Easter Sunday !
Sunday 20th April 2025

God of glory,
by the raising of your Son
you have broken the chains of death and hell:
fill your Church with faith and hope;
for a new day has dawned
and the way to life stands open
in our Saviour Jesus Christ.
Amen.

 

Christ is risen.
He is risen indeed.
Hallelujah!

 

Hymn  - Jesus Christ is Risen today

Song- See What a Morning

 

Lord Jesus Christ,
today we have come to rejoice with You in Your risen life.
The Spirit bears witness that we are children of God, heirs of eternal life,
and this day we confess You as the way, the truth and the life,
risen from death and leading our worship gloriously in heaven.

Today we confess also that we have no claim on You other than Your love for us.
You died for us to deal with all our sins, which we freely acknowledge before You.
You rose for us that we might know You as Saviour and Lord, and live new lives,
turning our back on sin and pressing forward in Your good purpose for us.
Therefore, we bless You and honour You as our living and reigning Lord.
Amen

Hymn - The Day of Resurrection

Luke 24: 1-12

Jesus has risen

24 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. 2 They found the stone rolled away from the tomb, 3 but when they entered, they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus. 4 While they were wondering about this, suddenly two men in clothes that gleamed like lightning stood beside them. 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? 6 He is not here; he has risen! Remember how he told you, while he was still with you in Galilee: 7 “The Son of Man must be delivered over to the hands of sinners, be crucified and on the third day be raised again.”’ 8 Then they remembered his words.

9 When they came back from the tomb, they told all these things to the Eleven and to all the others. 10 It was Mary Magdalene, Joanna, Mary the mother of James, and the others with them who told this to the apostles. 11 But they did not believe the women, because their words seemed to them like nonsense. 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.

Song - Come People of the Risen King

Video - Alistair Begg, The man in the middle said I could come.

 

Song - Christ is Risen 

  

Song - It was finished on the cross

 

Christ is Risen, and the power of His resurrection fills the world today with new life, hope and expectation and so we bring him all our needs.

Faithful God, we think of your church today celebrating the Resurrection all over the world. Language race and nationalities may be different but our worship and our joy on the Day Of Resurrection make us one in the Gospel  We pray that The Holy Spirit may guide and strengthen us in mission and service praying that day by day we may grow in love for you and for our brothers and sisters in Christ.

Mighty God, we pray for the leaders of the nations of the world that they may give priority to those with greatest need in the distribution of the world’s basic resources. We especially pray on this special day, for peace in the world and for countries where there is war and conflict

We remember today those involved in the fight against terrorism around the world and for all service personnel in active duty around the world.

Father God, at this joyful Eastertide we pray for our families and friends.  We thank you too for the joy of sending and receiving Easter cards and messages of love.  Thank you too for modern communication systems which bring our loved ones so close even when we are separated by great distances.

Creator God, we pray for those who are in need and ask you to look with pity on those who suffer. We pray for the broken hearted, for the sick, for the lonely that your very presence would comfort them in their time of need.
 

Faithful God, as we go out into the world we pray that we may reflect your love in our families, our church and our community; so that the world can witness that we are followers of Christ and draw others into his loving care.
Amen

Hymn - Thine Be The Glory

Now may the God of peace,
who brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, that Great Shepherd of the Sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant,
make you perfect in every good work to do God's will, through Jesus Christ,
to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.