Posts from April 2026

PRELUDE“Messiah Overture- Allegro“  (G. F. Handel)String Quartet   Christ is risen!He is Risen indeed!Christ is risen!He is risen indeed!Christ is risen!He is risen indeed, alleluia! INTRO TO “HALLELUJAH CHORUS” CALL TO WORSHIP“Hallelujah Chorus” (G. F. Handel)Canticle Choir, Chamber OrchestraLarry Bach, director Christ is risen!He is Risen indeed!Christ is risen!He is risen indeed!Christ is risen!He is risen indeed, alleluia!                                      HYMN“Jesus Christ is Risen Today”ELW # 365 Christ is risen!?He is Risen indeed!Christ is risen!He is risen indeed!Christ is risen!He is risen indeed,…

PRELUDE “Now All the Vault of Heaven Resounds”  (arr. Tim Graf)Tim Graf Pastor:  Christ is Risen!ALL:  He is risen indeed!Pastor:  Christ is Risen!ALL:  He is risen indeed!Pastor:  Christ is Risen!ALL:  He is risen indeed, alleluia! HYMN“Jesus Christ is Risen Today”ELW # 365 Pastor:  Christ is Risen!ALL:  He is risen indeed!Pastor:  Christ is Risen!ALL:  He is risen indeed!Pastor:  Christ is Risen!ALL:  He is risen indeed, alleluia! WELCOME  PRAYER OF THE DAY  God of mercy, we no longer look for Jesus among the…

PRELUDE“O Sacred Head Now Wounded”Orchestra, Josh Eidem (Soloist) WELCOMEPastor Peter CONFESSION AND FORGIVENESSOn this day, looking to the cross, we gather to acknowledge the ways that we have broken the world—ways of isolation, selfishness, and hoarding,ways of fear and hunger for influence,ways of self-doubt, ways of sin.We gather to acknowledge the ways that the world has broken us—ways of division and might-makes-right,ways of inequity and injustice,ways of empire, ways of sin.The way of the cross calls us to confess our…

PRELUDE“Were You There” (arr. Jacqueline Hairston)Rachel Calvert, Tim Graf WELCOMEPastor Peter CONFESSION AND FORGIVENESSOn this day, looking to the cross, we gather to acknowledge the ways that we have broken the world—ways of isolation, selfishness, and hoarding,ways of fear and hunger for influence,ways of self-doubt, ways of sin.We gather to acknowledge the ways that the world has broken us—ways of division and might-makes-right,ways of inequity and injustice,ways of empire, ways of sin.The way of the cross calls us to confess…

WELCOME OPENING LITANYLet us join together, giving thanks to God our Father for all the gifts God so freely bestows upon us. For the beauty and wonder of God’s creation, in earth and sky and sea.We thank you, Lord.For all that is good and gracious in the lives of your children.We thank you, Lord.For daily food and drink, our homes, families, and friends,We thank you, LordFor minds to think, and hearts to love, and hands to serve,We thank you, Lord.For…