GATHERING Choral Prelude & Multilingual Exsultet/Easter Proclamation Hymn: VU 155 “Jesus Christ Is Risen Today” Welcome, Announcements & Territorial Acknowledgement Opening Prayer Hymn: VU 176 “Who Is There on This Easter Morning?” WORD  John 20:1-18 Musical Offering John 21:1-13 Sermon: Ralph Carl Wushke Prayers of the People   TABLE Invitation & Peace Presentation Hymn: VU 468 “Let Us Talents and Tongues Employ” GOING FORTH  Blessing of the Graduands Hymn: VU 420“Go to the World” Blessing & Sending Forth Choral Postlude: El cielo canta alegria! 

Choral Prelude: TST Choir “Although I speak with angel's tongue” GATHERING Choral Prelude: TST Choir “Although I speak with angel's tongue”  Newfoundland Folk Melody, arr. Peter Merrick Multilingual Easter Proclamation

Multilingual Exsultet/Easter Proclamation based on an ancient prayer from the 4th century sung before The lighting of the Pascal Candle Christ is Risen! Christ is Risen, indeed! Hallelujah!

in Arabic Let the whole earth rejoice! Let us rejoice in the shining splendor of Christ’s incredible love for us all! Christ is victorious! Darkness is no more! Let this place resound with joy, let us sing the song of all God’s people!

Response

in Spanish Together we join our hearts and minds and voices to praise the unseen God, the Ancient One who holds all things in balance. Together, we praise Jesus Christ, the visible symbol of God’s forgiving love and compassion for us all. Together, we praise the Holy Spirit, who works in us, and through us, encircling all creation.

Response

in German Today we celebrate that Jesus Christ freed us from the fear of death, through his resurrection from the grave! Today we are freed from all guilt, freed from our broken lives freed for the work of healing our broken world. Today, we are given new life and new hope!

Response

in Korean Therefore, Ever-living God, be present with us now and shine your light upon us. May your light and your love dispel the darkness of our world. Through Christ’s resurrection, may the fire of your love forever burn in our hearts!

Response

Hymn: VU 155 “Jesus Christ Is Risen Today”

Welcome & Announcements Territorial Acknowledgement Opening Prayer

Hymn: VU 176 “Who Is There on This Easter Morning?”

WORD John 20:1-18

Musical Offering: “Christ Lag in Todesbanden Christ Lay in Death’s Bonds A hymn by Martin Luther Offered as a gift to our preacher, Ralph Carl Wushke, on the occasion of his retirement.  

WORD John 21:1-13 Thanks be to God. Hear what the Spirit is saying to the churches. Thanks be to God.

Sermon: Ralph Carl Wushke “In the Midst of Death: We Live” . . . silent reflection

Prayers of the People

TABLE Invitation & Peace The Peace of Christ be with you all. And also with you. Presentation Hymn: VU 468 “Let Us Talents and Tongues Employ”

The Great Thanksgiving Christ is Risen! Christ is Risen, indeed!   Lift up your hearts! We lift them up to the Lord. Let us give thanks to the Lord, our God. It is right to give God thanks and praise!

Great is the mystery of faith: Christ has died. Christ is risen Great is the mystery of faith: Christ has died! Christ is risen! Christ will come again! . . . all glory is yours, God most holy, now and forever. Amen

The Saviour’s Prayer: Eternal Spirit, Earth-maker, Pain-bearer, Life-giver, Source of all that is and that shall be, Father and Mother of us all, Loving God, in whom is heaven: . . .

The hallowing of your name echo through the universe The hallowing of your name echo through the universe! May the way of your justice be followed by the peoples of the world! Your heavenly will be done by all created beings! Your commonwealth of peace and freedom sustain our hope and come on earth. . . .

With the bread we need for today, feed us. In the hurts we absorb from one another, forgive us. In times of temptation and test, strengthen us. From trials too great to endure, spare us. From the grip of all that is evil, free us. For you reign in the glory of the power that is love, now and forever. Amen.

Breaking the Bread and Filling the Cup The bread which we break is our sharing in the life of Christ. The cup for which we give thanks

Music during Communion:

VU 179 “Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Give Thanks”

“God Welcomes All” Traditional, South African as sung at the Sunrise Hospice, Themba

Prayer after Communion We give you thanks, O God, for this table. We have been fed by your love; we have been strengthened by your life. Send us forth into this world to live your way and share your joy. Send us forth to: feed as we have been fed, forgive as we have been forgiven, love as we have been loved. Thanks be to God. Amen.

All material used with permission and under OneLicense.net A-711-187 Blessing of the Graduands   Hymn: VU 420 “Go To the World”   Blessing and Sending Forth  Postlude: “El cielo canta alegria!”  Pablo Sosa, arr. Roger Bergs, Sung by the TST Choir www.worshipwithemmanuel.ca All material used with permission and under OneLicense.net A-711-187