Hear God call you to worship through his word:

Call to Worship  |  Call & Response based on 1 John 1:5–7

This is the good news which we proclaim to you.
Jesus Christ is raised from the dead!
Let us walk in the light of his love.
Let us live in the light of his teachings and healing mercies.
Come, let us worship the One Who overcame death.
Let us celebrate the triumph of our Lord. Amen.

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Praise God, from whom all blessings flow
Praise Him, all creatures here below
Praise Him above, ye heavenly host
Praise Father, Son and Holy Ghost.

Amen. 

We come together with one voice, as one people, as God’s people, to confess our known and unknown sin before Him and before each other.

Already sure of his great love and mercy towards us, let us pray together the following words of confession beginning with the words  “Most merciful God”:

Most merciful God, 
we confess that we have sinned against you 
in thought, word, and deed, 
by what we have done, and by what we have left undone. 
We have not loved you with our whole heart; 
we have not loved our neighbors as ourselves. 
We are truly sorry and we humbly repent, 
for the sake of your Son Jesus Christ, 
have mercy on us and forgive us; 
that we may delight in your will, and walk in your ways, 
to the glory of your Name.
Amen.

Hear this assurance of pardon from Paul’s letter to the Colossians, 2:13-14:

When you were dead in trespasses
and the uncircumcision of your flesh,
God made you alive together with Christ,
when he forgave us all our trespasses,
erasing the record that stood against us with its legal demands.
He set this aside, nailing it to the cross.
           —from Colossians 2:13-14, NRSV

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Jesus Appears to Mary Magdalene

¹¹ But Mary stood weeping outside the tomb, and as she wept she stooped to look into the tomb. ¹² And she saw two angels in white, sitting where the body of Jesus had lain, one at the head and one at the feet. ¹³ They said to her, “Woman, why are you weeping?” She said to them, “They have taken away my Lord, and I do not know where they have laid him.” ¹⁴ Having said this, she turned around and saw Jesus standing, but she did not know that it was Jesus.¹⁵ Jesus said to her, “Woman, why are you weeping? Whom are you seeking?”Supposing him to be the gardener, she said to him, “Sir, if you have carried him away, tell me where you have laid him, and I will take him away.” ¹⁶ Jesus said to her, “Mary.” She turned and said to him in Aramaic, “Rabboni!” (which means Teacher). ¹⁷ Jesus said to her, “Do not cling to me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father; but go to my brothers and say to them, ‘I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.’” ¹⁸ Mary Magdalene went and announced to the disciples, “I have seen the Lord”—and that he had said these things to her.

The Easter Story: Mary, Eyewitness of the Resurrection

-John 20:11-18

1. A Mood of Despair vv 11-13
2. A Moment of Recognition vv 14-16
3. A Misunderstanding that Needs Correction vv 17-18

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Our Father in heaven, 
hallowed be your name;
your kingdom come;
your will be done,
on earth as it is in heaven. 
Give us this day our daily bread. 
And forgive us our sins, as we forgive those who have sinned against us.
And lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil. 
For yours is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever.
Amen.

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