1. Note to sound desk operators Leave the black screen. So it will be black (to remain in the dark) - as we enter the church -as all light their candles from the paschal candle

3. Sing choirs of heaven! Let saints and angels sing! Around God's throne exult in harmony! Now Jesus Christ is risen from the grave! Salute your Lord in glorious symphony!

4. Sing choirs of earth! Behold, your light has come! The glory of the Lord shines radiantly! Lift up your hearts, for Christ has conquered death! The night is past; the day of light is here!

5. Sing Church of God! Exalt with joy outpoured! The gospel trumpets tell of victory won! Your saviour lives: he's with you evermore! Let all God's people shout the loud Amen! © CCLI202156

6. We extinguish our candles & listen to the Vigil readings

7. A reading from the book called Genesis Creation

8. A reading from the book called Genesis Noah & the Flood

9. A reading from the book called Genesis The testing of Abraham

10. A reading from the book called Exodus The Israelites pass through the waters

11. A reading from the prophet Isaiah Come to the waters

12. A reading from Paul’s letter to the church in Rome Baptized into Christ

13. Halle, halle, hallelujah! hallelujah! Hal-le-lu-jah! Gospel procession alleluias 3 times © Caribean tradition arr. Terry MacArthur 1949- CCLI 202156

14. The Holy Gospel Sermon

16. Silence for reflection

18. Blessing the Waters The light is passed from the Paschal Candle to the people. Water is poured into the font.

19. The Lord be with you And also with you Let us give thanks to the Lord our God It is right to give our thanks and praise Blessing the Waters Response: Thanks be to God

20. The Lord be with you And also with you Let us give thanks to the Lord our God It is right to give our thanks and praise

21. Baptismal Vows Do you turn to Christ? I do Do you repent of your sins? I do Do you renounce all that is evil? I do

22. The Creed Do you believe in God the Father? I believe in God, the Father almighty, creator of heaven and earth.

23. Do you believe in God the Son? I believe in Jesus Christ, God's only Son, our Lord, who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died and was buried;

24. he descended to the dead. On the third day he rose again; he ascended into heaven, he is seated at the right hand of the Father, and he will come again to judge the living and the dead.

25. Do you believe in God the Holy Spirit? 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

26. Sprinkling with baptismal water Water from the font is sprinkled over the assembly

27. Greeting of Peace Christ is risen. Alleluia! He is risen indeed. Alleluia! The peace of the risen Lord be always with you. And also with you.

29. Now the green blade rises from the buried grain, wheat that in the dark earth many days has lain: love lives again, that with the dead has been: Love has come again, like wheat that springs up green.

30. In the grave they laid him, Love whom hate had slain, thinking that he never would awake again, laid in the earth, like grain that sleeps unseen. Love has come again, like wheat that springs up green.

31. Up he sprang at Easter, like the risen grain, he who for the three days in the grave had lain, raised from the dead my living Lord is seen: Love has come again, like wheat that springs up green.

32. When our hearts are wintry, grieving, or in pain, then your touch can call us back to life again – fields of our hearts that dead and bare have been: Love has come again, like wheat that springs up green. © Words: Permission Oxford University Press Music: John MacLeod Campbell Crum 1872 – 1958 alt CCLI202156

33. The Table Prayer over the Gifts Prayers are offered over the bread, wine and gifts of money and food. After each the people say: Blessed be God forever

34. Eucharistic Prayer The Lord be with you And also with you Lift up your hearts We lift them to the Lord Let us give thanks to the Lord our God It is right to give God thanks and praise

36. Holy, holy, holy Lord, God of power and might, heaven and earth are full of your glory. Hosanna in the highest.  Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord. Hosanna in the highest.

38. Let us proclaim the mystery of faith: Christ has died Christ is risen Christ will come again

40. Blessing and honour and glory and power are yours for ever and ever. Amen

41. Our Father in heaven hallowed be Your name Your kingdom come Your will be done on earth as in heaven. Give us today our daily bread. Forgive us our sins as we forgive those who sin against us, Save us from the time of trial, and deliver us from evil. For the kingdom, the power and the glory are Yours now and forever. Amen

42. As this broken bread was once many grains, which have been gathered together and made one bread: so may Your Church be gathered from the ends of the earth into Your kingdom. Alleluia! Christ our Passover is sacrificed for us. Come, let us celebrate the feast! Alleluia! Breaking of the Bread

44. Holy Communion silence…… John Coburn Tree of Life

45. Prayer after Communion Most loving God You send us into the world You love. Give us grace to go thankfully and with courage in the power of Your Spirit. Amen

46. Thine be the glory, risen conquering Son, endless is the victory thou o’er death has won; angels in bright raiment rolled the stone away, kept the folded grave-clothes, where thy body lay.

47. Thine be the glory risen conquering Son, endless is the victory thou o’er death has won.

48. Lo, Jesus meets us risen from the tomb; lovingly he greets us, scatters fear and gloom; let the church with gladness hymns of triumph sing, for her Lord is living, death has lost its sting.

49. Thine be the glory risen conquering Son, endless is the victory thou o’er death has won.

50. No more we doubt thee, glorious Prince of life; life is nought without thee: aid us in our strife; make us more than conquerors, through thy deathless love: bring us safe through Jordan to thy home above..

51. Thine be the glory risen conquering Son, endless is the victory thou o’er death has won. © Edmond Louis Budry 1854-1932 Tr. Richard Birch Hoyle 1875-1939 alt. CCLI 202156.

52. Blessing

53. Sending out of the People of God Go in peace to love and serve the Lord Alleluia! Alleluia! In the name of Christ. Alleluia!

54. Breakfast follows in the hall….. Resurrection by John Coburn