a

/a

@2013 B@dmãn Church supÈlie Na3hù116, fNBROADMANCHURCH SUPPIIES

oa1&1012520

Welcome!

There are 125 copies of Handel’s “Hallelujah” for members of the congregation who would like to join with the choir in singing this anthem. Request a copy from an usher. Please leave copies in the

pews following the service today or hand to an usher.

THE GATHERING

The service of worship begins with the prelude; quiet is requested as you enter the sanctuary and prepare for worship. In the spirit of Christian fellowship, we invite you to wear a name tag which is available from the greeters. As a community that prays with and for one another, we invite you to share your joys and concerns by using the blue cards available from the ushers and in the welcome pad folders. Those parts of the Service of Worship in which the congregation participates in word or song are noted in bold type. *Please stand as you are able

PRELUDES Improvisation on “Victimæ paschali” Tournemire Entrada Festiva Flor Peeters

* HYMN 123 (in bulletin) Jesus Christ Is Risen Today Easter Hymn

* CALL TO WORSHIP (based on Psalm 118):

Leader: There was darkness over the earth before creation

People: There is darkness in the tomb before resurrection

Leader: A new creation has commenced

People: The world is born anew

Leader: Christ is Risen!

People: HE IS RISEN INDEED!

INTROIT Jesus Lives Glenn Rudolph

Jesus Lives! Thy terrors now can no longer, death, appall us. Jesus Lives! By this we know thou, O grave, cannot enthrall us. Alleluia.

April 5, 2015 Nine o’clock and Eleven o’clock

EASTER SUNDAY

LIVE boldly

SHARE boundlessly

GROW community

BUILD God’s world

FIRST PRESBYTERIAN

CHURCH OF ENGLEWOOD

WELCOME AND ANNOUNCEMENTS

CALL TO CONFESSION

PRAYER OF CONFESSION

Eternal God, as we come to the empty tomb seeking forgiveness, help us to reorder our priorities so that we will always put Christ first. Forgive us when we fail to make your love evident in our lives. Help us to remember the costly act of Jesus Christ that led to victory over sin and death. Remind us that in Christ we have the gift of a new beginning, freed from guilt and graced by love. Breathe into us that resurrection breath. We pray this in the name of our Lord and Savior, the risen Christ!

PRAYERS OF SILENT AND INDIVIDUAL CONFESSION

WORDS OF ASSURANCE

Leader: Friends, believe and proclaim the Good News: in Jesus Christ, love breaks through hatred, hope breaks through despair, life breaks through death.

People: In Jesus Christ, we are forgiven, loved, and set free. Thanks be to God! Amen.

* RESPONSE Hymnal No. 106, Verse 1 Alleluia No. 1

Alleluia, Alleluia! Give thanks to the risen Lord. Alleluia, Alleluia! Give praise to his name. Jesus is Lord of all the earth. He is the King of creation. Alleluia…

* EXCHANGE OF PEACE

Leader: Let us open our hearts to one another as Christ has opened his heart to us, and God will be glorified.

People: The peace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with you.

(Exchange Signs of Reconciliation and the Peace of Christ with your neighbor - e.g., “The Peace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with you.”

Response - “And also with you.”)

+ Children and Youth remain for Worship. "One Happy Easter Morning" booklets are available from the Ushers for

your child during the Easter Service. +

THE WORD

PRAYER FOR ILLUMINATION

FIRST LESSON Isaiah 25:6-9

* HYMN 594 (in bulletin) This Is the Feast of Victory Festival Canticle

SECOND LESSON Mark 16:1-8

SERMON “Fear of Hope” Rev. Richard S. Hong

OFFERTORY Will C. MacFarlane

Christ our Passover is sacrificed for us, therefore let us keep the feast, not with old leaven, neither with the leaven of malice and wickedness, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth. Christ being raised from the dead dieth no more; death hath no more dominion over him. For in that he died, he died unto sin once; but in that he liveth, he liveth unto God. Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin, but alive unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord. Christ is risen from the dead, and become the first fruits of them that slept. For since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead. For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive.

* THE DOXOLOGY WITH ALLELUIAS Lasst uns erfreuen

Praise God, from whom all blessings flow; Praise God all creatures here below, Alleluia, Alleluia! Praise God above, ye heavenly host. Creator, Son and Holy Ghost, Alleluia, Alleluia Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!

PASTORAL PRAYER

THE CELEBRATION OF THE LORD’S SUPPER

THE INVITATION

THE GREAT PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING

Pastor: The Lord be with you. People: And also with you. Pastor: Lift up your hearts. People: We lift them to the Lord. Pastor: Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.

People: It is right to give our thanks and praise. Pastor: Eternal and ever-living God...

. . . who forever sing to the glory of your name.

SANCTUS 568 (choir and congregation) Weaver

Pastor: Holy God, in Your mercy . . .

. . . Let us proclaim the mystery of faith:

People: Christ has died, Christ is risen, Christ will come again.

Pastor: We take this bread and wine and joyfully celebrate this Holy Sacrament. ... And now, with the confidence of the children of God, let us pray:

People: 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 debts, as we forgive our debtors; and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory, forever. Amen.

THE SACRAMENT OF THE LORD’S SUPPER

Listen! I am standing at the door, knocking; if you hear my voice and open the door, I will come in to you and eat with you, and you with me. —Revelation 3:20

All who trust in Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior are invited to participate in this celebration.

BREAD: To be taken individually, symbolic of your personal commitment to God through Jesus Christ. For those who are gluten-sensitive, the cups on each paten (bread plate) contain gluten-free crackers.

Ave Verum corpus natum de Maria Virgine. Vere Passum, immolatum in cruce pro homine. Cujus latus perfora-tum fluxit aqua et sanguine. Esto nobis praegustatum, mortis in examine. O Jesu dulcis! O Jesu, pie! O Jesu, Fili Mariae!

Hail to Thee, true Body sprung from the Virgin’s womb. The same that on the cross was hung and bore for man the bitter doom. Thou whose side was pierced and flowed both with water and with blood; Suffer us to taste of Thee in our life’s last agony. O kind, O loving One. O Jesus, Mary’s Son.

CUP: Please wait until all are served, symbolic of your corporate belonging together in the body of Christ. Grape juice is the fruit of the vine used in our celebration of the sacrament.

COMMUNION MOTETS

In Joseph’s Lovely Garden arr. Dickenson

In Joseph’s lovely garden The Lord Christ’s tomb was made And there His broken body to rest was gently laid. A great rock strongly sealed it, the Death might have full sway; But God sent down His angel to roll the stone away.

When dawn was faintly breaking across the garden fair, Three women entered weeping, bearing spices rare. Then spake the guardian angel in shining raiment bright, He who ye seek is risen, and death is vanquished quite!

O angel of the garden descend to us today, And comfort all our sadness and drive death’s fear away. We all are sorrow laden, speak to our hearts we pray, He whom ye love is risen, and lives with Christ alway!”

O Jesus, blest Redeemer, all praise to Thee we bring, No power of death could hold Thee, Our Saviour, Lord, and King! As Thou hast risen all glorious, May we one day arise, O’er sin and death victorious, In Thy blest Paradise.

Ave Verum Philip Stopford

PRAYER AFTER COMMUNION

* RESPONSE Hallelujah! (“Messiah”) G.F. Handel

Hallelujah! for the Lord God omnipotent reigneth. The kingdom of this world is become the Kingdom of our Lord, and of His Christ; and He shall reign for ever and ever. -REVELATION 19:6, 11:15

THE SENDING OUT

* HYMN 119 (in bulletin) The Strife Is O’er Victory

* BENEDICTION

* CHORAL AMEN

POSTLUDE Praise the Lord with Drums and Cymbals Sigfrid Karg-Elert

Our worship ends with the conclusion of the Postlude. (It is the custom of our church to remain seated. Those who wish to leave may do so.)

* * * *

TODAY’S SCRIPTURE READINGS

Isaiah 25:6-9 (NRSV)

On this mountain the LORD of hosts will make for all peoples a feast of rich food, a feast of well-aged wines, of rich food filled with marrow, of well-aged wines strained clear. 7And he will destroy on this mountain the shroud that is cast over all peoples, the sheet that is spread over all nations; he will swallow up death forever. 8Then the Lord GOD will wipe away the tears from all faces, and the disgrace of his people he will take away from all the earth, for the LORD has spoken. 9It will be said on that day, Lo, this is our God; we have waited for him, so that he might save us. This is the LORD for whom we have waited; let us be glad and rejoice in his salvation. Mark 16:1-8 (NRSV)

When the sabbath was over, Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought spices, so that they might go and anoint him. 2And very early on the first day of the week, when the sun had risen, they went to the tomb. 3They had been saying to one another, “Who will roll away the stone for us from the entrance to the tomb?” 4When they looked up, they saw that the stone, which was very large, had

WELCOME TO OUR WORSHIP

If you are visiting us, an especially cordial welcome is extended. Please take a moment to fill out the visitor card in the blue folder at the end of your pew. Bring the card with you to the Welcome Table at Coffee & Conversation where you will receive a Welcome Bag and your choice of a gift book.

Ushers for the 9 a.m. service are: Ray Fields, Captain Ray Arons, Norma Francis, Kate Matsuda, Arlene Mattis, Andrew Platek and Audrey Svensson Ushers for the 11 a.m. service are: Ray Arons, Captain Joan Johnson, Pearl Lau, TK Lau, Sara Lee, Shirley Murdock, and Ron Wittreich Communion Servers for the 9 a.m. service are: Jonathan Fender, David Johnson, Carolyn Milne, Carmen Platek, Paul Platek Henning Schulzrinne Communion Servers for the 11 a.m. service are: Anthony Avallone, Vera Kyei-Fordjour, Eunice Dartey, Paul Piergentile, Catherine Flynn, Robert Ryder, Elena Sepulveda, Valerie Williams-Sanchez, Candy Urena, Thierry Vodounou Parking Lot Greeters: Andrew Platek and Paul Platek Indoor Greeters: 9 a.m. service: Jonathan Fender and Kristen Freeman 11 a.m. service: Eunice Dartey, Carmen Platek, and Phil Tamis

already been rolled back. 5As they entered the tomb, they saw a young man, dressed in a white robe, sitting on the right side; and they were alarmed. 6But he said to them, “Do not be alarmed; you are looking for Jesus of Nazareth, who was crucified. He has been raised; he is not here. Look, there is the place they laid him. 7But go, tell his disciples and Peter that he is going ahead of you to Galilee; there you will see him, just as he told you.” 8So they went out and fled from the tomb, for terror and amazement had seized them; and they said nothing to anyone, for they were afraid.

* * * * *

continued on next page