Songs:
“Rejoice” by Words and Music by Keith Getty, Kristyn Getty, Ben Shive, Skye Peterson
“Rise, My Soul, The Lord Is Risen” by Matt Papa, Matt Boswell, Jonny Robinson, Rich Thompson
“I Need Thee Every Hour” by Annie Sherwood Hawks and Robert Lowry
“He Is” by David Crowder, Hank Bentley, and Jeff Pardo
“Doxology” by Thomas Ken & Louis Bourgeois
All songs are used by Permission. CCLI License #2003690
Call To Worship: Psalm 24
Leader: Lift up your heads, O you gates; Be lifted up, you ancient doors, That the King of glory may come in.
Congregation: Who is this King of glory? The Lord strong and mighty, The Lord mighty in battle.
Leader: Lift up your heads, O you gates; Lift them up, you ancient doors, That the King of glory may come in.
Congregation: Who is he, this King of glory? The Lord Almighty – He is the King of glory.
All: HOSANNA, HOSANNA IN THE HIGHEST! BLESSED IS HE WHO COMES IN THE NAME OF THE LORD!
Prayer:
Our good Father, as we approach Easter and the celebration of Christ’s resurrection, we are reminded of the hope of eternity, the renewal of all things, the fact that one day there will be no more broken creation, no more sadness, no more violence, no more death. Living in the assurance of that changes not only our future but our present. And Lord, the comfort of this is ever needed, particularly as we remember the events from one year ago at Covenant School. Our hearts continue to grieve the fact that violence still finds room to flourish, that our children are still sometimes in dangerous situations, and that to this day families mourn the loss of their children and loved ones a year later as if it was yesterday. Lord be near to those whose wounds are still tender and whose trauma is reopened, your presence is their good, your power is their hope. You are the source of our salvation and by Your grace we rest in that sure and certain promise.
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Confession: Jesus, The Son of God
Leader: Why is the Son of God called “Jesus,” meaning “savior”?
People: Because he saves us from our sins; and because salvation is not to be sought or found in anyone else.
Leader: Why is he called “Christ,” meaning “anointed”?
People: Because he has been ordained by God the Father and has been anointed with the Holy Spirit to be our chief prophet and teacher who fully reveals to us the secret counsel and will of God concerning our deliverance; our only high priest who has delivered us by the one sacrifice of his body, and who continually intercedes for us before the Father; and our eternal king who governs us by his Word and Spirit, and who guards us and keeps us in the deliverance he has won for us.
Heidelberg Catechism, Questions 29, 31