Worship Service - April 17, 2022 - Easter Sunday

Elkton United Methodist Church

Easter Sunday 

Sunday, April 17, 2022

8:30 a.m. † 11:00 a.m.

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PRELUDE........................... “crown him with many crowns”¹ ......arr. by jason payne

INTROIT......................... “Alleluia, alleluia!  Give thanks”¹ ...............CHANCEL CHOIR

GREETING AND WELCOME

MUSICAL OFFERING... “and can it be that i should gain”¹ ............handbell CHOIR 

**CALL TO WORSHIP

         Leader:   This is a new day!  A day of marvels and miracles!  A day to rejoice in

               what God has done!  Yesterday was filled with too many worries and

               too little faith.
People:  On this Easter morning, we say, “Mary don’t you weep!”
Leader:   This is a new day!  A day of marvels and miracles!  A day to rejoice in

               what God has done!  Yesterday was filled with too many complaints

               and too little affirmation.
People: Today, we say, “Martha, don’t you worry!”
Leader:   This is a new day!  A day of marvels and miracles!  A day to rejoice in

               what God has done!  Yesterday was filled with too many questions and

               too few answers.
All:         This is Easter morning; dry your tears and shout for joy!  Jesus is not

               dead.  He is Alive!  God has conquered death and Jesus has canceled

               sin.  This is, indeed, a new day!  AMEN.

**HYMN #302 (UMH)............................................................. “christ the lord is risen today”

opening PRAYER (IN UNISON) 

Resurrected Savior, this past week has been one of mixed emotions - of faith 

struggling to understand.  We have greeted you with palm branches.  We have 

sat at table with you to share a farewell meal.  We have witnessed your death on 

a simple wooden cross.  Yet on the third day, you come to us again in victory.  By 

this we know that death is not the final word.  As the sun boldly rises to meet a 

new day, rise in our lives this Easter morning, for you are our hope, our life, and 

our joy.  In Christ’s mighty name we pray.  AMEN. 

NEW TESTAMENT LESSON, 1 CORINTHIANS 15:19-26 (PAGE 176)

Leader: This is the Word of God for the people of God.

People: Thanks be to God!

MUSICAL OFFERING......... “alleluia!  christ is risen!”¹ .......................CHANCEL CHOIR

                                                                                             accompanied by handbell choir 

**GOSPEL LESSON, LUKE 24:1-12 (PAGE 90)

Leader: This is the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ.

People: Thanks be to God!

**RESPONSE #322 (UMH)........................................................... “Up from the grave he arose”

SERMON............................. “GOD MOVES out of the tomb”.................. REV. ERIC WARNER

MUSICAL OFFERING............... “thine be the glory!”¹ ......................piano/organ duet

                                                                                         brian willmore & suzette burgess

easter prayer and THE LORD'S PRAYER (IN UNISON)

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.  Amen.

RESPONSE #2215 (TFWS)...................................................................................... “CARES CHORUS”

I cast all my cares upon you, I lay all of my burdens down at your feet, and anytime 

that I don't know what to do, I will cast all my cares upon you.

ANNOUNCEMENTS 

**HYMN #310 (UMH).............................................................................................................. “he lives"

**BENEDICTION

Come out!  Jesus commands, and calls us from our tombs into the brightness of a new day.  

Come out!  Jesus cries, and unbinds us from the chains of our past. Come out!  Jesus calls, 

and entices us into a world filled with grace and possibility.  So, go out into a world that 

needs the love of the people of God.  Go out into a world that needs the hope God gives 

through his grace.  Go out into the world to live as God’s resurrected people!

**CONGREGATIONAL RESPONSE

Bind us together, Lord, bind us together with cords that cannot be broken.

Bind us together, Lord, bind us together, bind us together in love. 

POSTLUDE................................... “Festive trumpet tune”¹...........................david german

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**Indicates the congregation should stand if able

UMH: United Methodist Hymnal (red cover)

TFWS: The Faith We Sing (black cover)

W&S:  Worship & Song (green cover)

¹Public Music performance provided for and reported to CCLI Licensing

Copyright License:  #1824650/Recording License:  CSPL148932