Prelude

Hymn of Praise: “Jesus Christ is Risen Today” - HS 278
OR Ministry of Music: “Alleluia, Praise!”

Luigi Cerubini, Hope Publishing Company, Carol Stream, Illinois

Welcome and Responsive Reading:

Leader: Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good.

People: We come singing songs of praise and thanksgiving.

Leader: For he has become our salvation.

People: We come with songs of Christ’s victory over death and the grave.

Leader: The stone that the builders rejected has become the chief cornerstone.

People: This is the Lord’s doing; it is marvelous in our eyes.

Leader: This is the day the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it.

All: Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia. Amen.

— Based on Psalm 118

*Hymn: “Lord, I Lift Your Name on High”-  NS 33
OR “Jesus Christ Is Risen Today” - HS 278

*Invocation

*Response

Focus Moment

Select intergenerational participants to place symbols of Holy Week around the cross as each scripture is read.

Triumphal Entry into Jerusalem: palm branch

Matthew 21: 8-11

The Last Supper: loaf of bread, cup of wine

I Corinthians 11:23-26

Gethsemane: Praying Hands statue or picture

Matthew 26:36-39

Golgotha: large nails

John 19:17-18

The Tomb: White Cloth

John 20:11-13

The Risen Savior: Easter lily

John 20: 14-18

Easter Message

Disciples’ Generous Response

Reflection: "We Pray This Day"

Kneeling in Jerusalem, Ann Weems (Louisville, Kentucky: Westminster John Knox Press, 1992), 33. ISBN 0-6642-1972-1

Doctrine and Covenants 153:9a, b

Receiving and Blessing of Mission Tithes

*Hymn: “Lift High the Cross” - HS 263
OR “Tell It! Tell It Out with Gladness” - HS 470

*Benediction and Sending Forth

As God sent Jesus to be our salvation, so now you are sent out into the world to tell others, “I have seen the Lord.” Go from here blessed with joy and with hope for a peaceable kingdom. Step out in faith to proclaim the good news that Christ is risen. He is risen indeed! Alleluia! Amen.

*Response