MADISON, SOUTH DAKOTA
Rev. Dirk Hagmaier & Rev. Constanze Hagmaier
EASTER SUNDAY Sunday, April 01, 2018
Please enter the sanctuary in silence and keep prayerful silence until the worship service begins. – Thank you!
GATHERING Nicole Brown
L: Jesus Christ, we greet you! Your hands still have holes in them, your feet are wet from the dew; and with the memory of our names undimmed by three days of death you meet us, risen from the grave. We fail to understand how; we puzzle at the reason why. But you have come: not to answer our questions, but to show us your face.
C: You are alive and the world can rejoice again. Hallelujah! Amen!
OPENING HYMN & VESTING OF THE ALTAR (stand)
“Jesus Christ Is Risen Today” ELW 365
CONFESSION & FORGIVENESS (stand)
L: Blessed be the Holy Trinity, one God, who calls us beloved children, who gathers us into one flock, who guides us into all truth.
C: Amen!
L: Let us confess our sins, trusting that God will forgive us and cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
Silence is kept for reflection
Faithful and just God,
C: we confess that we are captive to doubt and fear, bound by the way that leads to death. We have not loved our sisters and brothers as you have first loved us. Forgive us, God of mercy. Let your Holy Spirit work in us to change our lives and make us new, that we may know the abundant life given in Jesus Christ, our risen Lord. Amen!
L: In this is love, not that we loved God but that God loved us and sent his Son to forgive us our sins. In the name of + Jesus Christ, I announce to you that our sins are forgiven. Let the perfect love of God cast out fear, fill us with joy, and inspire us to live for others.
C: Amen!
SONG OF PRAISE (stand) “He’s Alive” Black 46
PRAYER OF THE DAY (stand) Morgan Briggs
L: Alleluia, Christ is risen!
C: Christ is risen indeed! Alleluia!
L: Let us pray,
C: God of mercy, we no longer look for Jesus among the dead, for he is alive and has become the Lord of life. Increase in our hearts and minds the risen life we share with Christ, and help us to grow as your people toward the fullness of eternal life with you, through Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen!
GOSPEL ACCLAMATION “Sanctuary” Black 137
GOSPEL Mark 16:1-8
When the Sabbath was over, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought spices so that they might go to anoint Jesus’ body. 2 Very early on the first day of the week, just after sunrise, they were on their way to the tomb 3 and they asked each other, “Who will roll the stone away from the entrance of the tomb?”
4 But when they looked up, they saw that the stone, which was very large, had been rolled away. 5 As they entered the tomb, they saw a young man dressed in a white robe sitting on the right side, and they were alarmed.
6 “Don’t be alarmed,” he said. “You are looking for Jesus the Nazarene, who was crucified. He has risen! He is not here. See the place where they laid him. 7 But go, tell his disciples and Peter, ‘He is going ahead of you into Galilee. There you will see him, just as he told you.’”
8 Trembling and bewildered, the women went out and fled from the tomb. They said nothing to anyone because they were afraid.
SERMON
SONG OF THE DAY “I Am The Resurrection And the Life” Black 76
PRAYERS OF INTERCESSION (stand) “The Spirit Intercedes For Us” Black 9
PRAYERS Nicole Brown
SHARING OF THE PEACE (stand) Nicole Brown
L: The peace of the risen Lord be with you!
C: And also with you!
OFFERING/OFFERING SONG “???” Chapel Choir
WORDS OF INSTITUTION (stand)
THE LORD’S PRAYER (stand)
Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name, your kingdom come, your will be done on earth as in heaven. Give us today our daily bread. Forgive us our sins as we forgive those who sin against us. Save us from the time of trial and deliver us from evil. For the kingdom, the power and the glory are yours now and forever. Amen.
DISTRIBUTION/DISTRIBUTION SONGS
“Lord I Lift Your Name on High” Black 60
“Let Us Break Bread Together” Black 54
BLESSING (stand) Cody Brown
L: Almighty God, who raised our Lord Jesus from death, lift you up and restore you to wholeness.
C: Amen.
L: Jesus Christ, the Word of life, bless you and send you to be his witnesses.
C: Amen.
L: God the Holy Spirit, who renews the whole earth, refresh you in the gift of baptism this day and always.
C: Amen.
SENDING SONG “Alleluia! Jesus Is Risen” ELW 377
ANNOUNCEMENTS
DISMISSAL
L: Go in peace. Share the Good News. Alleluia.
C: Thanks be to God. Alleluia.
POSTLUDE “tbd”
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Reprinted from Evangelical Lutheran Worship copyright ©2006 Augsburg Fortress.
Used by permission of Augsburg Fortress License #1643-L.
We wish to thank Mary Hunter for providing us with beautiful music; and everyone who assisted in our worship.
Dirk Hagmaier and Rev. Constanze Hagmaier
Church Office: (605) 256-2771
203 N. Harth Ave, Madison, South Dakota 57042