EASTER AT REDEEMER!

In-Person @ Roger’s Grove Amphitheater

(also on Zoom here)

9 AM

“We are those people

who have heard the message of Easter,

who believe it,

who are changed by it,

who hold on to it –

and who pass it on.

That’s what the church is;

that’s all the church is.

We’re resurrection people.”

— Mike Higton

Welcome

Call to Worship

Based on 1 Peter 1:3-5

LEADER: Alleluia! Christ is risen.

ALL: He is risen indeed. Alleluia!

LEADER: Praise the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.

He has given us new life and hope.

ALL: He has raised Jesus from the dead!

God has claimed us as his own.

LEADER: He has brought us out of darkness.

ALL: He has made us light to the world.

LEADER: Alleluia! Christ is risen!

ALL: He is risen indeed. Alleluia!

Song: Living Hope

By Brian Johnson & Phil Wickham

Verse 1:

How great the chasm that lay between us

How high the mountain I could not climb

In desperation, I turned to heaven

And spoke Your name into the night

Then through the darkness, Your loving-kindness

Tore through the shadows of my soul

The work is ﬁnished, the end is written

Jesus Christ, my living hope

Verse 2:

Who could imagine so great a mercy?

What heart could fathom such boundless grace?

The God of ages stepped down from glory

To wear my sin and bear my shame

The cross has spoken, I am forgiven

The King of kings calls me His own

Beautiful Savior, I’m Yours forever

Jesus Christ, my living hope

Chorus:

Hallelujah, praise the One who set me free

Hallelujah, death has lost its grip on me

You have broken every chain

There’s salvation in Your name

Jesus Christ, my living hope

Verse 3:

Then came the morning that sealed the promise

Your buried body began to breathe

Out of the silence, the Roaring Lion

Declared the grave has no claim on me

Then came the morning that sealed the promise

Your buried body began to breathe

Out of the silence, the Roaring Lion

Declared the grave has no claim on me

Jesus, Yours is the victory!

Chorus:

Hallelujah, praise the One who set me free

Hallelujah, death has lost its grip on me

You have broken every chain

There’s salvation in Your name

Jesus Christ, my living hope

(Repeat)

Ending:

Jesus Christ, my living hope

Oh God, You are my living hope

Song: How Great Thou Art

Carl Gustav Boberg (Trans. Stuart K. Hine) | Traditional Swedish melody

Verse 1:

O Lord my God, when I in awesome wonder,

Consider all the worlds thy hands have made

I see the stars, I hear the rolling thunder

Thy power throughout the universe displayed

Chorus:

Then sings my soul, my Savior God to thee

How great thou art, how great thou art

Then sings my soul, my Savior God to thee

How great thou art, how great thou art

Verse 2:

And when I think that God, his Son not sparing,

Sent him to die, I scarce can take it in,

That on the cross, my burden gladly bearing,

He bled and died to take away my sin.

Chorus:

Then sings my soul, my Savior God to thee

How great thou art, how great thou art

Then sings my soul, my Savior God to thee

How great thou art, how great thou art

Verse 3:

When Christ shall come with shouts of acclamation

and take me home, what joy shall fill my heart!

Then I shall bow in humble adoration

and there proclaim: “My God how great Thou art!”

Chorus:

Then sings my soul, my Savior God to thee

How great thou art, how great thou art

Then sings my soul, my Savior God to thee

How great thou art, how great thou art

Confession of Sin

Almighty God,

you raised Jesus from the grave,

shattering the power of sin and death,

and crowning Christ as Lord of all.

As we confess our sin to you,

we are without excuse,

but not without hope.

Forgive our futile attempts to minimize our sin.

Forgive the foolish ways we avoid your grace.

[Silent confession]

Loving Father,

by your power and mercy,

cleanse us from our sin through Christ’s death,

and make us more like Jesus by the power of his resurrection!

Amen.

Assurance of Grace

Romans 8:34

Who is to condemn? Christ Jesus is the one who died—more than that, who was raised to life—who is at the right hand of God and is also interceding for us.

Proclamation of Faith

Apostle’s Creed

Christian, what do you believe?

I believe in God, the Father almighty,

creator of heaven and earth.

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;

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.

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.

* “catholic” means universal and refers to the church across nationalities and throughout time.

Song of Reflection: All Will Be Well

By Paul Ranheim & Kirk Sauers

Verse 1:

I woke, robed in death but crowned in life

I spoke, the stone obeyed and rolled aside

I arose, with the keys to paradise

Verse 2:

My heart, beats again with living blood

My scars. proclaim a new age has begun

And behold, every grave I overcome

Chorus:

Let every heart sing

All will be well

Let every lung breathe

All will be well

I’m alive, I have won

and the joy has just begun

For the head of death is

Crushed forever!

Verse 3:

Don’t fear, the morning dawns upon your grief

I’m here, my presence makes the shadows flee

In my warmth, winter resurrects to spring

Chorus:

Let every heart sing

All will be well

Let every lung breathe

All will be well

I’m alive, I have won

and the joy has just begun

For the head of death is

Crushed forever!

Bridge:

It is finished, but it’s only just begun

All will be well

It is finished, but it’s only just begun

All will be well

It’s only just begun

All will be well

It’s only just begun

All will be well

Verse 4:

Rejoice, taste the thrill of victory

My voice, thunders against captivity

And my throne, soon will set creation free

Chorus:

Let every heart sing

All will be well

Let every lung breathe

All will be well

I’m alive, I have won

and the joy has just begun

For the head of death is

Crushed forever!

The head of death is

Crushed forever!

The head of death is

Crushed forever!

Ending:

All will be well

Scripture Reading

Luke 24:1-12

But on the first day of the week, at early dawn, they [the women] went to the tomb, taking the spices they had prepared. And they found the stone rolled away from the tomb, but when they went in they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus.

While they were perplexed about this, behold, two men stood by them in dazzling apparel. And as they were frightened and bowed their faces to the ground, the men said to them, “Why do you seek the living among the dead? He is not here, but has risen. Remember how he told you, while he was still in Galilee, that the Son of Man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men and be crucified and on the third day rise.” And they remembered his words, and returning from the tomb they told all these things to the eleven and to all the rest.

Now it was Mary Magdalene and Joanna and Mary the mother of James and the other women with them who told these things to the apostles, but these words seemed to them an idle tale, and they did not believe them. But Peter rose and ran to the tomb; stooping and looking in, he saw the linen cloths by themselves; and he went home marveling at what had happened.

LEADER: This is the Word of the Lord.

ALL: Thanks be to God.

Sermon

Communion

Song: In Christ Alone

By Keith Getty & Stuart Townend

Verse 1

In Christ alone my hope is found,

He is my Light my strength my song

This Cornerstone this solid ground

Firm through the fiercest drought and storm

What heights of love what depths of peace

When fears are stilled when strivings cease

My Comforter my all in all

Here in the love of Christ I stand

Verse 2

In Christ alone who took on flesh

Fullness of God in helpless Babe

This gift of love and righteousness

Scorned by the ones He came to save

‘Til on that cross as Jesus died

The wrath of God was satisfied

For ev’ry sin on Him was laid

Here in the death of Christ I live

Verse 3

There in the ground His body lay

Light of the world by darkness slain

Then bursting forth in glorious day

Up from the grave He rose again

And as He stands in victory

Sin’s curse has lost its grip on me

For I am His and He is mine

Bought with the precious blood of Christ

Verse 4

No guilt in life no fear in death

This is the pow’r of Christ in me

From life’s first cry to final breath

Jesus commands my destiny

No pow’r of hell no scheme of man

Can ever pluck me from His hand

‘Til He returns or calls me home

Here in the pow’r of Christ I’ll stand

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No pow’r of hell no scheme of man

Can ever pluck me from His hand

‘Til He returns or calls me home

Here in the pow’r of Christ I’ll stand

Benediction

Hebrews 13:20-21

Now may the God of peace who brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, the great shepherd of the sheep, by the blood of the eternal covenant, equip you with everything good that you may do his will, working in us that which is pleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory forever and ever. Amen.

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Sources: ESV Bible, NLT Bible, The Message

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