March 31, 2024 Easter

Pastor Derek Bouma

WE GATHER TO WORSHIP OUR GOD
Prelude
Opening Songs: Oh Praise the Name – Anastasis, See What a Morning
Welcome and Call to Worship

Christ is risen! the Lord is risen indeed!
Glory and honour, dominion and power, be to God for ever and ever. Christ is risen! Alleluia!
By his death, we have life. Alleluia, Our God is Good!

Opening Song of Praise: Christ the Lord is Risen Today!
God’s Greeting and Greeting One Another

OUR NEW LIFE IN CHRIST
The lighting of the Christ candle
Celebration of Lord’s Supper
Song of Response: We Will Remember

PRAYERS AND OFFERINGS
Announcements
Offerings
Sunday School Children are dismissed with our blessing
Prayers of the People

WE HEAR GOD’S WORD
Scripture and Text: Mark 16:1-8
Message: “All Part of the Plan”
Song of Response: Low in the Grave He Lay

WE GO OUT TO SERVE 
Testimony of Faith: —based on 1 Corinthians 15:3-7; Colossians 1:15-20

Pastor: This is the good news that we have received, in which we stand, and by which we are saved:
All: Christ died for our sins, was buried, was raised on the third day, and appeared first to the women, then to Peter and the Twelve, and then to many faithful witnesses.
We believe Jesus is the Christ, the Anointed One of God, the firstborn of all creation, the firstborn from the dead, in whom all things hold together, in whom the fullness of God was pleased to dwell by the power of the Spirit.
Christ is the head of the body, the church, and by the blood of the cross reconciles all things to God. Amen.

Closing Song: organ: Alleluia, Alleluia  and Our God is an Awesome God
God’s Blessing to His People
Postlude