Morning Service Sunday 9 April 2023

Welcome and Intimations

Prayer and Lord’s Prayer

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
for ever and ever.
Amen.

MP 453 Low in the Grave He Lay

1. Low in the grave He lay,
   Jesus, my Saviour;
   waiting the coming day,
   Jesus, my Lord.
   

   Up from the grave He arose,
   with a mighty triumph o’er His foes;
   He arose a victor from the dark domain,
   and He lives for ever with His saints to reign:
   He arose! He arose! Hallelujah! Christ arose!
   

2. Vainly they watch His bed,
   Jesus, my Saviour;
   vainly they seal the dead,
   Jesus, my Lord.
   

   Up from the grave He arose,
   with a mighty triumph o’er His foes;
   He arose a victor from the dark domain,
   and He lives for ever with His saints to reign:
   He arose! He arose! Hallelujah! Christ arose!
   

3. Death cannot keep his prey,
   Jesus, my Saviour,
   He tore the bars away,
   Jesus, my Lord.
   

   Up from the grave He arose,
   with a mighty triumph o’er His foes;
   He arose a victor from the dark domain,
   and He lives for ever with His saints to reign:
   He arose! He arose! Hallelujah! Christ arose!
   

© Robert Lowry

1. Psalm 118:1-2, 14-24
2. Matthew 28:1-10

Children’s Message

CH4 408 At Dawn

1. At dawn the women made their way,
   with spice and sweet perfume,
   to where their Lord and Saviour lay
   enshrouded in the tomb.
   But, wonder of amazing grace
   to those whose hearts were grieved —
   they saw their Saviour face to face,
   and with their love believed.
   

2. The mystery of this risen Lord
   a matchless peace bestows:
   a table set, a cup outpoured,
   whose goodness overflows.
   Our ointments, too, we gladly bring
   as each new dawn arrives —
   the sweetness of the songs we sing,
   the spice of faithful lives.

© Mary Louise Bringle

Meditation

CH4 423 I Know That My Redeemer Lives

1. I know that my Redeemer lives,
   glory, hallelujah!
   What joy and peace this sentence gives,
   glory, hallelujah!
   Shout on, pray on, we're gaining ground,
   glory, hallelujah!
   The dead's alive and the lost is found,
   glory, hallelujah!
   

2. He lives, to bless me with his love,
   glory, hallelujah!
   He lives, to plead for me above,
   glory, hallelujah!
   He lives, my hungry soul to feed,
   glory, hallelujah!
   He lives to help in time of need,
   glory, hallelujah!
   

3. He lives, all glory to his name,
   glory, hallelujah!
   He lives, my Saviour, still the same,
   glory, hallelujah!
   What joy the blest assurance gives,
   glory, hallelujah!
   I know that my Redeemer lives,
   glory, hallelujah!
   

© Samuel Medley

Offering

Prayer of Intercession

CH4 430 Christ Has Risen

1. Christ has risen while earth slumbers,
   Christ has risen where hope died,
   as he said and as he promised,
   as we doubted and denied.
   Let the moon embrace the blessing;
   let the sun sustain the cheer;
   let the world confirm the rumour.
   Christ is risen, God is here!
   

2. Christ has risen for the people
   whom he loved and died to save;
   Christ has risen for the women
   bringing flowers to grace his grave.
   Christ has risen for disciples
   huddled in an upstairs room.
   He whose word inspired creation
   is not silenced by the tomb.
   

3. Christ has risen, and for ever
   lives to challenge, and to change
   all whose lives are messed or mangled,
   all who find religion strange.
   Christ is risen. Christ is present,
   making us what he has been —
   evidence of transformation
   in which God is known and seen.
   

© John L. Bell and Graham Maule

Blessing