Prelude: “Morning in the Garden” by Roger C. Wilson
Welcome and Announcements: Andrew Nowak
Call to Worship and Invocation
Praise and Worship with Chandru, Sugantha, Danny, and Rachel
Hymn: “Worship Christ, the Risen King”
Verse 1
Rise, O Church and lift your voices;
Christ has conquered death and hell.
Sing as all the earth rejoices;
Resurrection anthems swell.
Come and worship, come and worship,
Worship Christ, the Risen King!
Verse 2
See the tomb where death had laid Him
Empty now, its mouth declares
“Death and I could not contain Him,
For the throne of life He shares.”
Come and worship, come and worship,
Worship Christ, the Risen King!
Verse 3
Hear the earth protest and tremble;
See the stone removed with pow’r.
All hell’s minions may assemble,
But cannot withstand His hour.
He has conquered, He has conquered,
Christ the Lord, the Risen King!
Verse 4
Doubt may lift its head to murmur,
Scoffers mock and sinners jeer;
But the truth proclaims a wonder
Thoughtful hearts receive with cheer.
He is risen, He is risen;
Now receive the Risen King!
Verse 5
We acclaim Your life, O Jesus;
Now we sing Your victory.
Sin or hell may seek to seize us,
But Your conquest keeps us free.
Stand in triumph, stand in triumph;
Worship Christ, the Risen King!
Moments of Prayer
Worship Through Giving
Offertory Anthem: “Come, Christians, Join to Sing: a Spanish Hymn tune, with words by Christian Henry Bateman, arranged by Stan Pethel
Choir Director: Richard Freeman
Scripture: Acts 1:4-26
Sermon: “In the Time of Waiting” by Melinda Parry
Hymn: “Christ Is risen, Christ is Living”
Christ is risen, Christ is living,
Dry your tears; be unafraid.
Death and darkness could not hold him,
Nor the tomb in which he lay.
Do not look among the dead for
One who lives for evermore.
tell the world that Christ is risen;
Make it known He goes before.
If the Lord had never risen,
We’d have nothing to believe.
But His promise can be trusted:
“You will live, because I live.”
As we share the death of Adam,
So in Christ we live again.
Death has lost its sting and terror;
Christ the Lord has come to reign.
Death has lost its old dominion;
Let the world rejoice and shout!
Christ, the first-born of the living,
Gives us life and leads us out.
Let us thank our God who causes
Hope to spring up from the ground.
Christ is risen, Christ is giving
Life eternal, life profound
Benediction
Postlude: “Postlude” by Julius Andre
Organist: Marilyn Glover
We welcome our guest preacher, Melinda A. Parry. Melinda is currently the Administrative Assistant of Massachusetts Baptist Multicultural Ministries, Inc. She also is moderator and youth leader at First Baptist Church of Wakefield, MA.