Prelude: “The trumpet shall sound” (Handel, Messiah) Hymn 411: Christ the Lord is risen today Children’s Time: How to make an Easter garden Hymn 413: The day of resurrection Reflection: Revd Dr. Elungkiebe Zeliang (Zeme Baptist Church, Nagaland) Hymn 415: This joyful Eastertide Hymn 419: Thine be the glory, risen, conquering Son! Postlude: Hallelujah […]
Church bells and organ prelude: Bach, Prelude in G Minor (BWV 558) Bible reading: Acts 1:1-14 (Dear Theophilus) Reader: Robert Haworth Your browser does not support the audio element. Download AudioDownload https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Acts+1%3A1%5E-14&version=GNT (right mouse-click on the Bible Gateway link to ‘open in a new tab’ while listening to the audio file) Hymn: In Christ there […]
Church bells and organ prelude: Bach, Prelude in C Minor (BWV 549) Bible readings: Acts 17:22-31 (Paul preaches in Athens) John 14:15-21 (The Promise of the Holy Spirit) Children’s time: Pater Peter on Paul in Athens Hymn: Immortal, invisible, God only wise (Church Hymnary, No. 132) 1. Immortal, invisible, God only wise, in light inaccessible hid […]
(Poff, Stephen. Guarding Words and Actions, from Art in the Christian Tradition, a project of the Vanderbilt Divinity Library, Nashville, TN. http://diglib.library.vanderbilt.edu/act-imagelink.pl?RC=55024 [retrieved May 7, 2020]. Original source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/stephenpoff/3530640841/.) Bible reading: Acts 7:55-60 (The Stoning of Stephen) https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Acts+7%3A55-60&version=GNT The Bible Gateway website includes further translations in English and many other languages. (right mouse-click on the […]
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(Ivory carving from the Carolingian period, ca. 850-900, from Art in the Christian Tradition, a project of the Vanderbilt Divinity Library, Nashville, TN. http://diglib.library.vanderbilt.edu/act-imagelink.pl?RC=56883 [retrieved April 22, 2020]. Original in: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Creative Commons 3.0 license.) Bible reading: Luke 24:13-35 (The Road to Emmaus) https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke+24%3A13-35&version=GNT The Bible Gateway website includes further […]
Jesus and Thomas: (JESUS MAFA. Jesus appears to Thomas, from Art in the Christian Tradition, a project of the Vanderbilt Divinity Library, Nashville, TN. http://diglib.library.vanderbilt.edu/act-imagelink.pl?RC=48302 [retrieved April 17, 2020]. Original source: http://www.librairie-emmanuel.fr (contact page: https://www.librairie-emmanuel.fr/contact).) Anthem: Christ the Lord is risen again (sung by members of the ECC Choir, directed by Hendrik Ziser) Bible reading: […]
Hymn: Morning has broken (Church Hymnary, No. 212) [Click at the bottom right of the YouTube screenshot to enter and exit full screen.] Sing-along version: Prayer: We are Easter People (from Geoffrey Duncan (Ed.), Let Justice Roll Down, A Christian Aid / CAFOD Anthology for Lent, Holy Week & Easter) We are Easter people, Ours […]
Watchword for the Week Jesus says, “I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.” (John 10:11) (Moravian Daily Texts 2018) ORGAN PRELUDE WELCOME and CALL to WORSHIP (based on Psalm 23) Listen! The one who knows you is calling you by name, inviting you into community. Hallelujah! We […]
Watchword for the Week If we walk in the light as God is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin. (1 John 1:7) (Moravian Daily Texts 2018) ORGAN PRELUDE WELCOME and CALL to WORSHIP Christ is risen! All is changed. Christ […]
Watchword for the Week But in fact Christ has been raised from the dead, the first fruits of those who have died. (1 Corinthians 15:20) (Moravian Daily Texts 2018) ORGAN PRELUDE EASTER GREETING Alleluia! Christ is risen! Christ is risen indeed! Alleluia! This is the day that the Lord has made. Let us rejoice and […]
Watchword for the Week Cast all your anxiety on him, because he cares for you. (1 Peter 5:7) (Moravian Daily Texts 2017) ORGAN PRELUDE WELCOME and CALL to WORSHIP (Verses from Psalm 68 – New Living Translation) Let the godly rejoice. Let them be glad in God’s presence. Let them be filled with joy. Sing […]
Watchword for the Week Jesus says, ”I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me” (John 14:6) (Moravian Daily Texts 2017) ORGAN PRELUDE WELCOME and CALL to WORSHIP (Verses from Psalm 31) I come to you, LORD, for protection; never let me be defeated. You […]
Watchword for the Week Jesus says, ”I am the gate. Whoever enters by me will be saved, and will come in and go out and find pasture.” (John 10:9) (Moravian Daily Texts 2017) ORGAN PRELUDE WELCOME and CALL to WORSHIP (Psalm 23 – The Living Bible translation) Because the Lord is my Shepherd, I have […]