A blessed Easter to you! Here are the resources you need for this Sunday. Please feel free to choose what is suitable for your congregation’s needs. You will notice that the orders of service are available in different formats: choose the “pdf” format if you want something that is ready to print and photocopy, the “doc” or “rtf” format if you wish to change the formatting yourself or the “ppt” format if you use PowerPoint.
- Altar colour: White
- Bible readings:
FIRST READING Acts 10:34-43 Summary of Jesus’ life and ministry
OR Isaiah 25:6-9 God will prepare a banquet
PSALM Psalm 118: 1,2,14-24*For musical settings of this Psalm, please see the song suggestions below*
SECOND READING 1 Corinthians 15:1-11 The good news of Christ’s resurrection
OR (if not used as the first reading) Acts 10:34-43 Summary of Jesus’ life and ministry
GOSPEL John 20:1-18 Mary finds the tomb empty and Jesus appears to her
OR Mark 16:1-8 Christ has risen! - Sermons:
Lay-readers please note: the linked sermons have not been edited for general use. As part of your preparations, keep in mind that they have been written for specific people in a specific context, and for this reason the issues they address or the examples they use may not be entirely suitable for people in your congregation. If you feel this is the case, you may need to make minor adjustments or find another sermon
Based on gospel of Mark: edited for lay reading sermon – mark 16 1-8 – year b – easter day
Based on gospel of John: Pr Mark Greenthaner ; Pr David Christian
- Orders of service:
Sunday Word & Prayer- Easter Day B ( pdf / doc / ppt )
Service of the Word (pdf / rtf / ppt)
Morning Praise (pdf / rtf / ppt)
Service without communion (pdf / doc / ppt) - Prayer of the Day (Collect): Choose one of the following
For a dawn service
Traditional
O God,
since you gave your only Son, Jesus Christ,
to suffer death upon the cross
for our redemption,
and to deliver us from the power of the enemy
by his glorious resurrection:
Grant us so to die daily to sin,
so that we may live forever with him
who died and rose again for us,
and who lives and reigns
with you and the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.
Amen.OR, modernised traditional
O God,
you gave your only Son, Jesus Christ,
to redeem us by dying on the cross,
and to rescue us from the power of the enemy
by rising from the dead.
With each new day,
put to death everything that is sinful in us,
so that we may live forever with him
who died and rose again for us,
and who lives and reigns
with you and the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.
Amen.For the main service of the day
Traditional
Almighty God,
since you have overcome sin and death
by the death of your Son,
and have restored innocence and eternal life
by his resurrection,
so that we may be delivered from the power of the devil
and live in your kingdom:
Grant that we may confidently believe this
and always praise you with our whole heart;
through your Son,
Jesus Christ our Lord,
who lives and reigns
with you and the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and forever.
Amen.OR, modernised traditional
Almighty God,
you have overcome sin and death
through the death of your Son,
and have brought forgiveness and eternal life
through his resurrection.
Help us confidently to believe this
and always praise you with our whole heart.
We ask this through your Son,
Jesus Christ our Lord,
who lives and reigns
with you and the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and forever.
Amen.
OR, another traditional
Almighty God,
you have overcome death
through your Son Jesus Christ,
and have opened for us
the gate to eternal life.
As you give us good desires,
help us continually
to bring them to good effect.
We ask this through your Son,
Jesus Christ our Lord,
who lives and reigns
with you and the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and forever.
Amen.OR, new (revised alternative)
(Let us pray that we rejoice in Christ’s victory. [silence])
Everliving God,
we thank you that you have overcome
the old powers of sin and death
through the mighty resurrection of your Son,
and have made all things new in him.
Make us dead to sin and alive to you in Jesus Christ.
For he lives and reigns
with you and the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and forever.
Amen.
- Prayer of the Church/ General Prayer: Prayer of the Church- Easter Day B , Prayer of the Church- Easter Day (sung)
- Offering Prayer:
Everliving God,
let the resurrection of your Son
fill us with hope and joy.
May our lives and our gifts
help to bring your new life to others.
Amen. - Visual images for the day: His Word in Pictures
- Song/Hymn suggestions: * = Modernised version available (please click here to download the text file) ;G3, G4 . . . = Guitar chords available in the Music Package 3, 4 . . .; GS = Guitar chords in the Supplement to LH
First reading (a):Acts 10:34-43
LHS
16 Hail to the Lord’s Anointed G6 (vv 1,2,4,5)
90 Christ the Lord is risen again G8
232 Rise, Thou light of gentile nations* G4
761 Christ is alive! Let Christians sing G3
791 O love how deep, how broad, how high G5
AT
61 Hallelujah my Father
125 Man more than man
133 When Jesus came to earth from heaven
227 Allelu!
TIS
194 O love how deep, how broad, how high
275 Hail to the Lord’s anointed
355 Man more than man
365 Christ the Lord is risen again
383 Joyful the morning when Jesus is risen!
387 Christ is alive ! Let Christians singFirst reading (b): Isaiah 25:6-9
LHS
834 At the Lamb’s high feast we sing G3
841 O welcome, all you noble saints of old GS
842 Praise the Lord, rise up rejoicing G3
847 The Lamb’s high banquet called to share (tune 227) G5
AT
77 O welcome all ye noble saints of old
TIS
516 Here, gracious Lord, we see you face to face (holy communion)
529 By your priestly power, O risen Lord (holy communion)
545 Shout for joy! the Lord has let us feast (holy communion)
Second reading (a): 1 Corinthians 15 : 1-11
LHS
90 Christ the Lord is risen again G8
170 Chief of sinners though I be* G5
762 Make songs of joy to Christ G8
769 With high delight let us unite G7
791 O love how deep, how broad, how high G5
AT
61 Hallelujah, my Father
133 When Jesus came to earth from heaven
171 Dying you destroyed our death
277 Allelu!
455 All this I believe
TIS
185 We praise you God, Creator Lord (v 1-4)
189 Glory to our boundless God (v 2 as prayer response)
194 O love how deep, how broad, how high
225 My heart and voice I raise
245 We have a gospel to proclaim
260 He walked on earth, showing glimpses of heaven
365 Christ trhe Lord is risen againSecond reading (b): Acts 10:34-43
As for first reading (a) aboveGospel (a): John 20:1-18
LHS
From the Easter sections, especially the following:
88 Jesus Christ is risen today G5
89 Christ Jesus lay in death’s strong bands* G5
90 Christ the Lord is risen again G8
91 Christ the Lord is risen today G4
92 Christ the Lord is risen today G in STJ (alt tune 88, add alleluias, G5)
96 Ere yet the dawn has filled the skies G8
97 The strife is o’er G5
101 Jesus lives! thy terrors now * G5
105 Good Christian men, rejoice and sing * G5
479 Jesus, my Redeemer, lives * G5
764 Now the green blade rises GS
766 The Son is up GS
768 We welcome glad Easter GS
770 Yours is the glory G6
AT
15 Love has come again
26 He is Lord
160 Resurrection shout
179 Come let us eat
263 Singing all praises (v 3)
312 Celebrate
346 Jesus is alive today
437 I have seen the Lord
531 How the world was won
544 Christ is risen from the dead
545 Easter Alleluia
556 Singing Hallelujah!
TIS
361 The day of resurrection
362 Jesus Christ is risen today
364 Christ Jesus lay in death’s strong bands
365 Christ the Lord is risen again
366 Jesus, my Redeemer, lives
367 The strife is past, the battle done
368 This is the day the Lord has made
370 Christ the Lord is risen today
372 Jesus lives! your terrors now
375 Come let us with the Lord arise
379 He is risen, he is risen!
380 Yours be the glory
382 Now the green blade rises
388 Easter glory fills the sky (vv 1-4,7,8)
391 Come God’s people, sing for joy (baptism)
660 Myrrh-bearing MaryGospel(b): Mark 18:1-8
As for Gospel (a) plus:
LHS
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AT
445 Roll the rock (v 1)
TIS
363 My daughters and my sons hear tell (vv 1,2,3)PSALM 118:1,2,14-24
TIS 74, Give thanks to the Lord for he is good, is a version of Psalm 118:1-2,16-17,22-23,24.
OR
Use the energetic ‘Psallite Deo/This is the day the Lord has made’ in Music from Taize, Volume II, page 51. A strong cantor is required for this.
OR
ATN 2 is a paraphrase of Psalm 118:24 and may be used for the psalm.
OR
The following paraphrase of Psalm 118 by David Schütz may be sung to the tune ‘St Denio’ (LHS 768, TIS 143). If reproducing this version, please put ‘Words (c) David Schütz’ at the beginning or the end of the psalm.verses 1-2,14
Give thanks to the Lord, for his goodness and love.
‘His love is forever’, let Israel say:
The Lord is my strength, my salvation and might,
the homes of the righteous are filled with glad songs.verses 15-16
‘How bold and how brave is the power of the Lord;
so high and exalted, the power of the Lord!
The power of the Lord has brought vict’ry to us!
So mighty in battle, so steadfast in love!’verse 17-18
So I shall not die – no, I’m sure I will live
to tell of the Lord and the things he has done.
And, though I was punished, because of my sin,
he did not forsake me or leave me to die.verses 19-21
So open the door of the temple to me,
and let me go in to give thanks to the Lord.
The righteous shall enter the door of the Lord.
‘My saving God, thank you for hearing my prayer.’verses 22-24
The stone that the buiders rejected is now
the chief cornerstone of the temple of God.
The Lord God has done this, a marvellous sight,
The Lord made this day, let’s rejoice and be glad.
Music Resources Vol. 3- Psalm settings : Psalm 118 p197 , Psalm 118 p198 , Psalm 118 p200
