4/19/2026 Morning Worship Bulletin

April 19, 2026

Third Sunday of Easter

Announcements 

Invocation

Scripture: Acts 2:14a, 36-41

¹⁴ But Peter, standing with the eleven, raised his voice and addressed them, “Fellow Jews and all who live in Jerusalem, let this be known to you, and listen to what I say.

³⁶ “Therefore let the entire house of Israel know with certainty that God has made him both Lord and Messiah, this Jesus whom you crucified.”

³⁷ Now when they heard this, they were cut to the heart and said to Peter and to the other apostles, “Brothers, what should we do?” ³⁸ Peter said to them, “Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ so that your sins may be forgiven, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. ³⁹ For the promise is for you, for your children, and for all who are far away, everyone whom the Lord our God calls to him.” ⁴⁰ And he testified with many other arguments and exhorted them, saying, “Save yourselves from this corrupt generation.” ⁴¹ So those who welcomed his message were baptized, and that day about three thousand persons were added.

“Hallelujah! What a Savior!”

Hymn #253

“Man of Sorrows”-​

What a name​

For the Son of God,​

Who came​

Ruined sinners to reclaim.​

Hallelujah! What a Savior!​

Bearing shame and scoffing rude,​

In my place condemned He stood-​

Sealed my pardon with His blood.​

Hallelujah! What a Savior!​

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Guilty, vile, and helpless we;​

Spotless Lamb of God was He.​

“Full atonement”-can it be?​

Hallelujah! What a Savior!​

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Lifted up was He to die;​

“It is finished,” was His cry.​

Now in heav’n exalted high​

Hallelujah! What a Savior!​

When He comes, our glorious King,​

All His ransomed home to bring.​

Then a new this song we’ll sing,​

“Hallelujah! What a Savior!”​

“Because He Lives”

Hymn #256

God sent His Son- ​

they called Him Jesus;​

He came to love, heal and forgive.​

He lived and died to buy my pardon;​

An empty grave is there to prove​

my Savior lives.​

Because He lives,​

I can face tomorrow;​

Because He lives, all fear is gone.​

Because I know​

He holds the future​

And life is worth the living –​

just because He lives.​

How sweet to hold a newborn baby​

And feel the pride and joy he gives;​

But greater still the calm assurance:​

This child can face uncertain days​

because He lives.​

Because He lives,​

I can face tomorrow;​

Because He lives, all fear is gone.​

Because I know​

He holds the future​

And life is worth the living –​

just because He lives.​

And then one day I’ll cross the river;​

I’ll fight life’s final war with pain.​

And then, as death ​

gives way to vic-t’ry.​

I’ll see the lights of glory –​

and I’ll know He reigns.​

Because He lives,​

I can face tomorrow;​

Because He lives, all fear is gone.​

Because I know​

He holds the future​

And life is worth the living –​

just because He lives.​

Scripture: 1 Peter 1:17-23

¹⁷ If you invoke as Father the one who judges impartially according to each person’s work, live in fear during the time of your exile. ¹⁸ You know that you were ransomed from the futile conduct inherited from your ancestors, not with perishable things like silver or gold ¹⁹ but with the precious blood of Christ, like that of a lamb without defect or blemish. ²⁰ He was destined before the foundation of the world but was revealed at the end of the ages for your sake. ²¹ Through him you have come to trust in God, who raised him from the dead and gave him glory, so that your trust and hope are in God.

²² Now that you have purified your souls by your obedience to the truth so that you have genuine mutual affection, love one another deeply from the heart. ²³ You have been born anew, not of perishable but of imperishable seed, through the living and enduring word of God.

Invitation

Confession

Pardon

Peace

Christ our Lord invites to his table all who love him,​

who earnestly repent of their sin​   and seek to live in peace with one another.​Therefore, let us confess our sin before God and one another.

Merciful God, We confess that we have not loved you with our whole heart. We have failed to be an obedient church.​​

We have not done your will, we have broken your law,

we have rebelled against your love, we have not loved our neighbors, and we have not heard the cry of the needy.​

Hear the good news,

Christ died for us while we were still sinners,

which proves God’s love for us. ​In the name of Jesus Christ, You Are forgiven

In the name of Jesus Christ, You Are forgiven​

Glory to God, Amen. ​

Tithes & Offering

Doxology

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​

Joys & Concerns

Pastoral Prayer

Scripture: Luke 24:13-35

¹³ Now on that same day two of them were going to a village called Emmaus, about seven miles from Jerusalem, ¹⁴ and talking with each other about all these things that had happened. ¹⁵ While they were talking and discussing, Jesus himself came near and went with them, ¹⁶ but their eyes were kept from recognizing him. ¹⁷ And he said to them, “What are you discussing with each other while you walk along?” They stood still, looking sad. ¹⁸ Then one of them, whose name was Cleopas, answered him, “Are you the only stranger in Jerusalem who does not know the things that have taken place there in these days?” ¹⁹ He asked them, “What things?” They replied, “The things about Jesus of Nazareth, who was a prophet mighty in deed and word before God and all the people, ²⁰ and how our chief priests and leaders handed him over to be condemned to death and crucified him. ²¹ But we had hoped that he was the one to redeem Israel. Yes, and besides all this, it is now the third day since these things took place. ²² Moreover, some women of our group astounded us. They were at the tomb early this morning, ²³ and when they did not find his body there they came back and told us that they had indeed seen a vision of angels who said that he was alive. ²⁴ Some of those who were with us went to the tomb and found it just as the women had said, but they did not see him.” ²⁵ Then he said to them, “Oh, how foolish you are and how slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have declared! ²⁶ Was it not necessary that the Messiah should suffer these things and then enter into his glory?” ²⁷ Then beginning with Moses and all the prophets, he interpreted to them the things about himself in all the scriptures.

²⁸ As they came near the village to which they were going, he walked ahead as if he were going on. ²⁹ But they urged him strongly, saying, “Stay with us, because it is almost evening and the day is now nearly over.” So he went in to stay with them. ³⁰ When he was at the table with them, he took bread, blessed and broke it, and gave it to them. ³¹ Then their eyes were opened, and they recognized him, and he vanished from their sight. ³² They said to each other, “Were not our hearts burning within us while he was talking to us on the road, while he was opening the scriptures to us?” ³³ That same hour they got up and returned to Jerusalem, and they found the eleven and their companions gathered together. ³⁴ They were saying, “The Lord has risen indeed, and he has appeared to Simon!” ³⁵ Then they told what had happened on the road and how he had been made known to them in the breaking of the bread.

“No Longer Slaves”

You unravel me, with a melody

​You surround me with a song

​Of deliverance, from my enemies

​Till all my fears are gone​

I’m no longer a slave to fear​

I am a child of God

​I’m no longer a slave to fear

​I am a child of God​

From my mothers womb

​You have known me

​Love has called my name​​

I’ve been born again, into a family

​Your blood flows through my veins

I’m no longer a slave to fear

​I am a child of God

​I’m no longer a slave to fear

​I am a child of God​

I am surrounded

​By the arms of the father​

I am surrounded

​By songs of deliverance​

We've been liberated​

From our bondage

​Were the sons and the daughters

​Let us sing our freedom​

You split the sea​

So I could walk right through it

​My fears were drowned in perfect love​

You rescued me​

And I will stand and sing

​I am the child of God​

I’m no longer a slave to fear

​I am a child of God

​I’m no longer a slave to fear

​I am a child of God​

“How He Loves”

He is jealous for me

Love’s like a hurricane, I am a tree

Bending beneath the weight of his wind and mercy

When all of a sudden

I am unaware of these afflictions eclipsed by glory

And I realize just how beautiful You are

And how great Your affections are for me

Prechorus

Oh, how he loves us so

Oh, how he loves us

How he loves us so

Chorus

Yea he loves us

Oh how He loves us

Oh how He loves us

Oh how He loves

So we are His portion and He is our prize

Drawn to redemption by the grace in His eyes

If grace is an ocean we’re all sinking

So heaven meets earth like a unforseen kiss

And my heart turns violently inside of my chest

I don’t have time to maintain these regrets when I think about the way

Prechorus

Oh, how he loves us so

Oh, how he loves us

How he loves us so

Chorus

Yea he loves us

Oh how He loves us

Oh how He loves us

Oh how He loves

Scripture: Psalm 116:1-4, 12-19

¹ I love the Lord because he has heard    my voice and my supplications.² Because he inclined his ear to me,    therefore I will call on him as long as I live.³ The snares of death encompassed me;    the pangs of Sheol laid hold on me;    I suffered distress and anguish.⁴ Then I called on the name of the Lord,    “O Lord, I pray, save my life!”

¹² What shall I return to the Lord    for all his bounty to me?¹³ I will lift up the cup of salvation    and call on the name of the Lord;¹⁴ I will pay my vows to the Lord    in the presence of all his people.¹⁵ Precious in the sight of the Lord    is the death of his faithful ones.¹⁶ O Lord, I am your servant;    I am your servant, the child of your serving girl.    You have loosed my bonds.¹⁷ I will offer to you a thanksgiving sacrifice    and call on the name of the Lord.¹⁸ I will pay my vows to the Lord    in the presence of all his people,¹⁹ in the courts of the house of the Lord,    in your midst, O Jerusalem.Praise the Lord!

Message: Pastor Ryan

“A Thanksgiving”

Communion

The Communion Supper, instituted by our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ is a sacrament, which proclaims His life, His sufferings, His sacrificial death and resurrection, and the hope of His coming again. Brothers and sisters in Christ,​the Christian life is redeemed from sin and consecrated to God.​The Supper is a means of grace in which Christ is present

by the Spirit. ​

It is to be received in reverent appreciation and gratefulness for the work of Christ. All those who are truly repentant, forsaking their sins, and believing in Christ for salvation are invited to participate in the death and resurrection of Christ. We come to the table that we may be renewed in life and salvation and be made one by the Spirit. ​

In unity with the Church, we confess our faith: ​Christ has died, Christ is risen, Christ will come again. ​

Holy God, We gather at this, your table, in the name of your Son, Jesus Christ, who by your Spirit was anointed to preach good news to the poor, proclaim release to the captives, set at liberty those who are oppressed.​

Christ healed the sick, fed the hungry, ate with sinners, and established the new covenant for forgiveness of sins. We live in the hope of His coming again. ​

On the night in which He was betrayed, He took bread, gave thanks, broke the bread, gave it to His disciples, and said: “Take, eat; this is my body which is given for you. Do this in remembrance of me.​

Likewise, when the supper was over, he took the cup, gave thanks, gave it to His disciples, and said: “Drink from this, all of you, this is my blood of the new covenant, poured out for you and for many for the forgiveness of sins. Do this in remembrance of me.” Through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. ​

And so, we gather as the Body of Christ to offer ourselves to you in praise and thanksgiving. Pour out your Holy Spirit on us and on these your gifts. Make them by the power of your Spirit to be for us the body and blood of Christ, that we may be for the world the Body of Christ, redeemed by His blood. ​

By your Spirit make us one in Christ, one with each other, and one in the ministry of Christ to all the world, until Christ comes in final victory. In the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, Amen. And now, as our Savior Christ has taught us, let us pray: ​

Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be your name, your kingdom come, your will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. Forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory, forever. Amen​

Benediction