Prelude: “Jesus, I Will Ponder Now” by Johann Gottfried Walther (1684-1748), arranged by Steven Scott
Call to Worship, Invocation & Lord’s Prayer
Hymn: “Christ Is Risen, Christ Is Living” Words: Nicolás Martínez, 1960 (Cristo Vive). Translated from Spanish to English by Fred Kaan, 1972. © 1974 Hope Publishing Company. Reprinted with permission under ONE LICENSE #A-729664. All rights reserved. Music: Austria (Haydn) arranged by Franz J. Haydn, 1797, possibly from a Croatian folk tune
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 forevermore.
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 it sting and terror;
Christ the Lord has come to reign.
Death has lost its old dominion;
Let the world rejoice and shout!
Christ, the firstborn 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.
Scripture: John 1:43-51
Sermon: WHY DO YOU BELIEVE? by Rev. Martha Dominy
Prayer
Hymn: “Blessed Assurance” Words: Fanny Crosby, 1873. Music: Phoebe P. Knapp, 1873
Blessèd assurance, Jesus is mine!
O what a foretaste of glory divine!
Heir of salvation, purchase of God,
Born of His Spirit, washed in His blood.
Refrain
This is my story, this is my song,
Praising my Savior, all the day long;
This is my story, this is my song,
Praising my Savior, all the day long.
Perfect submission, perfect delight,
Visions of rapture now burst on my sight;
Angels descending bring from above
Echoes of mercy, whispers of love. Refrain
Perfect submission, all is at rest
I in my Savior am happy and blest,
Watching and waiting, looking above,
Filled with His goodness, lost in His love. Refrain
Benediction
Postlude: “Lord of All Life” by Edward Broughton
Organist: Ms. Marilyn Glover