Bethany Presbyterian Church
Order of Service for Online Worship
Easter Sunday
April 12, 2020
Preparing for Easter
Lenten Wreath and Meditations on the Seven Last Words
Chimes“Westminster Quarters”J. Jowett
DeAnna Atkinson – Bell Choir
Prelude“Because He Lives”arr. Raney
DeAnna Atkinson – Organ & Charlene Herrala -- Piano
Christ Candle is Lit
The PronouncementHe is Risen!
He is Risen, Indeed!
Easter Fanfare“Easter Hymn”EASTER HYMN
Wayne Braswell
Welcome and Announcements
Hymn 367“Christ the Lord is Risen Today” v. 1&2EASTER HYMN
Call to Worship
Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good; his love endures forever.
Shouts of joy and victory resound in the tents of the righteous:
“The LORD’s right hand has done mighty things! The LORD’s right hand is lifted high; the LORD’s right hand has done mighty things!”
I will not die but live, and will proclaim what the LORD has done.
The LORD has chastened me severely, but he has not given me over to death. Open for me the gates of the righteous; I will enter and give thanks to the LORD.
This is the gate of the LORD through which the righteous may enter. I will give you thanks, for you answered me; you have become my salvation.
The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone; the LORD has done this, and it is marvelous in our eyes.
The LORD has done it this very day; let us rejoice today and be glad.
Hymn 357“Christ Arose” v. 1&2CHRIST AROSE
Easter Prayer
Offertory“Hymn of Promise”PROMISE
Coralee and Clara Atkinson
Prayer for Illumination
Gospel LessonJohn 20: 1-18
Sermon“A Change of Plans”Rev. Peter T. Atkinson
The Light Spreads
Sung MeditationAlleluia, Alleluia Jesus Christ is Risen
Alleluia, Alleluia, Christ is the Lord, Alleluia
Prayer
Hymn 358“Because He Lives”RESURRECTION
Benediction
Choral Response
When God’s children sing, peace and harmony will follow,
Though we’re apart today, let us sing!
Carrying the Resurrection Light
Out into the World
Postlude“I Live”I LIVE