JOIN US FOR HOLY WEEK…
April 05: Easter Sunrise Service at 7:00 AM (outside, weather permitting)
April 05: Easter Continental Breakfast at 9:00 AM
April 05: Easter Morning Worship at 10:00 AM
Sunrise Service – Outside Service, Weather Permitting
April 5, 2026 Rev. Rick Admiraal, Pastor 7:00 AM
This is the day that the Lord has made, Let us rejoice and be glad in it!
Welcome in the name of Jesus Christ! Grace and peace be yours in abundance through the knowledge of God and of Jesus, our Risen Lord. Amen!
Passing of the Peace
Opening Prayer
God of life, we praise you for the miracle of Easter. We pray that you will supply us with overflowing joy for us and also for everyone who come to worship today to celebrate the resurrection of Jesus Christ. We pray especially for those whose lives are filled with pain, loss, or deep sadness. May they sense how the resurrection is a source of great hope. Amen
Opening Hymn “He Is Lord” -CCLI Song #238390; (Sing Twice) © Public Domain
He is Lord He is Lord
He is risen from the dead And He is Lord
Ev’ry knee shall bow Ev’ry tongue confess
That Jesus Christ is Lord
Call to Worship
Hear the wonderful words of the gospel—the grave is empty; Christ is risen. Hallelujah!
This is the good news—the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness can never put it out. Hallelujah!
This is the good news—once we were no people; now we are God’s people. Hallelujah!
Christ is our peace, the indestructible peace we share with each other. Hallelujah!
Call to Confession
We know that nothing is able to separate us from the love of God in Jesus Christ. Let us in freedom confess the wrong we have done.
Almighty God, in raising Jesus from the grave, you shattered the power of sin and death. Forgive us, God of mercy. Help us to trust your power to change our lives and make us new, that we may know the joy of abundant life given in Jesus Christ, the risen Lord. Amen
Silent Prayer of Confession
Words of Assurance
Hear the Good News! Christ is risen from the dead. By the love of God, by the blood of Christ, by the power of the Spirit, Your sins are forgiven! Know that you are forgiven and be at peace.
Thanks be to God.
Hymn “Christ the Lord is Risen Today” (vv. 1 & 3) CCLI Song #27965;
Christ the Lord is risen today, Alleluia!
Earth and heaven in chorus say, Alleluia!
Raise your joys and triumphs high, Alleluia!
Sing, ye heavens, and earth reply, Alleluia!
Lives again our glorious King, Alleluia!
Where, O death, is now thy sting? Alleluia!
Once he died our souls to save, Alleluia!
Where thy victory, boasting grave? Alleluia!
Prayer of Inspiration
Scripture The text is found in the 15th chapter of 1 Corinthians (The Voice)
Now listen to this: Brothers and sisters, this present body is not able to inherit the kingdom of God any more than decay can inherit that which lasts forever. Stay close because I am going to tell you a mystery—something you may have trouble under- standing: we will not all fall asleep in death, but we will all be transformed. It will all happen so fast, in a blink, a mere flutter of the eye. The last trumpet will call, and the dead will be raised from their graves with a body that does not, cannot decay. All of us will be changed! We’ll step out of our mortal clothes and slide into immortal bodies, replacing everything that is subject to death with eternal life. And, when we are all redressed with bodies that do not, cannot decay, when we put immortality over our mortal frames, then it will be as Scripture says:
Life everlasting has victoriously swallowed death.
Hey, Death! What happened to your big win?
Hey, Death! What happened to your sting?
Sin came into this world, and death’s sting followed. Then sin took aim at the law and gained power over those who follow the law. Thank God, then, for our Lord Jesus, the Anointed, the Liberating King, who brought us victory over the grave. My dear brothers and sisters, stay firmly planted—be unshakable—do many good works. in the name of God, and know that all your labor is not for nothing when it is for God.
This is the Word of the Lord.
Thanks be to God!
Reflection
Profession of Faith
Christ has died, Christ is risen, Christ will come again. Alleluia! Amen!
Closing Hymn “The Doxology” -CCLI Song #6115489 © Public Domain
Praise God from whom all blessings flow.
Praise Him all creatures here below.
Praise Him above ye heav’nly host.
Praise Father, Son and Holy Ghost. Amen.
Benediction
May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, So that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit. (Romans 15:13)
Please join us for a continental Breakfast at 9:00 AM
**************************************************************************************************************************