* During this song, we will collect the offering. 

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Today we will have program for children from 3-yr-olds to 2nd graders. All are invited forward for a special kids’ moment at the front. 

John 19:41-42 | 41 Now in the place where he was crucified there was a garden, and in the garden a new tomb in which no one had yet been laid. 42 So because of the Jewish day of Preparation, since the tomb was close at hand, they laid Jesus there.

John 20:11-18 | 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.

Risen from the garden tomb, restoring life where death had reigned

I. The Garden Given and Lost
(Genesis 2:8–9, 15; 3:8–9, 17–19)
II. The Garden Failed and Faced
(Isaiah 5:1–7; Matthew 26:36–39; Romans 5:19; Isaiah 53:4–6)
III. The Garden Raised and Restored
(John 19:41–42; 20:11–16; 1 Corinthians 15:20–23; Revelation 22:1–5)