ST. PAUL’S PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH

PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IN AMERICA

To all who are spiritually weary and seek rest;

to all who mourn and long for comfort; to all who struggle and desire hope;

to all who sin and need a Savior; to all who are strangers and yearn for fellowship;

to all who hunger and thirst after righteousness; and to whoever will come;

this church opens wide her doors and offers welcome in

the name of the risen Lord Jesus Christ.

ORDER FOR THE

CELEBRATION & WORSHIP OF GOD

Easter Day—The Resurrection of the Lord; April 12, 2020, 10:30 A.M.

WELCOME

ENTERING GOD’S PRESENCE

INSTRUMENTAL PRELUDE “THINE BE THE GLORY” MACCABAEUS

CALL TO WORSHIP ISAIAH 25:6–9

Minister: On this mountain, the LORD of hosts will make for all peoples a feast of rich food,

a feast of well-aged wine, of rich food full of marrow, of aged wine well refined.

And He will swallow up on this mountain the covering that is cast over all

peoples, the veil that is spread over all nations. He will swallow up death forever;

and the Lord God will wipe away tears from all faces, and the reproach of his

people He will take away from all the earth, for the LORD has spoken. It will be

said on that day, “Behold, this is our God; we have waited for Him, that He might

save us. This is the LORD; we have waited for Him; let us be glad and rejoice in

his salvation.”

Minister: Hallelujah! Christ is risen!

People: The Lord is risen indeed!

Minister: This is the good news—the grave is empty.

Unison: Christ is risen! Hallelujah!

HYMN OF PROCLAMATION #277 “CHRIST THE LORD IS RISEN TODAY” EASTER HYMN

5. 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!

PRAYER OF ADORATION

Minister Almighty God, who through your only-begotten Son Jesus Christ overcame

and People: death and opened to us the gate of everlasting life: Grant that we, who celebrate

with joy the day of the Lord’s resurrection, may be raised from the death of sin

by your life-giving Spirit; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns

with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen.

PSALTER READING PSALM 16 1 Preserve me, O God, for in you I take refuge. 2 I say to the Lord, “You are my Lord;

I have no good apart from you.”

3 As for the saints in the land, they are the excellent ones,

in whom is all my delight.

4 The sorrows of those who run after another god shall multiply;

their drink offerings of blood I will not pour out

or take their names on my lips.

5 The Lord is my chosen portion and my cup;

you hold my lot. 6 The lines have fallen for me in pleasant places;

indeed, I have a beautiful inheritance.

7 I bless the Lord who gives me counsel;

in the night also my heart instructs me. 8 I have set the Lord always before me;

because he is at my right hand, I shall not be shaken.

9 Therefore my heart is glad, and my whole being rejoices;

my flesh also dwells secure. 10 For you will not abandon my soul to Sheol,

or let your holy one see corruption.

11 You make known to me the path of life;

in your presence there is fullness of joy;

at your right hand are pleasures forevermore.

Minister: The Word of the Lord!

People: Thanks be to God!

PRAYER OF CONFESSION

Minister Almighty God, You have raised Jesus from the grave and crowned Him Lord of

and People: all. We confess the ways we have not bowed before Him or acknowledged his

rule in our lives. Forgive us, God of mercy. Help us to trust your power to

transform our lives, that we may know the joy of abundant life given in Jesus

Christ. Lord, bring new love where we have turned hard-hearted; forgiveness

where we have been wounded; and the joy and freedom of your Holy Spirit

where we are prisoners of ourselves. Amen. Please take a moment to silently confess your sin.

PRONOUNCEMENT OF FORGIVENESS Minister: Hear this good news! Our Lord Jesus Christ was delivered up for our trespasses

and raised for our justification. Through him we have obtained access by faith

into this grace in which we stand, and we rejoice in hope of the glory of God.

Unison: Thanks be to God!

A LITANY FOR EASTER

Minister: Almighty God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, we praise and adore You for

the immeasurable greatness of your power toward us who believe, according to

the working of your great might, which You exercised in Christ when You raised

him from the dead.

People: Glory! Hallelujah! You have delivered our souls from death, our eyes from

tears, our feet from stumbling that we might rejoice in the land of the living.

Minister: On this glorious feast of the resurrection, we praise You, Lord Christ.

People: Worthy is the Lamb who was slain to receive power and wealth and wisdom

and might and honor and glory and blessing, for by your blood You ransomed

us for God. You are the Author of life, and it is not possible for death to hold

You.

Minister: Death is swallowed up in victory. O death, where is your victory? O death, where

is your sting?

People: The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law. But thanks be to God,

who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ!

Minister: In the peace of the risen Christ and the power of his resurrection, let us pray to

the Lord:

People: Hear us, Lord of life.

Minister: Your going is as sure as the dawn. Come to us as the showers, as the spring rains

that water the earth.

People: Hear us, Lord life.

Minister: Satisfy us in the morning with your steadfast love, that we may rejoice and be

glad all our days. Make us glad for as many days as You have afflicted us, and

for as many years as we have seen evil.

People: Hear us, Lord of life.

Minister: That we might seek the things that are above where You are seated and that we

might be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in your work, O Lord,

knowing that in You our labor is not in vain.

People: Hear us, Lord of life.

Minister: That You might crush beneath our feet the prince of darkness and his power.

People: Hear us, Lord of life.

Minister: Let us behold your face in righteousness; when we awake, let us be satisfied with

your likeness. Just as we have borne the image of the man of dust, may we also

bear the image of the man of heaven.

People: Hear us, Lord of glory.

Unison: May your kingdom come, and your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.

For yours is the power and the kingdom and the glory through your Son our

Lord Jesus Christ, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God,

now and forever. Amen.

HYMN OF PRAISE #276 “UP FROM THE GRAVE HE AROSE”

CHRIST AROSE

RENEWING OUR FAITH

AFFIRMATION OF FAITH HEIDELBERG CATECHISM Question #45

Minister: How does Christ’s resurrection benefit us?

Minister First, by his resurrection, He has overcome death, so that He might make us

and People: share in the righteousness He won for us by his death. Second, by his power,

we too are already now resurrected to a new life. Third, Christ’s resurrection

is a guarantee of our glorious resurrection. Thanks be to God!

GLORIA “GLORY BE TO GOD IN HEAVEN”

Beethoven; ODE TO JOY

Glory be to God in heaven; peace, goodwill to all the earth.

Mighty God of all creation, Father of surpassing worth:

We exalt You, we adore You, we lift high our thanks and praise.

Saints and angels bow before You; here on earth our songs we raise.

Glory be to Christ forever, Lamb of God and Lord of love.

Son of God and gracious Savior, You have come from heav’n above;

On the cross You died to save us; now You reign at God’s right hand.

Hear our prayer; restore, forgive us; in your promise firm we stand.

GOSPEL LESSON LUKE 24:1-53

24 But on the first day of the week, at early dawn, they went to the tomb, taking the spices

they had prepared. 2 And they found the stone rolled away from the tomb, 3 but when

they they went in they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus. 4 While they were perplexed about

this, behold, two men stood by them in dazzling apparel. 5 And as they were frightened and

bowed their faces to the ground, the men said to them, “Why do you seek the living among the

dead? 6 He is not here, but has risen. Remember how he told you, while he was still in

Galilee, 7 that the Son of Man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men and be crucified

and on the third day rise.” 8 And they remembered his words, 9 and returning from the tomb

they told all these things to the eleven and to all the rest. 10 Now it was Mary Magdalene

and Joanna and Mary the mother of James and the other women with them who told these things

to the apostles, 11 but these words seemed to them an idle tale, and they did not believe

them. 12 But Peter rose and ran to the tomb; stooping and looking in, he saw the linen cloths by

themselves; and he went home marveling at what had happened.

13 That very day two of them were going to a village named Emmaus, about seven miles from

Jerusalem, 14 and they were talking with each other about all these things that had

happened. 15 While they were talking and discussing together, Jesus himself drew near and went

with them. 16 But their eyes were kept from recognizing him. 17 And he said to them, “What is

this conversation that you are holding with each other as you walk?” And they stood still,

looking sad. 18 Then one of them, named Cleopas, answered him, “Are you the only visitor to

Jerusalem who does not know the things that have happened there in these days?” 19 And he said

to them, “What things?” And they said to him, “Concerning Jesus of Nazareth, a man who was a

prophet mighty in deed and word before God and all the people, 20 and how our chief priests

and rulers delivered him up to be condemned to death, and crucified him. 21 But we had hoped

that he was the one to redeem Israel. Yes, and besides all this, it is now the third day since these

things happened. 22 Moreover, some women of our company amazed us. They were at the tomb

early in the morning, 23 and when they did not find his body, they came back saying that they

had even seen a vision of angels, who said that he was alive. 24 Some of those who were with us

went to the tomb and found it just as the women had said, but him they did not see.” 25 And he

said to them, “O foolish ones, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have

spoken! 26 Was it not necessary that the Christ should suffer these things and enter into his

glory?” 27 And beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, he interpreted to them in all the

Scriptures the things concerning himself.

28 So they drew near to the village to which they were going. He acted as if he were going

farther, 29 but they urged him strongly, saying, “Stay with us, for it is toward evening and the

day is now far spent.” So he went in to stay with them. 30 When he was at table with them, he

took the bread and blessed and broke it and gave it to them. 31 And their eyes were opened, and

they recognized him. And he vanished from their sight. 32 They said to each other, “Did not our

hearts burn within us while he talked to us on the road, while he opened to us the

Scriptures?” 33 And they rose that same hour and returned to Jerusalem. And they found the

eleven and those who were with them gathered together, 34 saying, “The Lord has risen indeed,

and has appeared to Simon!” 35 Then they told what had happened on the road, and how he was

known to them in the breaking of the bread.

36 As they were talking about these things, Jesus himself stood among them, and said to

them, “Peace to you!” 37 But they were startled and frightened and thought they saw a

spirit. 38 And he said to them, “Why are you troubled, and why do doubts arise in your

hearts? 39 See my hands and my feet, that it is I myself. Touch me, and see. For a spirit does not

have flesh and bones as you see that I have.” 40 And when he had said this, he showed them his

hands and his feet. 41 And while they still disbelieved for joy and were marveling, he said to

them, “Have you anything here to eat?” 42 They gave him a piece of broiled fish, 43 and he took

it and ate before them.

44 Then he said to them, “These are my words that I spoke to you while I was still with

you, that everything written about me in the Law of Moses and the Prophets and the Psalms

must be fulfilled.” 45 Then he opened their minds to understand the Scriptures, 46 and said to

them, “Thus it is written, that the Christ should suffer and on the third day rise from the

dead, 47 and that repentance for the forgiveness of sins should be proclaimed in his name to all

nations, beginning from Jerusalem. 48 You are witnesses of these things. 49 And behold, I am

sending the promise of my Father upon you. But stay in the city until you are clothed

with power from on high.”

50 And he led them out as far as Bethany, and lifting up his hands he blessed them. 51 While

he blessed them, he parted from them and was carried up into heaven. 52 And they worshiped

him and returned to Jerusalem with great joy, 53 and were continually in the temple blessing

God.

Minister: The Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ!

People: Thanks be to the Lord!

PRAYER FOR ILLUMINATION

PROCLAMATION OF GOD’S WORD REV. JUSTIN BORGER

Holy Week

“THE FEAST OF THE RESURRECTION” LUKE 24:1-53

Big Idea: The good news of Christ’s resurrection is not only a fact of which we can be

certain; it is a feast in which we can be satisfied, for “he was known to them in the breaking of

the bread” (Luke 24:35). Christ is risen! Taste and see!

I. The fact of the resurrection

II. The feast of the resurrection

RESPONDING IN THANKS

HYMN OF RESPONSE “IN CHRIST ALONE”

GIVING TO GOD & INSTRUMENTAL OFFERTORY “I KNOW THAT MY REDEEMER LIVES” BRADFORD We invite you to give generously online as you are able.

DOXOLOGY #731 OLD HUNDREDTH

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. Amen.

PRAYER OF DEDICATION

BENEDICTION

SENDING FORTH HYMN #358 “FOR ALL THE SAINTS” Verses 5 & 6 SINE NOMINE

But lo! there breaks a yet more glorious day;

The saints triumphant rise in bright array;

The King of glory passes on his way.

Alleluia! Alleluia!

From earth’s wide bounds, from ocean’s farthest coast,

Through gates of pearl streams in the countless host,

Singing to Father, Son, and Holy Ghost,

Alleluia! Alleluia!

Minister: Go in peace to love and serve the risen Lord Jesus Christ.

People: Thanks be to God!

POSTLUDE “CROWN HIM WITH MANY CROWNS” DIADEMATA

In our worship service this morning, Rev. Justin Borger will be ministering in the pulpit and

Rev. Dan Thompson will be assisting. Leading us in musical praise this morning is our vocal

ensemble: Hannah Pacchioli, Alicia VanDerhoof, Peter Benyola, and David Romaine, with

organist, Maria Schlehr; pianist, Sarah Birx; and trumpeter, Robert Krahn.

PASTORAL STAFF RULING ELDERS

JUSTIN BORGER

Senior Pastor

FRANK CAVALLI

Pastor Emeritus

MILES HAYES

Assistant Pastor of Prison Ministry

DAN THOMPSON

Assistant Pastor

GORDON CLOKE

MARK KISTNER

JOHN MAYNARD

CHARLES MILLER

DAN PUGH

MARK ROBB

JIM CRANDALL

BUD LEONARD

ED MCDOUGALL

LARRY PIKE

STEVE RITCHIE

DAVID SELIGSON

ST. PAUL’S STAFF DEACONS

JANET CHITTY

Children’s Ministry Assistant

DONNA LOVE

Director of Children’s Ministries

PHIL LOVE

Facilities Manager

RICK MADSEN

Director of Ministries

TRISH MICELI

Bookkeeping

RONALD OWEN

Director of Music

LISA ROWLEY

Administrative Assistant

RUSTY TAYLOR

Event Setup

ANDREW AUER

MATTHEW GROSS

RICK MADSEN

MATT RAGSDALE

ANDY WEST

PHIL ELWOOD

DAVID JONES

JASON MAGES

DAVID SUTTON

JIM WALLS

WOMEN IN THE CHURCH BOARD

CAROLYN JACKSON

EDIE LANGSTON

MARY MILLER

ANNIE VALENTINE

CAROL KISTNER

DONNA LOVE

SHERRY SWINDLE

SIMONE YOUMANS

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