Blessings
Easter Sunday
April 5th, 2026
“The Gifts of Lent”
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Prelude: "Because He Lives"
Call to Worship and Prayer
Hymn, “Christ The Lord Has Risen Today”
Offering and Doxology
Hymn, “Crown Him With Many Crowns”
Praise and Prayers
Responsive Scripture, Luke 24:1-12
Leader: 1 On the first day of the week, very early in the morning,
the women took the spices they had prepared and went to the tomb.
All: 2 They found the stone rolled away from the tomb,
Leader: 3 but when they entered, they did not find the body of the
Lord Jesus.
All: 4 While they were wondering about this, suddenly two men
in clothes that gleamed like lightning stood beside them.
Leader: 5 In their fright the women bowed down with their faces to
the ground, but the men said to them, “Why do you look for the living among the dead?
All: 6 He is not here; he has risen! Remember how he told you, while he was still with you in Galilee:
Leader: 7 ‘The Son of Man must be delivered over to the hands of
sinners, be crucified and on the third day be raised again.’ ”
All: 8 Then they remembered his words.
Leader: 9 When they came back from the tomb, they told all these
things to the Eleven and to all the others.
All: 10 It was Mary Magdalene, Joanna, Mary the mother of
James, and the others with them who told this to the apostles.
Leader: 11 But they did not believe the women, because their words
seemed to them like nonsense.
All: 12 Peter, however, got up and ran to the tomb. Bending over, he saw the strips of linen lying by themselves, and he went away, wondering to himself what had happened.
Hymn, “And Can It Be”
Special Music
“He’s Alive” by Don Francisco
Sermon: “An Unbelievable Report”
Hymn, “The Love Of God”
Drama
Prayers
Mary Sherwood, sign book and sing, Lynn Handy, Mike Shipley, Rockport, Barb Handy, caretaker, Don Shipley, Ellie Warren,
Davie Warren, Lucy Roth, Beth’s friend, Zoe Hillier, Kaden Frye,
The family of Speck Hendrickson, The family of Sid in Malvern
Praises
Nancy Newlon hosts Wednesday Bible Study on April 8th
Lueth’s April trip to Las Vegas to see The Wizard of Oz,
excellent Riverton breakfast
Church breakfasts earnings: $1,068.00 Quilt Square raffle earnings: $1,217.00
Dates to remember:
April 8th, Bible Study at Nancy Newlon’s home
April 19th, Church Board meeting after the service
April 29th Pastor Donna hosts a Ladies Tea at home in Malvern
May 9th, Saturday, Mother’s Day Tea with children, at the church
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Sharing photos from Palm Sunday Breakfast....
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Old churches must not simply stand as monuments to the past but as spiritual grandparents that have invested in the future by passing on their life to others and releasing their offspring to form new congregations. ~ unknown
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Percy's Tidbit
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