Bayshore Gardens Community Church B elieving, Again G aining Hope C aring Relationships C hrist Jesus

WE EXTEND A WARM WELCOME TO MEMBERS, REGULAR ATTENDERS, and THOSE VISITING TODAY. If you are visiting with us, we welcome you to our church! You are no longer a stranger for you are with the people of God.

WE INVITE YOU TO SIGN THE WHITE ATTENDANCE PAD so that we may celebrate your presence with us today! Please pass it on to the next person and then back down the row

Please Take Your Bulletins Home With You and Read Announcements We invite you to take advantage of the many opportunities for fellowship and service

THE PRELUDE Harriet Hoeksema, Organ Pat Woods, Piano

Bayshore Gardens Community Church B elieving, Again G aining Hope C aring Relationships C hrist Jesus

THE CALL TO WORSHIP: [ Pastor / CONGREGATION ] Christ the Lord is risen today ! HE IS RISEN INDEED ! On this Easter Sunday Morning, we celebrate NEW LIFE, NEW BEGINNINGS, AND SECOND CHANCES. We belong to God ! WE BELONG TO GOD IN LIFE; IN DEATH; IN LIFE AFTER DEATH. Christ the Lord is risen today ! HE IS RISEN INDEED !

THE OPENING HYMN: #357 ‘LOW IN THE GRAVE HE LAY’ Low in the grave He lay, Jesus my Savior! Waiting the coming day, Jesus my Lord! Up from the grave He arose, With a mighty triumph o’er His foes; He arose a victor from the dark domain, And He lives forever with His saints to reign. He arose! He Arose! Hallelujah–Christ arose. (1)

Vainly they watch His bed, Jesus my Savior! Vainly they seal the dead, Jesus my Lord! Up from the grave He arose, With a mighty triumph o’er His foes; He arose a victor from the dark domain, And He lives forever with His saints to reign. He arose! He Arose! Hallelujah–Christ arose. (2)

Death cannot keep his prey, Jesus my Savior! He tore the bars away, Jesus my Lord! Up from the grave He arose, With a mighty triumph o’er His foes; He arose a victor from the dark domain, And He lives forever with His saints to reign. He arose! He Arose! Hallelujah–Christ arose. (3)

SILENT PRAYERS OF THANKSGIVING AND CONFESSION THE ASSURANCE OF PARDON Corinthians 15:51,52,57 Behold, I tell you a mystery: We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, the dead will be raised incorruptible, and we will be changed. Thanks be to God! He gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.

THE SONG OF RESPONSE Lord, I Lift Your Name On High (DVD)

THE FIRST NEW TESTAMENT SCRIPTURE Matthew 28:1-10 Rev. Roy Lee After the Sabbath, at dawn on the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to look at the tomb. There was a violent earthquake, for an angel of the Lord came down from heaven and, going to the tomb, rolled back the stone and sat on it. His appearance was like lightning, and his clothes were white as snow.

The guards were so afraid of him that they shook and became like dead men. The angel said to the women, “Do not be afraid, for I know that you are looking for Jesus, who was crucified. He is not here; He has risen, just as He said. Come and see the place where he lay. Then go quickly and tell his disciples: ‘He has risen from the dead and is going ahead of you into Galilee. There you will see him. Now I have told you.” So the women hurried away from the tomb, afraid yet filled with joy, and ran to tell his disciples.

Suddenly Jesus met them and greeted them. They came to him, clasped his feet and worshiped him. Then Jesus said to them, “Do not be afraid. Go and tell my brothers and sisters to go to Galilee; There they will see me.”

THE APOSTLES’ 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 Ghost, 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 sitteth on the right hand of God the Father Almighty;

From thence He shall come to judge the quick and the dead. I believe in the Holy Ghost; the holy catholic 1 Church; the communion of saints; the forgiveness of sins; the resurrection of the body; and the life everlasting. Amen 1- catholic means “universal”

THE CHANCEL CHOIR ‘RESURRECTION ALLELUIA’ Donna Brown, Director Pat Woods, Pianist

THE SECOND NEW TESTAMENT SCRIPTURE John 20:1-9 Rev. Roy Lee Early on the first day of the week, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene went to the tomb and saw that the stone had been removed from the entrance. So she came running to Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one Jesus loved, and said, “They have taken the Lord out of the tomb, and we don’t know where they have put him!”

So Peter and the other disciple started for the tomb. Both were running, but the other disciple outran Peter and reached the tomb first. He bent over and looked in at the strips of linen lying there but did not go in. Then Simon Peter came along behind him and went straight into the tomb. He saw the strips of linen lying there, as well as the cloth that had been wrapped around Jesus’ head. The cloth was still lying in its place, separate from the linen. Finally the other disciple, who had reached the tomb first, also went inside. He saw and believed. They still did not understand from Scripture that Jesus had to rise from the dead.

HE LIVES ! #368 (2 Verses) (1a) I serve a risen Savior, He’s in the world today; I know that He is living whatever men may say; I see His hand of mercy, I hear His voice of cheer, And just the time I need Him He’s always near.

(1b) He lives, He lives, Christ Jesus lives today! He walks with me and talks with me Along life’s narrow way. He lives, He lives, Salvation to impart! You ask me know I know He lives? He lives within my heart.

(2a) Rejoice, rejoice, O Christian, Lift up your voice and sing Eternal hallelujahs to Jesus Christ the King! The hope of all who seek Him The joy of all who find, None other is so loving, so good and kind.

(2b) He lives, He lives, Christ Jesus lives today! He walks with me and talks with me Along life’s narrow way. He lives, He lives, Salvation to impart! You ask me know I know He lives? He lives within my heart.

The Easter Sunday Sermon VACANT OR OCCUPIED? Rev. Dr. Daniel Herlein (Please see Sermon Outline)

CHRIST THE LORD IS RISEN TODAY. HE IS RISEN INDEED!

The women were reminded of THE PAST The women were reminded of THE PRESENT The women were reminded of THE PROOF The women were reminded of THE PLAN

The Pastoral Prayer and The Lord’s Prayer OUR FATHER, WHO ART IN HEAVEN, HALLOWED BE THY NAME. THY KINGDOM COME, THY WILL BE DONE, ON EARTH AS IT IS IN HEAVEN. GIVE US THIS DAY OUR DAILY BREAD, AND FORGIVE US OUR DEBTS AS WE FORGIVE OUR DEBTORS; AND LEAD US NOT INTO TEMPTATION BUT DELIVER US FROM EVIL. FOR THINE IS THE KINGDOM, AND THE POWER, AND THE GLORY FOREVER AMEN.

OUR OFFERING As A Tangible Expression Of Our Gratitude To God, We Joyfully Offer Our Monetary Gifts To Financially Support God's Work At Bayshore Gardens Community Church

OFFERTORY MUSIC ‘Alleluia Medley’ Harriet Hoeksema, Organ Pat Woods, Piano

THE DOXOLOGY PRAISE GOD FROM WHOM ALL BLESSINGS FLOW; PRAISE HIM ALL CREATURES HERE BELOW; PRAISE HIM ABOVE YE HEAVENLY HOST; PRAISE FATHER, SON AND HOLY GHOST. AMEN

THE CLOSING HYMN #367 ‘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, you heavens, and earth reply, Alleluia!

Lives again, our glorious King; Alleluia! Where, O death, is now your sting? Alleluia! Dying once, He all does save; Alleluia! Where your 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!

The Pastoral Benediction Today the Lenten journey is ended. On this Easter Sunday, we once again proclaim the Good News that God’s love for us is infinitely greater than the power of sin and death! Thanks be to God who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ! Christ, the Lord, is risen today! He is risen indeed!