THE CALL TO INTERCESSORY PRAYERS The Lord be with you. And also with you. Let us pray. Please join us in a time of silent prayer. Please refer to the Easter Flower insert for the Prayer List. For additional prayer concerns you may fill out a blue prayer card located in the pews. Please provide a contact name and phone number. THE LORD'S PRAYER 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 sins, as we forgive those who sin 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. Amen. PRAYER RESPONSE UMH 177 ANNOUNCEMENTS CALL TO OFFERING Thank you for worshipping with us today! Please record your presence on the Friendship Pad placed at the end of each row. If you are a newcomer, please print your address and phone number. THE RECEIVING OF THE OFFERING THE OFFERTORY Johnson/Wickham

+THE DOXOLOGY UMH 94, Lasst uns erfreuen Praise God, from whom all blessings flow; Praise God, all creatures here below: Alleluia! Alleluia! Praise God, the source of all our gifts! Praise Jesus Christ, whose power uplifts! Praise the Spirit, Holy Spirit! Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia! +THE PRAYER OF DEDICATION +THE PASSING OF THE PEACE Pastor: May the peace of Christ be with you. All: And also with you. +HALLELUJAH CHORUS G. F. Handel Please refer to a green card in the pews for music +BENEDICTION POSTLUDE Robert A. M. Ross

SERVING YOU Cindy Marino, Senior Pastor Daniel Cochran, Associate Pastor Mark Himel, Welcoming Pastor Sound Techs—9:30 Tom Blair; 11:00 Brian Lawler Greeters—9:30 Jeff and Joan Meador; 11:00 Jayne and Wayne McCallister Ushers—Rex Dailey, Head Usher; 11:00 Jill Sally & Neva Nelson, Co-Captains Our worship has ended, but our service begins... Please visit the Activity Center between the 9:30 and 11:00 am worship services to enjoy refresh-ments. If you are a first time visitor, or desire to know more about our church, please come to the Welcome Table in the church lobby.

Resurrexit Sicut Dixit (He has risen as he said)

Grace Brass Quintet and Organ

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Grace United Methodist Church 300 E. Gartner Road, Naperville, IL 60540

(630) 355-1748; www.peopleofgrace.org

11:00 broadcast on WONC, 89.1 FM

He Is Lord

He is Lord, He is Lord,

He is risen from the dead, and He is Lord

Ev'ry knee shall bow, ev'ry tongue confess

That Jesus Christ is Lord

Living Hope Grace Praise Team; Lynn Leitzen, director

How great the chasm that lay between us How high the mountain I could not climb In desperation I turned to heaven And spoke Your name into the night Then through the darkness Your loving-kindness Tore through the shadows of my soul The work is finished the end is written Jesus Christ my living hope Who could imagine so great a mercy What heart could fathom such boundless grace The God of ages stepped down from glory To wear my sin and bear my shame The cross has spoken I am forgiven The King of kings calls me His own Beautiful Savior I’m Yours forever Jesus Christ my living hope

Chorus (all may join in singing) Hallelujah praise the One who set me free Hallelujah death has lost its grip on me You have broken every chain There’s salvation in Your name Jesus Christ my living hope Then came the morning that sealed the promise Your buried body began to breathe Out of the silence the Roaring Lion Declared the grave has no claim on me

ANTHEM Daniel Kallman PRAYER FOR ILLUMINATION 9:30 Ginny Chivas Let us pray: 11:00 Bob Guenzler Blessed Lord, you have caused all holy Scriptures to be written for our learning. Grant us so to hear them, read, mark, learn, and inwardly digest them, that we may embrace and ever hold fast the blessed hope of everlasting life, which you have given us in our Savior Jesus Christ, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, One God, forever and ever. Amen. PSALM FOR EASTER DAY—Psalm 118 Richard Proulx Choir and Congregation

The Service of Worship

Easter Sunday April 21, 2019 9:30 & 11:00 am PREPARING FOR WORSHIP Let us prepare our hearts and minds as we transition from getting to church to being in worship. PRELUDE Richard Strauss/ arr. Tom Colao GREETING +CALL TO WORSHIP (from Be Our Freedom, Lord) Pastor: Lord Jesus, we greet you, risen from the dead, victorious over sin and death, over suffering and shame, over all evil and wrong. All: Lord Jesus, we greet you, risen from the dead, overcoming by the power of love, by patient trust and perseverance, by faith in God alone.

Pastor: Lord Jesus, we greet you, risen from the dead, proving nothing can separate us from God’s love, showing us how far that love will go, and suffering for the sins of the world. All: Lord Jesus, we greet you, risen from the dead, and offer you our thanks and our praise, our prayers and our worship, our devotion and our service forever.

Pastor: Christ is risen! All: He is risen indeed!

Pastor: Christ is risen! All: He is risen indeed!

Pastor: Christ is risen!

All: He is risen indeed! +FANFARE AND HYMN FOR EASTER MORNING UMH 302, vs. 1-4 Charles Wesley

Grace United Methodist Church

Grace embraces diversity in our congregation. We dedicate ourselves to a ministry of Christ-like hospitality and compassion for all. We believe all

persons are of sacred worth. You are welcome here. Large print bulletins are available from an usher

+ The congregation will please stand as able

+SCRIPTURE READING: John 20:1-18 Pew Bible, NT pg. 114 Leader: This is the Word of God for the people of God. All: Thanks be to God. +HYMN Getty/Townend

MESSAGE Pastor Cindy Marino

See what a morning, gloriously bright With the dawning of hope in Jerusalem; Folded the grave-clothes, tomb filled with light, As the angels announce Christ is risen! See God's salvation plan, wrought in love, Borne in pain, paid in sacrifice. Fulfilled in Christ, the Man for He lives; Christ is risen from the dead! See Mary weeping, “Where is He laid?” As in sorrow she turns from the empty tomb; Hears a voice speaking, calling her name; It's the Master, the Lord, raised to life again! The voice that spans the years, Speaking life, stirring hope, bringing peace to us, Will sound till He appears; For He lives, Christ is risen from the dead! One with the Father, Ancient of Days, Through the Spirit who clothes faith with certainty, Honour and blessing glory and praise, To the King crowned with power and authority! And we are raised with Him, Death is dead, love has won, Christ has conquered; And we shall reign with Him; For He lives, Christ is risen from the dead!

FANFARE 1. Christ the Lord is risen today, Alleluia! Earth and heaven in chorus say, Alleluia! Raise your joys and triumphs high, Alleluia! Sing, ye heavens, and earth reply, Alleluia! 2. Love's redeeming work is done, Alleluia! Fought the fight, the battle won, Alleluia! Death in vain forbids him rise, Alleluia! Christ has opened paradise, Alleluia!

Choir: Refrain All: Refrain Choir: Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; God’s love endures forevermore. So let the children of Israel say: God’s love endures for evermore! Refrain Choir: The Lord’s right hand has triumph brought; the Lord’s right hand has raised me up. I shall not die but I shall live, singing of all God’s mighty deeds! Refrain Choir: The stone the builders would not use has now become the cornerstone. Such wonders are the work of the Lord, and they are marvels in our sight! Refrain

“Your New Life”

Resurrection Hymn

Christ the Lord Is Risen Today

INTERLUDE 3. Lives again our glorious King, Alleluia! Where, O death, is now thy sting? Alleluia! Once he died our souls to save, Alleluia! Where's thy victory, boasting grave? Alleluia! INTERLUDE 4. Soar we now where Christ has led, Alleluia! Following our exalted Head, Alleluia! Made like him, like him we rise, Alleluia! Ours the cross, the grave, the skies, Alleluia! AMEN.

The Day of Resurrection Chancel Choir; Dan Wagner, director

The day of resurrection! Earth, tell it out abroad, The passover of gladness, the passover of God. From death to life eternal, from sin’s dominion free, Our Christ has brought us over with hymns of victory. Let hearts be purged of evil that we may see aright The Lord in rays eternal of resurrection light, And list’ning to his accents, may hear, so calm and plain, His own “All hail!” And hearing, may raise the glad refrain. Now let the heav’ns be joyful, let earth its song begin, The round world keep high triumph and all that is therein. Let all things, seen and unseen, their notes of gladness blend; For Christ the Lord has risen, our joy that has no end! All praise to God the Father, all praise to God the Son, All praise to God the Spirit, eternal Three in One! Let all the ransomed number fall down before the throne, And honor, pow’r, and glory ascribe to God alone!

Feuerliche Einzug (Festival Entrance) Grace Brass Quintet, Tom Colao, organist