Easter Sunday 4/17/22

Starling Avenue Baptist Church Easter Sunday

April 17, 2022 ╬ 11:00 a.m.

The Worship of God Easter Sunday April 17, 2022 ╬ 11:00 a.m.

Gathering at God’s Invitation Congregational Call to Worship The Lord is risen!

The Lord is risen indeed!

In the end of the sabbath, as it began to dawn toward the first day of the week, came Mary Magdalene and the other Mary to see the sepulchre.

And, behold, there was a great earthquake: for the angel of the Lord descended from heaven, and came and rolled back the stone from the door, and sat upon it.

Prelude

Speak to My Heart

Welcome

Dr. Joe Bryant

Life of the Community *Hymn #205

arr. Lura Keiter

Reed Finley Christ Is Alive

The Church at Prayer & The Lord’s Prayer

Thomas Williams

Reed Finley

Remembering in Prayer: Violet Nelson, Lois Johnson, Kim Draper’s mother-in-law Jeanette Draper, Ed & Kay Spencer, Linda Harris (Collette Hankins’ sister), Patsy Hobson, Roy Harrell, Christy Mattox, Phillip Collins, David Tollison, Freddie Donavant, Regina Carter, Lowell Roberts & Judy Hubbard; All Those Affected by War & Violence; Our Homebound Members 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 trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us.

And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.

For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever. Amen.

*Hymn #207

Low in the Grave He Lay

Offertory Prayer

Robert Lowry Dwight Stultz

Giving our Tithes and Offerings

(Deacons will be passing the offering plates)

*Doxology (Hymn #706) 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.

Anthem

Christ is Risen/Let All the Earth Adore Him

Choir accompanied by Fern Kanode, piano & SABC congregation

Hearing God’s Word Old Testament Reading

Ezekiel 37:13-14 KJV

Dr. Joe Bryant

And ye shall know that I am the Lord, when I have opened your graves, O my people, and brought you up out of your graves, And shall put my spirit in you, and ye shall live, and I shall place you in your own land: then shall ye know that I the Lord have spoken it, and performed it, saith the Lord. *New Testament Reading

1 Corinthians 15:20-22 KJV

Dr. Joe Bryant

But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the firstfruits of them that slept.

For since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead. For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive.

Sermon

“You and the Resurrection” Easter Series: “The Road to Calvary”

Dr. Joe Bryant

Responding to God’s Word *Hymn #200

In the Garden

C. Austin Miles

If you sense God calling you today, we invite you to respond during this time of invitation.

If God is calling you to follow Jesus for the first time, to rededicate yourself as a Christ-follower, or as a faithful Christian, to join the fellowship of our church, we encourage you to come forward to speak to our pastor during this closing hymn.

Sending Into God’s World Benediction Postlude

Dr. Joe Bryant He Died of a Broken Heart/ There’s Room at the Cross for You

*We invite you to stand as you are able.

Ira Stanphill