Easter Sunrise Service 2022
ORDER OF SERVICE
- WELCOME -
Scripture Reading from Matthew 28:1-10
Matt Nilan Associate Pastor, Community Church of East Gloucester
- WORSHIP & CELEBRATION -
Christ the Lord is Risen Today!
Christ the Lord is risen today, Alleluia!
Sons of men and angels say, Alleluia!
Raise your joys and triumphs high, Alleluia!
Sing, ye heavens, and earth reply, Alleluia!
Lives again our glorious King, Alleluia!
Where, O death, is now thy sting? Alleluia!
Dying once, He all doth save, Alleluia!
Where's thy victory, O grave? Alleluia!
Love's redeeming work is done, Alleluia!
Fought the fight, the battle won, Alleluia!
Death in vain forbids him rise, Alleluia!
Christ has opened paradise, Alleluia!
Soar we now where Christ has led, Alleluia!
Following our exalted Head, Alleluia!
Made like Him, like Him we rise, Alleluia!
Ours the cross, the grave, the skies, Alleluia!
- CONGREGATIONAL READING -
The Apostle’s Creed
I believe in God the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth.
And in Jesus Christ his only Son our Lord; who was conceived by the Holy Spirit,
born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate,
was crucified, dead, and buried; he descended into hell;
the third day he rose again from the dead;
he ascended into heaven, and sits at the right hand of God the Father Almighty;
from thence he shall come to judge the living and the dead.
I believe in the Holy Spirit; the holy catholic Church;
the communion of saints; the forgiveness of sins;
the resurrection of the body; and the life everlasting.
AMEN.
- HOMILY -
Jim Williams - Lead Pastor, Gloucester Assembly of God
Mark 5:1-15
- WORSHIP RESPONSE -
Responsive Reading: “What More Could be Done?”
Leader: Christ is Risen!
Response: He is risen indeed!
Leader: The conqueror, Jesus marches forth. He bursts the bands of death,
He tramples the powers of darkness down, and forever He will live and He will reign, For Christ is risen!
Response: He is risen indeed!
Leader: He has paid our debt, He has taken from death it’s sting.
In Christ we died, in Christ we rose; In His life, we live, In His victory, we triumph, For Christ is risen!
Response: He is risen indeed!
Leader: Once, no shame was deeper than His. No agony more bitter,
No death more cruel. Now, no exaltation is more high, No life more glorious,
No advocate more effective. For Christ is risen!
Response: He is risen indeed!
Leader: What more could be done than what He has done? His death is our life,
His resurrection our peace, His return our hope. For Christ is risen!
Response: Hallelujah! He is risen indeed!
Crown Him With Many Crowns
Crown Him with many crowns, the Lamb upon his throne.
Hark! how the heavenly anthem drowns all music but its own.
Awake, my soul, and sing of Him who died for thee,
and hail Him as thy matchless King
through all eternity.
Crown Him the Lord of love; behold His hands and side,
rich wounds, yet visible above, in beauty glorified;
no angels in the sky can fully bear that sight,
but downward bends their wond’ring eye
at mysteries so bright.
Crown Him the Lord of life, who triumphed o'er the grave,
and rose victorious in the strife for those He came to save;
His glories now we sing who died and rose on high,
who died eternal life to bring,
and lives that death may die.
Crown Him the Lord of Heaven , One with the Father known
One with the Spirit through Him given from yonder glorious throne
To Thee be endless praise, for Thou for us hast died
Be Thou O Lord through endless days
adored and magnified.
Be Thou O Lord through endless days
adored and magnified.
- BENEDICTION -
Jim Williams - Lead Pastor, Gloucester Assembly of God
GIVING
Giving is an act of worship that acknowledges that God is the giver of all we have, and that we are stewards of His resources. We offer our tithes as a concrete act of entrusting all of our lives to Jesus. There are three ways you can give:
IN
PERSON
If you’re joining us in person on a Sunday morning, you can give your gift in the plates at the back of the sanctuary just inside the Chapel Street doors.
ONLINE
You can use our online giving platform by clicking the button below to make a one-time gift or to set up a recurring gift. There is a small fee for making an online transaction.
YOUR
BANK
You can contact your bank and set up an automatic bill pay, which is free in most cases. Many use this option for their regular monthly tithe.
Regardless of you how give, we see giving as one way we can reflect the heart and character of our God, who “so loved the world that He gave…” everything for us (John 3:16).
PRAYER
Submit a Prayer Request: Share with one another the needs, challenges, and joys that you, your family, your neighbors, and your workplaces are going through during this time. Prayer requests can be shared with either our whole church, or just the prayer leadership teams.
Spend Some Time in Prayer: We have collected some prayer requests that have been submitted to us and we have posted them on our community prayer wall. This morning, we invite you to pray for those needs posted there, and we also invite you pray over what was shared or discovered in the Going Deeper questions above.
Share a Photo or Video: Here you have an opportunity to post a video, photo, or selfie from different groups and families to share with one another. Take a selfie with Worship Online in the background! Hold up signs! Express your gratitude and celebrate being a part of Community Church!