FAITH UNITED METHODIST CHURCH Easter …

1 1 *All who wish may stand. UMH = UNITED METHODIST Hymnal (red book) TFWS = The FAITH We Sing (thin black book) Nursery available for Children (Birth - 3 year olds) FAITH UNITED METHODIST CHURCH Easter Sunday April 20, 2014~9:30 ENTRANCE Welcome to FAITH UNITED METHODIST CHURCH . It is our heart and desire to engage the community of Waseca with the Gospel of Jesus Christ, equip those who respond to be the next generation of disciples of Jesus Christ and to empower them to go into the world as partners with God for the healing of the world. We welcome children and their families to our worship service. For those who need the use of a nursery, for children ages birth through three yrs old, we have a well-staffed and safe space for your children.

2 It is to the right as you enter the CHURCH . All attendees please sign our red Friendship Registration Pads. If you are new to our CHURCH , please pick up your free gift in the narthex on your way home. WELCOME/ NEWS OF OUR FAITH COMMUNITY CHORAL CALL TO "Alleluia, Alleluia"..UMH (refrain only) Alleluia, Alleluia Give thanks to the risen Lord Alleluia, alleluia, give praise to His name PASSING OF THE PEACE OF CHRIST CONGREGATIONAL CALL TO WORSHIP L: CHRIST IS RISEN! P: CHRIST IS RISEN INDEED! ALL: ALLELUIA! 2 *FIRST HYMN OF Christ The Lord Is Risen Today ..UMH No. 302 READING FROM PAUL S LETTER TO THE CHURCH AT CORINTH I CORINTHIANS 15:12-14 15:12 Now if Christ is being preached as raised from the dead, how can some of you say there is no resurrection of the dead? 15:13 But if there is no resurrection of the dead, then not even Christ has been raised.

3 15:14 And if Christ has not been raised, then our preaching is futile and your FAITH is empty. ANTHEM OF PRAISE First Lift High The Cross of Christ Please join in the Refrain: Lift high the cross The love of Christ proclaim, Till all the world Adore His sacred name. Second When Christ Comes To Die .. FAITH Choir SUNDAY SCHOOL for ages 4 - 6th grade (Please go to the back of the sanctuary to meet your teachers.) PASTORAL PRAYER THE PRAYER OF JESUS CALLED THE LORD S (In Unison) 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, the power, and the glory, Forever and ever.

4 Amen. 3 OLD TESTAMENT 19:25-27 For I know that my Redeemer lives, and at the last He will stand upon the earth. And after my skin has been thus destroyed, yet in my flesh I shall see God, whom I shall see for myself, and my eyes shall behold and not another. My heart faints within me! SONG OF Lord, I Lift Your Name On High ..TFWS No. 2088 *READING FROM THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO 24: 13-32 That very day two of them were going to a village named Emmaus, about seven miles from Jerusalem, and they were talking with each other about all these things that had happened. While they were talking and discussing together, Jesus himself drew near and went with them. But their eyes were kept from recognizing him. And He said to them, What is this conversation that you are holding with each other as you walk?

5 And they stood still, looking sad. Then one of them, named Cleopas, answered Him, Are you the only visitor to Jerusalem who does not know the things that have happened there in these days? And He said to them, What things? And they said to Him, Concerning Jesus of Nazareth, a man who was a prophet mighty in deed and word before God and all the people, and how our chief priests and rulers delivered Him up to be condemned to death, and crucified him. 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 happened. Moreover, some women of our company amazed us. They were at the tomb early in the morning, and when they did not find His body, they came back saying that they had even seen a vision of angels, who said that He was alive. Some of those who were with us went to the tomb and found it just as the women had said, but Him they did not see.

6 So they drew near to the village to which they were going. He acted as if He were going farther, but they urged Him strongly, saying, Stay with us, for it is toward evening and the day is now far spent. So He went in to stay with them. When He was at table with them, He took the bread and blessed and broke it and gave it to them. And their eyes were opened, and they recognized Him. And He vanished from their sight. They said to each other, Did not our hearts burn within us while He talked to us on the road, while He opened to us the Scriptures? And they rose that same hour and returned to Jerusalem. And they found the eleven and those who were with them gathered together, saying, The Lord has risen indeed, and has appeared to 4 Simon! Then they told what had happened on the road, and how He was known to them in the breaking of the bread.

7 L: This is the Word of God for the People of God ALL: THANKS BE TO GOD THE Surprised By God ..Rev. Victor Waters WORSHIP THROUGH GIVING SONG OF Give Thanks ..TFWS No. 2036 Give thanks with a grateful heart Give thanks to the Holy One Give thanks because He's given Jesus Christ, His Son Give thanks with a grateful heart Give thanks to the Holy One Give thanks because He's given Jesus Christ, His Son And now let the weak say, "I am strong" Let the poor say, "I am rich" Because of what the Lord has done for us And now let the weak say, "I am strong" Let the poor say, "I am rich" Because of what the Lord has done for us Give thanks Give thanks CLOSING HYMN OF Crown Him with Many Crowns.

8 UMH No. 327 SENDING FORTH TO SERVE We are sent forth in the power of Christ's resurrection. Alleluia! The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Spirit be with you all. Amen. EXIT MUSIC 5 REMEMBER OUR CHURCH & MILITARY FAMILIES IN YOUR Remember our CHURCH members & friends who are less mobile and are unable to join us as often as they would like, including: Koda Living Community, Owatonna: Elaine Flathers Colony Court Memory & Care Suites: Ann Swenson, Rosalind Peterson, Gerri Peterson Colony Court: Millie Groh, Ardella Draheim Lakeshore Inn: Florence Gutknecht, Hazel Henkensiefken, Don Lohse Latham Place: Liz Corchran Morrow Home, Sparta, WI: Marlene Rietfort Oaklawn Health Care Center: Jim Keller Janesville Nursing Home: Nina Youngberg Tower Light, St.

9 Louis Park: Darlene Lynch Those who also need our prayers: Willie Mahler, Jerry Krause Prayer Request from Sunday Worship: Leona Quast, Rodger and Vada Dahnert, Dick and Elaine Westrum, Marie Wells, Roberta Walker's sister in law Rose, Paul Krause ANNOUNCEMENTS Please remember the garage sale and bake sale for Relay for Life. Set up will be on Friday night the 2nd. The garage sale is May 3rd, 2014. Items that we need are: clothes hangers, clothing, ladies hand bags, jewelry, lamps, any kind of furniture, any kind of tools. If you would like to donate please call Dave Baldini or Vada Dahnert. If anyone wants to bake items and donate them we would be happy to take them. We would like to try and double our intakes from last year. All proceeds go to Cancer. Fight the Fight!3 6 FAITH UNITED METHODIST CHURCH Easter Lily & Tulip Memorials In Memory of our family and loved and Dan Klampe In Memory of David Fredrickson In Memory of David Fredrickson, Mary Root In Memory of my husband Harland Hasslen, Douglas, and Linda Hasslen In honor of the people called FAITH UNITED METHODIST CHURCH and in Memory of Alice Hunter Robert Hunter In memory of our parents, Forrest and Wanda Walker, August and Leona Rosenberg and in memory of my brother.

10 Richard Rosenberg and son-in-law Bob and Roberta Walker In loving memory of FAITH CHURCH women who have passed In memory of my mom Hazel Victor Waters In memory of my mom Phyllis Waters In memory of our son Tim and Sherry Scholljegerdes In memory of Leland (Bud) Wells and Beulah Marie and Leslie Wells In memory of my parents Jim and Louise Osmundson and my husband Duke Friedl 7 Children's Activity: 8 THIS WEEK AT A 04/20/2014 (Sun.) Easter Sunday 7:00 -Sunrise Service 7:45 -Breakfast by Men of FAITH 9:30 -Worship Service 10:30-11:30 -Fellowship 04/21/2014 (Mon.) Easter Monday/ FAITH Messenger mailed this week 04/22/2014 (Tues.) 11:00 -1:00 -UMW Spring Luncheon 1:00-6:00 -Kim Maas in Office 4:00-5:00 -Conversation, Bible & Friends (LV Room) will not meet today 5:15-6:15 - CHURCH Council Meeting 6:30-7:30 -SPRC Meeting 04/23/2014 (Wed.)