Easter Peace be With You!
Christ is Risen! He is Risen, Indeed! Halelujah!
This is the day the Lord has made! Christ is risen, and through him all creation is made new
In today’s gospel the risen Christ appears to the disciples and offers them the gift of peace. Even amid doubts and questions, we experience the resurrection in our Sunday gathering around word and meal, and in our everyday lives. Throughout the coming Sundays of Easter the first two readings will be from the Acts of the Apostles and the first letter of Peter. Even as the early Christians proclaimed the resurrection, we rejoice in the new birth and living hope we receive in baptism.
Jesus said,‘Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, so I send you.’ When he had said this, he breathed on them and said to them, ‘Receive the Holy Spirit.
We are witnesses to God’s peace among us through Jesus. We have a voice to bear witness to what God’s doing here and now, as we’ve seen Jesus. We sing hymns of praise, gather around sacred words, and proclaim God’s faithfulness, power, and love in the feast of holy communion. With the women at the tomb, we are astonished, elated, and grateful. We depart with joy to proclaim the good news of God’s endless love.
Worship Liturgy
GATHERING
Opening Song:: “Thine is the Glory” ELW 376
Easter Greeting: Alleluia, Christ is risen! :: Christ is risen indeed! Alleluia!
Apostolic Greeting
Prayer of the Day
WORD
First Lesson 1 Peter1:3-9
Psalm Psalm 16: 1-2, 10-11
“This Is the Day”
Gospel John 20: 19-31
Sermon, Pastor Netsie
Message Hymn – “You are Mine” ELW 581, vv. 1, 2 & 4 ALL
Prayer of the Faithful
Lord’s Prayer
Peace
SENDING
Final Blessing
“This Is the Day”
Dismissal
Prayer of the Day
Almighty and eternal God, the strength of those who believe and the hope of those who doubt, may we, who have not seen, have faith in you and receive the fullness of Christ’s blessing, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever.
Amen.
Additional Readings
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