Caldwell United Methodist Church
Bring Individuals to Christ Nurture spiritual growth
Invite others to discipleship
April
4, 2010 - EASTER SUNDAY
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(Please
sign the attendance sheet in the pew pad. Please tear the sheets out and place
them in the offering plate after everyone in your pew has signed in)
GATHERING SONGS; “Christ Has Risen” #2115 The Faith We
Sing
“We Sing of Your Glory” #2011 in The Faith
We Sing
WORDS
OF GREETING: God is Good – All the time
All
the time- God is Good
SHARING OUR JOYS AND CONCERNS: Including
birthdays and
Following each joy, please
respond: anniversaries
For These gifts, We
thank you, God.
Following
each concern, please respond:
God, in your mercy, Hear our
prayer
CHILDREN’S
MOMENTS
*MORNING
GREETINGS: Greet those around you with handshakes
or hugs and words of greeting or joy.
*OPENING SONG : “”Christ Is Risen” #307 in your hymnal
*CALL
TO WORSHIP:
One:
Almighty God, through Jesus Christ you overcame death
and opened to
us the gate of everlasting life.
All: Grant that we, who celebrate the day of our Lord’s
resurrection,
may, by the renewing of your Spirit
arise from
the death of sin to the life of righteousness
through Jesus
Christ our Lord. Amen.
One:
As we move through our day, following our own agendas.
All: Remind us, God, to walk humbly with you.
PREPARATION FOR PRAYER:
“
“Spirit of the Living God” #393 in Your Hymnal
SILENT PRAYER -
PASTORAL PRAYER
SHARING GOD'S BLESSINGS: (Loose change goes
to the
Christian Disciple Farm
*OFFERING RESPONSE;
“Praise God From all Blessings Flow” #94 in
Hymnal
*PRAYER
OF THANKSGIVING
God of all Ages, you
have emptied the tomb and set us
free from our burdens.
Hope has overshadowed fear.
Comfort has replaced
neglect. Faith has gained victory
over doubt. The bounds
of everyday living, often
overwhelming our souls and weakening our spirits, are
liberated by Jesus Christ.
Today, we recommit to
offering comfort, hope, and faith as your generous
disciples to others who are driven by fear, neglect, and
doubt. We offer these
gifts in honor of your Easter
promise. Alleluia and
Amen.
A
1 Corinthians 15:19-26
ANTHEM: “Shout for Joy, He Is Risen” Emily Crocker
MESSAGE: “Credible Witness”
A SERVICE OF HOLY
COMMUNION
Musical Setting B Page #18 in Your Hymnal
Lord’s Prayer
Breaking the Bread
Giving the bread & Cup
Choir song:
“Empty Now” Joseph M. Martin
ANNOUNCEMENTS
*CLOSING
SONG: “Crown Him With Many Crowns” #327 UMH
*WORDS OF PARTING
*PARTING
SONG “Trees of
the Field” #2279
Faith We Sing
262-662-2679
www.CaldwellUMC.org
office@caldwellumc.org
Pastor Grace
Baldridge’s Cell Phone
(262) 751-0955
Ministers
All of us
Pastor Pastor
Grace Baldridge
Choir Director
Deanna Shimko-Herman
Greeters & Ushers Steve & Carol Lohr
Reader Pete
Lukas
Dates
to Remember
COFFEE
BEFORE & AFTER SERVICE
Apr 5 Pastor’s office
hours
2:00 – 5:00 PM
UMW evening group 6:30 –
8:00 PM
Apr 6 Pastor’s office hours 2:00 -
5:00 PM
Apr 7 UMW day
group
12:00 - 2:30 PM
Pastor’s office hours 2:00 –
5:00 PM
C.A.R.E. committee-Mukwonago
Library 5:30 PM
Trustees
6:30 PM
Finance meeting
7:30 – 9:00 PM
Apr
8 Choir rehearsal
6:30 - 7:45 PM
Apr 10
Food Pantry
8:00 – 10:30AM
Apr 11
Pastor on vacation
Don Herron speaking “It’s All About Me”
Administrative Council meeting
right after
the service. All may attend
Volunteers
for next Sunday
Greeters
Reader Robert
Dixon
John 20:1-18
Early
on the first day of the week, while it was still dark, Mary
Magdalene
came to the tomb and saw that the stone had been removed from the tomb,. So she ran and
went to Simon Peter,
and the other disciple, the one whom Jesus
loved, and said to
them, “They have taken the Lord out of the tomb,
and we do not
know where they have laid him.” Then Peter and the other
disciple set out and went toward the tomb. The two were running
together, but the other disciple outran Peter and
reached the
tomb first.
He bent down to look in and saw the linen wrappings
lying there ,but he did not go in. Then Simon Peter came,
following him, and went into the tomb. He saw the linen wrappings
lying there, and the cloth that had been on Jesus’
head, not
lying with the linen wrappings but rolled up in a
place by itself.
Then
the other disciple, who reached the tomb first, also
went in,
and he saw and believed; for as yet they did not
understand the
scripture, that he must rise from the dead. Then the disciples
returned to their homes.
But
Mary stood weeping outside the tomb. As
she wept, she bent over to look into the tomb; and she saw two angels in white,
sitting
where the body of Jesus had been lying, one at the
head and the
other at the feet.
They said to her, “Woman, why are you weeping?” She said to them, “They have taken away my
Lord, and I do not
know where they have laid him.” When she had said this, she turned around and saw Jesus standing
there, but she did not know that it
was Jesus. Jesus said to her, “Woman,
why are you
weeping? Whom are you looking for?”
Supposing him to be the
gardener, she said to him, “Sir, if you have carried him away, tell me
where you have laid him, and I will take him away” Jesus said to her,”Mary!” She turned and said to him in Hebrew, “Rabbouni!” (which
means Teacher). Jesus said to her, “Do
not hold on to me, because I have
not yet ascended to the Father.
But go to my brothers and say to them, I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to
my God and your God. Mary Magdalene
went and announced to the
disciples, “I have seen the Lord”; and she told them that he had said
these things to her.
1 CORINTHIANS 15:19-26
If for this life only we have
hoped in Christ, we are of all people most to be pitied.
But in fact Christ has been
raised from the dead, the first fruits of
those who have died. For since
death came through a human
being, the resurrection of the dead has also come through a human being; for as all die in Adam,
so all will be made alive in
Christ. But each in his own
order; Christ the first fruits, then at his coming those who belong to
Christ. Then comes the end, when he hands over the kingdom to God
the Father, after he has destroyed
every ruler and every authority and power.
For he must
reign until he has put all his enemies under his feet. The last enemy to be destroyed is death.
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Daily Prayer
Please
use this guided prayer as a way to pray daily for the whole world.
Together,
let us pray
For the people of this congregation…
For
those who suffer and those in trouble…
For the concerns of this local community…
For the
world, it’s peoples, and it’s leaders…
For the
Church universal – it’s leaders, it’s members, and
it’s mission
In communion
with the saints…Amen