ST. JOHN LUTHERAN CHURCH
1020 Private Rd. 8012 Giddings, Texas 78942
Easter Sunrise Service
April 12, 2020
Pastor: Rev. Dale Bohm
Home: 512-253-6933 Cell: 979-492-3859
Office: 512-253-6358 E-Mail: stjohnlincoln@yahoo.com
WEB: sites.google.com/site/stjohnlutheranchurchlincoln/
Organist: Calvin Patschke Choir Director: Lois Marburger
WELCOME TO ST. JOHN: We are glad that you are worshiping with us today. We pray that your worship will be blessed and that our fellowship together will be beneficial. If you are a guest we ask you to sign the guest book in the narthex.
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ORDER OF WORSHIP
INVOCATION:
P: In the name of our risen Lord and Savior.
C: Amen.
THE SENTENCES:
P: This is the day which the Lord has made;
C: We will rejoice and be glad in it.
P: HE IS RISEN!
C: The LORD IS RISEN INDEED!
P: Oh sing unto the Lord a new song:
C: For He has done marvelous things.
P: Our Lord Jesus said, “I am the Resurrection and the Life, he who believes in Me, even though he dies, yet shall he live.
C: And whoever lives and believes in Me shall never die.”
PSALMODY: Psalm 118:1-2, 15-17, 24
P: Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good;
C: His love endures forever.
P: Let Israel say:
C: His love endures forever.
P: Shouts of joy and victory resound in the tents of the righteous:
C: The Lord’s right hand has done mighty things.
P: The Lord’s right hand is lifted high;
C: The Lord’s right hand has done mighty things.
P: I will not die but live, and will proclaim what the Lord has done.
C: This is the day that the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it.
P: Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit;
C: As it was in the beginning, is now, and will be forever. Amen.
EASTER NARRATIVE from the Four Gospels
When the Sabbath was over, Mary from Magdala, Mary the mother of James, and Salome brought spices to go and anoint Jesus.
Very early on Sunday morning, there was a great earthquake, for an angel of the Lord came down from heaven, went to the tomb, rolled the stone away, and sat on it. He was as bright as lightening, and his clothes were as white as snow. The guards were so afraid of him that they shook and became like dead men.
While it was still dark, the women went to look at the tomb. They were coming to the tomb very early when the sun had just come up and were bringing the spices which they had prepared. They asked one another, "Who is going to roll away the stone for us from the door of the tomb?" But when they looked up, they saw that the stone had been rolled back, even though it was very large.
HYMN: “Morning Breaks Upon the Tomb” TLH #203
EASTER NARRATIVE from the Four Gospels
So Mary from Magdala ran and came to Simon Peter and the other disciple whom Jesus loved. "They have taken the Lord out of the tomb," she told them, "and we don't know where they laid Him."
But when the other women went in, they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus. While they were troubled about this, suddenly two men stood beside them in clothes that were shining with the brightness of lightening, one, a young man dressed in a white robe, sitting at the right side. The women were terrified, and they bowed their faces to the ground.
HYMN: “Christ the Lord Is Risen Today’ Alleluia!” TLH #191
EASTER NARRATIVE from the Four Gospels
The angel said to the women, "Don't be afraid any longer; I know you are looking for Jesus from Nazareth, who was crucified. Why do you look among the dead for Him who is alive? He is not here. He has risen as He said. Remember what He told you while He was still in Galilee: 'The Son of Man must be handed over to sinful men, be crucified, and rise on the third day.'" They remembered what He had told them. "Come, see the place where He was lying. And go quickly, tell His disciples and Peter: 'He has risen from the dead. To be sure, He is going ahead of you into Galilee. There you will see Him, just as He told you.' Take note that I have told you."
They went out and hurried away from the tomb, because they were trembling and bewildered with fear and great joy. They said nothing to anyone, because they were afraid and ran to tell His disciples.
HYMN: “He Is Arisen! Glorious Word!” TLH #189
EASTER NARRATIVE from the Four Gospels
So Peter and the other disciple started out for the tomb. The two were running side by side, but the other disciple ran faster than Peter and came to the tomb first. He bent over and looked in. He saw the linen wrappings lying there, but he did not go in.
Now Simon Peter arrived after him and went into the tomb. He bent down and saw only the linen cloths lying there, also the cloth that had been on the head of Jesus, not lying with the linen wrappings but rolled up in a place by itself. Then the other disciple, who got to the tomb first, also went in, saw it, and believed. For they did not yet know what the Scripture meant when it said He had to rise from the dead.
So the disciples went home again. But Peter was amazed at what had happened.
HYMN: “Christ the Lord Is Risen Today” TLH #193
EASTER NARRATIVE from the Four Gospels
Mary stood outside, facing the tomb and crying. As she cried, she looked into the tomb and saw two angels in white clothes sitting where the body of Jesus had been lying, one at the head and the other at the feet. They asked her, "Woman, why are you crying?"
She told them, "They have taken my Lord away, and I don't know where they laid Him."
After she said this, she turned around and saw Jesus standing there, but she did not know it was Jesus. Jesus asked her, "Woman, why are you crying? Who is it that you are looking for?"
"Sir," she said to Him, thinking He was the gardener, "if you carried Him away, tell me where you laid Him, and I will take Him away."
Jesus said to her, "Mary!"
She turned. "Rabboni!" she said to Him in Aramaic.
Jesus told her, "Stop holding on to Me, for I have not yet gone up (ascended) to the Father. But go to My brothers and tell them, 'I am going up to My Father and your Father, to My God and your God.'"
Mary from Magdala went and told the disciples, "I saw the Lord," and that He said these things to her.
HYMN: “He’s Risen! He’s Risen! Christ Jesus the Lord” TLH #198
SERMON: “Angel Eyes” Mark 16:1-8
RESPONSIVE PRAYER:
P: O God of Life and Father of our risen Lord and Savior Jesus Christ
C: according to Your abundant grace
P: You have begotten us again unto a new and living hope
C: by the resurrection of Jesus from the dead.
P: You have transformed the night of doubt and sorrow
C: into the new and eternal day of joy and gladness
P: You have brought life and immortality to light
C: by the glad tidings that, CHRIST IS RISEN!
P: For this O Lord
C: We give You thanks
P: You have delivered from the grip of death Your Son,
C: who died for our sins, and raised Him by Your almighty power
P: What You sowed in dishonor and weakness
C: You have raised in power and glory
P: We praise You that through Jesus You removed from us death's sting
C: You have brought us victory over the grave.
P: Fill our hearts with the joy of the resurrection
C: Grant the church and people everywhere the power of an eternal life.
P: Help us to show forth Your praise
C: Bless our homes with Easter’s comfort and hope
P: Send the conquering banner of Christ’s victory into all the world
C: Grant that all nations may join heaven’s host in songs of triumph
P: In the promise of Easter take away all fear of death
C: Let the radiant beams of Easter’s light shine into our souls.
P: Renew in us the Spirit of Him who is the Way, the Truth, and the Life.
C: Speak peace to our souls and maintain our faith in Him who promises resurrection and everlasting life.
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 trespasses as we forgive those who trespass 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 and ever. Amen.
BENEDICTION:
The Lord bless you and keep you
The Lord make His face shine upon you, and be gracious unto you.
The lift up His countenance upon you and give you peace.
HYMN: “The Day of Resurrection” TLH #205
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BIRTHDAYS: Katie Beisert, Melvin Albrecht, Andrew Barnum, Kimberly Jones, Natalee Cherico, Eleen Schulze, Jed Etheredge, Billy Kunkel, Billy Walther, Jennifer Walther
ANNIVERSARY: Jodie and Tricia Kalmbach
INDIVIDUAL or SMALL GROUP COMMUNION IS AVAILABLE FROM PASTOR. Please schedule an appointment with Pastor. We will meet at church.