He Is Risen...Why?

GUEST SPEAKER: Mr. Dan Tracy

ORDER OF WORSHIP

Prelude: Miriam Hector
“Were You There/Crown Him with Many Crowns”
Welcome/Announcements
* Call to Worship: Bring Light to Our Lives
Today is Easter Sunday! The tomb is empty, and we celebrate the good news of the resurrection: Christ, who died for our sins, is risen, and we are raised to new life with him. Our lives are no longer our own, but because we belong to the risen Christ, we live by his Spirit.
Hear these words from 2 Corinthians 5:17-20
Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here! All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation: that God was reconciling the world to himself in Christ, not counting people’s sins against them. And he has committed to us the message of reconciliation. We are therefore Christ’s ambassadors, as though God were making his appeal through us.
The Christ candle is relit.
Responsive Refrain
Alleluia! Christ is risen!
He is risen indeed! Alleluia!
* Song of Worship “Low in the Grave He Lay”
“Christ the Lord Is Risen Today”
* God’s Greeting
* We Greet Each Other
* Prayer of Confession: Affirmation: Jesus, Our Hope
* Assurance of Pardon
* Song of Praise “See, What a Morning”
Congregational Prayer followed by The Lord’s Prayer in unison 

Song of Preparation/Special Music: Bob Hughes: “He’s Alive”

Scripture Reading: Mark 16:1-8

Prayer of Preparation
Message: Mr. Dan Tracy
“He Is Risen…Why?”
* Song of Response
“Christ Is Alive! Let Christians Sing”
* Benediction
* Closing Song: “He Is Lord”
Postlude