The Resurrection of Our Lord

THE RESURRECTION OF OUR LORD

First Lutheran Church Spirit Lake, Idaho April 5, 2015

First Lutheran Church The Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod Spirit Lake, Idaho http://www.firstlutheranspiritlake.org Pastor: Ed Pace (509)570-4394 [email protected] Organist: Todd Pendleton

Sunday School &Bible Study 9:00 AM; Worship Service 10:00 AM THE RESURRECTION OF OUR LORD

First, Primary, Utmost Importance

April 5, 2015

Today we have the privilege of celebrating Holy Communion.

The Bible teaches us the real presence of Christ’s body and blood as we receive the Lord’s Supper. We welcome believers to the Lord’s Table who have examined themselves and are prepared for the Lord’s Supper who:

Repent of their sins, wanting to turn away from them. Believe in Jesus as their personal Savior for full forgiveness of all their sins and in the presence of His body and blood in the bread and wine. Intend to grow, by the power of the Holy Spirit, in a more committed life with Jesus and His Church.

If you have any doubts or reservations or need clarification, please consult with the Elder on duty. You may ask an usher to identify the Elder.

♪♪♪ Welcome

2 As We Gather

(Stand) Jesus Christ Is Risen Today LSB 457

Public domain Easter Proclamation A He is risen! C He is risen indeed! A He is risen! Men: He is risen indeed! A He is risen! Women: He is risen indeed! A He is risen! Lectern Side: He is risen indeed! A He is risen! Pulpit Side: He is risen indeed! 3 A He is risen! C He is risen indeed! Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia! Invocation P In the name of the Father, who created our bodies; in the name of the Son, who by His blood redeemed our bodies; in the name of the Holy Spirit, who by Holy Baptism sanctified our bodies to be His temple; keep us to the day of the resurrection of all flesh. C Amen. Opening Sentences Isaiah 25:8 A He will swallow up death forever; C and the Lord God will wipe away tears from all faces, A and the reproach of His people He will take away from all the earth, C for the Lord has spoken. Confession and Absolution P Confession has two parts. C First, that we confess our sins, and second, that we receive absolution, that is, forgiveness, from the pastor as from God Himself, not doubting, but firmly believing that by it our sins are forgiven before God in heaven. P Let us confess our sins to God our Father. C O Lord, our God, we confess that we are by nature sinful and unclean. Our thoughts, words, and actions have not reflected that You are of first importance in our lives. We have not kept Your command to love You and love our neighbor. Merciful Lord, we humbly ask that for the sake of Your Son, our risen Savior, have mercy on us, so that we may delight in Your will and walk in Your ways to the glory of Your holy name. Amen. P “The Lord is my strength and my song, and He has become my salvation.” Almighty God in His mercy has given His Son to die for you and for His sake forgives you all your sins. As a called and ordained servant of the Word, I announce the grace of God to all of you, and in the stead and by the command of my Lord Jesus Christ, I forgive you all your sins in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. C Amen. He's Risen, He's Risen LSB 480

4 © 1941 Concordia Publishing House. Used by permission: LSB Hymn License .NET, no. 100011102. Public domain T Service of the Word T Introit Ex. 15:2a, 6, 13, 17–18; antiphon: Ex. 15:1b A I will sing to the LORD, for he has triumphed gloriously; C the horse and his rider he has thrown into the sea. A The LORD is my strength and my song, C and he has become my salvation; A Your right hand, O LORD, glorious in power, C your right hand, O LORD, shatters the enemy. A You have led in your steadfast love the people whom you have redeemed; C you have guided them by your strength to your holy abode. A You will bring them in and plant them on your own mountain, C the place, O LORD, which you have made for your abode, A the sanctuary, O Lord, which your hands have established. C The LORD will reign forever and ever. A 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. A I will sing to the LORD, for he has triumphed gloriously; C the horse and his rider he has thrown into the sea. Kyrie (Sing) LSB 152 A In peace let us pray to the Lord. C Lord, have mercy.

5 A For the peace from above and for our salvation let us pray to the Lord. C Lord, have mercy. A For the peace of the whole world, for the well-being of the Church of God, and for the unity of all let us pray to the Lord. C Lord, have mercy. A For this holy house and for all who offer here their worship and praise let us pray to the Lord. C Lord, have mercy. A Help, save, comfort, and defend us, gracious Lord. C Amen. Hymn of Praise “Now All the Vault of Heaven Resounds” LSB 465

A Let us pray. Almighty God the Father, through Your only-begotten Son, Jesus Christ, You have overcome death and opened the gate of everlasting life to us. Grant that we, who celebrate with joy the day of our Lord’s resurrection, may be raised from the death of sin by Your life-giving Spirit; through Jesus Christ, our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever.

(Sit) Old Testament Reading Isaiah 25:6–9 (Rejoicing in the Lord’s salvation) On this mountain the LORD of hosts will make for all peoples a feast of rich food, a feast of well-aged wine, of rich food full of marrow, of aged wine well refined. And he will swallow up on this mountain the covering that is cast over all peoples, the veil that is spread over all nations. He will swallow up death forever; and the Lord GOD will wipe away tears from all faces, and the reproach of his people he will take away from all the earth, for the LORD has spoken. It will be said on that day, “Behold, this is our God; we have waited for him, that he might save us. This is the LORD; we have waited for him; let us be glad and rejoice in his salvation.” L This is the Word of the Lord. C Thanks be to God. Gradual adapt. from Matt. 28:7; Heb. 2:7; Ps. 8:6 L Christ has risen from the dead. C [God the Father] has crowned him with glory and honor, L He has given him dominion over the works of his hands; C he has put all things under his feet.

Epistle 1 Corinthians 15:1–11 (“And if Christ has not been raised, then our preaching is in vain.”) Now I would remind you, brothers, of the gospel I preached to you, which you received, in which you stand, and by which you are being saved, if you hold fast to the word I preached to you—unless you believed in vain. For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received: that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the 7 Scriptures, that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day in accordance with the Scriptures, and that he appeared to Cephas, then to the twelve. Then he appeared to more than five hundred brothers at one time, most of whom are still alive, though some have fallen asleep. Then he appeared to James, then to all the apostles. Last of all, as to one untimely born, he appeared also to me. For I am the least of the apostles, unworthy to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God. But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace toward me was not in vain. On the contrary, I worked harder than any of them, though it was not I, but the grace of God that is with me. Whether then it was I or they, so we preach and so you believed. L This is the Word of the Lord. C Thanks be to God. (Stand) Alleluia, Alleluia! Hearts to Heaven LSB 477

Holy Gospel Mark 16:1–8 (Jesus is risen!) A The Holy Gospel according to St. Mark, the sixteenth chapter.

8 When the Sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of James and Salome bought spices, so that they might go and anoint him. And very early on the first day of the week, when the sun had risen, they went to the tomb. And they were saying to one another, “Who will roll away the stone for us from the entrance of the tomb?” And looking up, they saw that the stone had been rolled back—it was very large. And entering the tomb, they saw a young man sitting on the right side, dressed in a white robe, and they were alarmed. And he said to them, “Do not be alarmed. You seek Jesus of Nazareth, who was crucified. He has risen; he is not here. See the place where they laid him. But go, tell his disciples and Peter that he is going before you to Galilee. There you will see him, just as he told you.” And they went out and fled from the tomb, for trembling and astonishment had seized them, and they said nothing to anyone, for they were afraid. A This is the Gospel of the Lord.

Alleluia, Alleluia! Hearts to Heaven LSB 477

(Sit) Alleluia! Jesus Is Risen ` LSB 474

9 © 1995 Augsburg Fortress. Used by permission: LSB Hymn License .NET, no. 100011102. Sermon (Stand) ♪♪♪ Apostles' Creed C I believe in God, the Father Almighty, maker of heaven and earth. And in Jesus Christ, His only Son, our Lord, who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died and was buried. He descended into hell. The third day He rose again from the dead. He ascended into heaven and sits at the right hand of God the Father Almighty. From thence He will come to judge the living and the dead. I believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy Christian Church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and the life T everlasting. Amen. Prayer of the Church / Litany of the Resurrection A O Lord, C have mercy. A O Christ, 10 C have mercy. A O Lord, C have mercy. A Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, C hear us. A Paschal Lamb, who was offered for us and has taken away the sin of the world, C have mercy on us. A Who was crucified for our transgressions and raised for our justification, C have mercy on us. A Who foretold Your Passion, saying, “The Son of Man must be crucified and on the third day rise again,” C have mercy on us. A Who destroyed death by dying, and by rising to life again brought life and immortality to light, C have mercy on us. A Whose resurrection was first announced to the women by an angel, C have mercy on us. A Who appeared to Mary Magdalene and was worshiped by her, C have mercy on us. A Who revealed Yourself to the two disciples on the Emmaus road and made Yourself known to them in the Scriptures and in the breaking of the bread, C have mercy on us. A Who appeared to the disciples, bestowing on them Your peace and Your Spirit, C have mercy on us. A Who showed Your wounded hands and side to the apostle Thomas that he, too, might believe, C have mercy on us. A Who appeared to seven disciples on the Sea of Tiberias, bringing a miraculous catch of fish, C have mercy on us. A Who appeared to Peter and to the Twelve, to over five hundred disciples, to James and to all the apostles, and to Paul on the Damascus road, C have mercy on us. A Who commissioned Your Church to make disciples of all nations by baptizing and teaching them, C have mercy on us. 11 A By Your glorious resurrection from the dead, C good Lord, deliver us. A By Your victory over sin and death, C good Lord, deliver us. A By the majesty of Your risen body, C good Lord, deliver us. A We poor sinners implore You C to hear us, Lord Jesus. A That we may daily die and rise with You in our Baptism and walk in the freedom of Your forgiveness, C grant us, good Lord. A That we may set our minds on things above and not on earthly things, serving others as we have been served by You, C grant us, good Lord. A That we may dwell with You forever in the new creation as citizens of the heavenly Jerusalem, together with all the saints, C grant us, good Lord. A O Lord, C have mercy. A O Christ, C have mercy. A O Lord, C have mercy. Alleluia. Amen.

(Sit) Offering Children’s Message

(Stand) Offertory Hymn “Thanks to Thee, O Christ, Victorious” LSB 548

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T Service of the Sacrament T Preface LSB 160

13 A It is truly good, right, and salutary that we should at all times and in all places give thanks to You, holy Lord, almighty Father, everlasting God. And most especially are we bound to praise You on this day for the glorious resurrection of Your Son, Jesus Christ, the very Paschal Lamb, who was sacrificed for us and bore the sins of the world. By His dying He has destroyed death, and by His rising again He has restored to us everlasting life. Therefore with Mary Magdalene, Peter and John, and with all the witnesses of the resurrection, with angels and archangels, and with all the company of heaven we laud and magnify Your glorious name, evermore praising You and singing: Sanctus LSB 161

Prayer of Thanksgiving A Blessed are You, Lord of heaven and earth, for You have had mercy on those whom You created and sent Your only-begotten Son into our flesh to bear our sin and be our Savior. With repentant joy we receive the salvation accomplished for us by the all-availing sacrifice of His body and His blood on the cross. Gathered in the name and the remembrance of Jesus, we beg You, O Lord, to forgive, renew, and strengthen us with Your Word and Spirit. Grant us faithfully to eat His body and drink His blood as He bids us do in His own testament. Gather us together, we pray, from the ends of the earth to celebrate with all the faithful the

14 marriage feast of the Lamb in His kingdom, which has no end. Graciously receive our prayers; deliver and preserve us. To You alone, O Father, be all glory, honor, and worship, with the Son and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. C Amen. The Words of Our Lord Proclamation of Christ A As often as we eat this bread and drink this cup, we proclaim the Lord’s death until He comes. C Amen. Come, Lord Jesus. A O Lord Jesus Christ, only Son of the Father, in giving us Your body and blood to eat and to drink, You lead us to remember and confess Your holy cross and passion, Your blessed death, Your rest in the tomb, Your resurrection from the dead, Your ascension into heaven, and Your coming for the final judgment. So remember us in Your kingdom and teach us to pray: ♪♪♪ Lord's Prayer Pax Domini LSB 163

Agnus Dei LSB 163

15 (Sit) Distribution (Stand) Post-Communion Canticle “Thank the Lord”

Post-Communion Collect A Let us pray. We give thanks to You, almighty God, that You have refreshed us through this salutary gift, and we implore You that of Your mercy You would strengthen us through the same in faith toward You and fervent love toward one another; through Jesus Christ, Your Son, our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. C Amen. Benediction A Alleluia! Christ is risen! C He is risen indeed! Alleluia! A Let us go forth rejoicing, in the name of the Lord. C Amen. A The Lord bless us and keep us. The Lord make His face shine on us and be gracious to us. The Lord look upon us with favor and T give us peace.

16 C Amen. Good Christian Friends, Rejoice and Sing LSB 475

© 1958, renewed 1986 Hymns Ancient and Modern Ltd.; admin. Hope Publishing Co. Used by permission: LSB Hymn License .NET, no. 100011102. Public domain (Sit) Announcements Dismissal A Go and serve the Lord. C Thanks be to God.