31B – Easter Day

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CALL TO WORSHIP (from Psalm 118)
Give thanks to the LORD, who alone is good;
whose steadfast love is everlasting! 
Let the gates of righteousness be opened
that I may enter through them and give thanks to the LORD. 
This is the gate of the LORD;
the righteous shall enter through it. 
This is the day that the LORD has made;
let us rejoice and be glad in it. 

Gracious and eternal God,
Let the silent mystery of your Spirit
surround, sustain and excite us.
Transform our gathering to your glory,
and perfect our worship for your praise.
We pray in the name of Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen

PSALM 118:1 ,2, 14-24
Give thanks to the LORD, who alone is good;
whose steadfast love is everlasting! 
The LORD is my strength and my might;
the LORD is my salvation.
Let the gates of righteousness be opened
that I may enter through them and give thanks to the LORD. 
This is the gate of the LORD;
the righteous shall enter through it.
I thank you that you have answered me
and have become my salvation.
The stone that the builders rejected has become the chief cornerstone.
This is the LORD’s doing; it is marvellous in our eyes.
This is the day that the LORD has made;
let us rejoice and be glad in it. 

For use in worship, with acknowledgement. © Jeff Shrowder 2000.


A CREATIVE MOMENT 
Click here for some ideas for worship in Lent and Easter gleaned from the pages of “On the Move” (now out of print) originally published by the Joint Board of Christian Education, Melbourne, Australia.


THE PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE
(A prayer to gather the spoken and silent concerns/joys/thanks expressed by the congregation and lead into a more structured Intercession with connection to the lections for the day. Sometimes this prayer will borrow lightly from other sources e.g. Uniting in Worship 2 or publications of the Iona Community.)
 
Gracious God,
we hear the pain of our world and pray
for all for whom this new day is the beginning of life;
for all who face new ventures and new challenges;
for the people engulfed by loneliness, despair or grief;
for all who feel cast off from your presence;
for all who are walled in by circumstance,
and whose will to live is exhausted;
for all who this day will encounter death.
Loving God of all generations,
on this day of days,
hear the cries of our world,
of those we name in our hearts and on our lips.
and do valiantly with your right hand.
Lord, in your mercy,
hear our prayer. Amen
      (The Prayers of the People continue)


Looking for contemporary music and song resources?
Try David MacGregor’s Together to Celebrate
Or metrical psalms? Try Dale A. Schoening’s Sing the Psalms

HYMN SUGGESTIONS FOR EASTER DAY- YEAR B
 
Alleluia, alleluia, give thanks to the risen Lord TIS 390
Bless the Lord, my soul TIS 706
By your kingly power,O risen Lord TIS 386
Christ is alive, with joy we sing; TIS 393
Come, God’s people, sing for joy TIS 391
Halle, halle, halle, hallelujah TIS 720
I know that my Redeemer TIS 202
Jesus lives! your terrors now TIS 372
Joyful the morning when Jesus is risen TIS 383
Now the green blade rises from the buried grain TIS 382
Praise to the Holiest in the height TIS 141
This joyful Eastertide TIS 381
Yours be the glory TIS 380
Acts 10: 34-43
All who love and serve your city TIS 634
Fold to your heart your sister and your broth TIS 587
Hail! our once despised Jesus TIS 373
My God, accept my heart this day TIS 485
O let the Son of God enfold you TIS 655
O what a gift, what a wonderful gift TIS 278
Psalm 118:1-2,14-24
Come let us with our Lord arise TIS 375
Give thanks for the Lord is good TIS 74
The day of resurrection TIS 361
This is the day the Lord has made TIS 368
1 Corinthians 15:1-11
Christ is risen! Shout hosanna! TIS 394
Christ the Lord is risen today TIS 370
The strife is past, the battle done TIS 367
Mark 16:1-8 OR John 20:1-18
A prophet-woman broke a jar TIS 696
At the dawning of salvation TIS 392
Christ is the world’s light TIS 246
He is risen, he is risen! TIS 379
How sweet the name of Jesus sounds TIS 223
I danced in the morning TIS 242
Jesus Christ is risen today TIS 362
My daughters and sons hear tell TIS 363
Myrrh-bearing Mary from Magdala came TIS 660
Pull back the veil on the dawn of creation TIS 326
The day of resurrection TIS 361

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