1-10
Early on the first day of the week, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene went to the tomb. She saw that the stone had been taken away from the tomb. So she left and ran to Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one Jesus loved. “They have taken the Lord out of the tomb,” she told them, “and we don’t know where they put him!”
So Peter and the other disciple went out, heading for the tomb. The two were running together, but the other disciple outran Peter and got to the tomb first. Bending over, he saw the linen cloths lying there, yet he did not go in.
Then Simon Peter, who was following him, arrived and went into the tomb. He saw the linen cloths lying there. The cloth that had been on Jesus’ head was not lying with the linen cloths, but was folded up in a separate place by itself. Then the other disciple, who arrived at the tomb first, also entered. He saw and believed. (They still did not yet understand the Scripture that he must rise from the dead.) Then the disciples went back to their homes.
Evidence for the empty tomb is…
...________________________
...________________________
...________________________
Because the tomb is empty….
…so is our _____________________
...so will be our _________________
What Now?
Early on the first day of the week, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene went to the tomb. She saw that the stone had been taken away from the tomb. So she left and ran to Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one Jesus loved. “They have taken the Lord out of the tomb,” she told them, “and we don’t know where they put him!”
So Peter and the other disciple went out, heading for the tomb. The two were running together, but the other disciple outran Peter and got to the tomb first. Bending over, he saw the linen cloths lying there, yet he did not go in.
Then Simon Peter, who was following him, arrived and went into the tomb. He saw the linen cloths lying there. The cloth that had been on Jesus’ head was not lying with the linen cloths, but was folded up in a separate place by itself. Then the other disciple, who arrived at the tomb first, also entered. He saw and believed. (They still did not yet understand the Scripture that he must rise from the dead.) Then the disciples went back to their homes.
Evidence for the empty tomb is…
...________________________
...________________________
...________________________
Because the tomb is empty….
…so is our _____________________
...so will be our _________________
What Now?
Prayer & Lord's Prayer
P: Blessed are you, Lord Jesus who came to us a little child, one of us, flesh and blood to share in our humanity. For God so loved the world...
C: That all might have eternal life.
P: Blessed are you, Lord Jesus who came to us as carpenter and yet in whose creative hands a world was fashioned. For God so loved the world...
C: That all might have eternal life.
P: Blessed are you, Lord Jesus who came to us as fisherman and yet pointed to a harvest that was yet to come. For God so loved the world...
C: That all might have eternal life.
P: Blessed are you, Lord Jesus who came to us as teacher and opened eyes to eternal truths of God divine. For God so loved the world...
C: That all might have eternal life.
P: Blessed are you, Lord Jesus who came to us as king and yet humbled himself to take our place upon the cross. For God so loved the world...
C: That all might have eternal life.
P: Blessed are you, Lord Jesus who came to us as servant and revealed to us the extent of your love by dying for our sins. For God so loved the world...
C: That all might have eternal life.
P: Blessed are you, Lord Jesus, who rose from death to the triumph of the victory you won for us. For God so loved the world...
C: That all might have eternal life.
P: For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son for the sake of me, and you, that whoever believes in him will not perish, but have eternal life. Christ is risen!
C: He is risen indeed!
Our Father,
who art in heaven,
hallowed be thy name,
thy kingdom come,
thy will be done
on earth as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread;
and forgive us our trespasses,
as we forgive those
who trespass against us;
and lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from evil.
For thine is the kingdom
and the power and the glory
forever and ever.
Amen.
C: That all might have eternal life.
P: Blessed are you, Lord Jesus who came to us as carpenter and yet in whose creative hands a world was fashioned. For God so loved the world...
C: That all might have eternal life.
P: Blessed are you, Lord Jesus who came to us as fisherman and yet pointed to a harvest that was yet to come. For God so loved the world...
C: That all might have eternal life.
P: Blessed are you, Lord Jesus who came to us as teacher and opened eyes to eternal truths of God divine. For God so loved the world...
C: That all might have eternal life.
P: Blessed are you, Lord Jesus who came to us as king and yet humbled himself to take our place upon the cross. For God so loved the world...
C: That all might have eternal life.
P: Blessed are you, Lord Jesus who came to us as servant and revealed to us the extent of your love by dying for our sins. For God so loved the world...
C: That all might have eternal life.
P: Blessed are you, Lord Jesus, who rose from death to the triumph of the victory you won for us. For God so loved the world...
C: That all might have eternal life.
P: For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son for the sake of me, and you, that whoever believes in him will not perish, but have eternal life. Christ is risen!
C: He is risen indeed!
Our Father,
who art in heaven,
hallowed be thy name,
thy kingdom come,
thy will be done
on earth as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread;
and forgive us our trespasses,
as we forgive those
who trespass against us;
and lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from evil.
For thine is the kingdom
and the power and the glory
forever and ever.
Amen.
The Blessing
P: Brothers and sisters, go in peace. Live in harmony with one another. Serve the Lord with gladness.
The Lord bless you and keep you. The Lord make his face shine on you and be gracious to you. The Lord look on you with favor and give you peace.
C: Amen.
The Lord bless you and keep you. The Lord make his face shine on you and be gracious to you. The Lord look on you with favor and give you peace.
C: Amen.
Closing Song: In Christ Alone
In Christ alone my hope is found.
He is my light, my strength, my song;
This cornerstone, this solid ground,
Firm through the fiercest drought and storm.
What heights of love, what depths of peace,
When fears are stilled, when strivings cease!
My Comforter, my all in all,
Here in the love of Christ I stand.
In Christ alone—who took on flesh,
Fullness of God in helpless babe.
This gift of love and righteousness,
Scorned by the ones he came to save.
Till on that cross, as Jesus died,
The wrath of God was satisfied;
For ev’ry sin on him was laid.
Here in the death of Christ I live.
There in the ground his body lay,
Light of the world by darkness slain;
Then bursting forth in glorious day
Up from the grave he rose again!
And as he stands in victory,
Sin’s curse has lost its grip on me.
For I am his and he is mine--
Bought with the precious blood of Christ.
No guilt in life, no fear in death,
This is the pow’r of Christ in me;
From life’s first cry to final breath,
Jesus commands my destiny.
No pow’r of hell, no scheme of man
Can ever pluck me from his hand;
Till he returns or calls me home,
Here in the pow’r of Christ I’ll stand.
He is my light, my strength, my song;
This cornerstone, this solid ground,
Firm through the fiercest drought and storm.
What heights of love, what depths of peace,
When fears are stilled, when strivings cease!
My Comforter, my all in all,
Here in the love of Christ I stand.
In Christ alone—who took on flesh,
Fullness of God in helpless babe.
This gift of love and righteousness,
Scorned by the ones he came to save.
Till on that cross, as Jesus died,
The wrath of God was satisfied;
For ev’ry sin on him was laid.
Here in the death of Christ I live.
There in the ground his body lay,
Light of the world by darkness slain;
Then bursting forth in glorious day
Up from the grave he rose again!
And as he stands in victory,
Sin’s curse has lost its grip on me.
For I am his and he is mine--
Bought with the precious blood of Christ.
No guilt in life, no fear in death,
This is the pow’r of Christ in me;
From life’s first cry to final breath,
Jesus commands my destiny.
No pow’r of hell, no scheme of man
Can ever pluck me from his hand;
Till he returns or calls me home,
Here in the pow’r of Christ I’ll stand.