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 Service for April 11, 2010

2nd Sunday of Easter 

Welcome and Announcements:   - Rev. Charles Neugebauer

Processional Hymn: "Christ the Lord is Risen Today" - Congregation - Julie Stapelman- Organist 

Invocation and Easter Acclamation - Rev. Charles Neugebauer

Confession and Absolution - Rev. Charles Neugebauer

Hymn of Praise: "This is the Feast" -  Congregation - Julie Stapelman - Organist 

Pray of the Day- Rev. Charles Neugebauer  

The First Reading:  Acts 5:12-20  (NIV) - Mr. Ken Hanna

(Peter and the other apostles proclaim the risen Christ in spite of opposition.)

The Apostles Heal Many

 12The apostles performed many miraculous signs and wonders among the people. And all the believers used to meet together in Solomon's Colonnade. 13No one else dared join them, even though they were highly regarded by the people. 14Nevertheless, more and more men and women believed in the Lord and were added to their number. 15As a result, people brought the sick into the streets and laid them on beds and mats so that at least Peter's shadow might fall on some of them as he passed by. 16Crowds gathered also from the towns around Jerusalem, bringing their sick and those tormented by evil[a] spirits, and all of them were healed.

The Apostles Persecuted

 17Then the high priest and all his associates, who were members of the party of the Sadducees, were filled with jealousy. 18They arrested the apostles and put them in the public jail. 19But during the night an angel of the Lord opened the doors of the jail and brought them out. 20"Go, stand in the temple courts," he said, "and tell the people the full message of this new life."

 

Footnotes:
  1. Acts 5:16 Greek unclean
Epistle:  Revelation 1:4-18  (NIV) - Mr. Ken Hanna

(John's vision of Jesus is revealed.)

Greetings and doxology

 4John,
      To the seven churches in the province of Asia:

   Grace and peace to you from him who is, and who was, and who is to come, and from the seven spirits[a] before his throne, 5and from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, the firstborn from the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth.

   To him who loves us and has freed us from our sins by his blood, 6and has made us to be a kingdom and priests to serve his God and Father—to him be glory and power for ever and ever! Amen.
 7Look, he is coming with the clouds,
      and every eye will see him,
   even those who pierced him;
      and all the peoples of the earth will mourn because of him. So shall it be! Amen.

 8"I am the Alpha and the Omega," says the Lord God, "who is, and who was, and who is to come, the Almighty."

One like a Son of Man

 9I, John, your brother and companion in the suffering and kingdom and patient endurance that are ours in Jesus, was on the island of Patmos because of the word of God and the testimony of Jesus. 10On the Lord's Day I was in the Spirit, and I heard behind me a loud voice like a trumpet, 11which said: "Write on a scroll what you see and send it to the seven churches: to Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia and Laodicea."

 12I turned around to see the voice that was speaking to me. And when I turned I saw seven golden lampstands, 13and among the lampstands was someone "like a son of man,"[b]dressed in a robe reaching down to his feet and with a golden sash around his chest. 14His head and hair were white like wool, as white as snow, and his eyes were like blazing fire. 15His feet were like bronze glowing in a furnace, and his voice was like the sound of rushing waters. 16In his right hand he held seven stars, and out of his mouth came a sharp double-edged sword. His face was like the sun shining in all its brilliance.

 17When I saw him, I fell at his feet as though dead. Then he placed his right hand on me and said: "Do not be afraid. I am the First and the Last. 18I am the Living One; I was dead, and behold I am alive for ever and ever! And I hold the keys of death and Hades.

Footnotes:
  1. Revelation 1:5 Or the sevenfold Spirit
  2. Revelation 1:13 Daniel 7:13

Holy Gospel: John 20:19-31  (NIV) - Rev. Charles Neugebauer

(Thomas no longer doubts the resurrection.)

Jesus Appears to His Disciples

 19On the evening of that first day of the week, when the disciples were together, with the doors locked for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them and said, "Peace be with you!" 20After he said this, he showed them his hands and side. The disciples were overjoyed when they saw the Lord.

 21Again Jesus said, "Peace be with you! As the Father has sent me, I am sending you." 22And with that he breathed on them and said, "Receive the Holy Spirit. 23If you forgive anyone his sins, they are forgiven; if you do not forgive them, they are not forgiven."

Jesus Appears to Thomas

 24Now Thomas (called Didymus), one of the Twelve, was not with the disciples when Jesus came. 25So the other disciples told him, "We have seen the Lord!"
      But he said to them, "Unless I see the nail marks in his hands and put my finger where the nails were, and put my hand into his side, I will not believe it."

 26A week later his disciples were in the house again, and Thomas was with them. Though the doors were locked, Jesus came and stood among them and said, "Peace be with you!" 27Then he said to Thomas, "Put your finger here; see my hands. Reach out your hand and put it into my side. Stop doubting and believe."

 28Thomas said to him, "My Lord and my God!"

 29Then Jesus told him, "Because you have seen me, you have believed; blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed."

 30Jesus did many other miraculous signs in the presence of his disciples, which are not recorded in this book. 31But these are written that you may[a] believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name.

Footnotes:
  1. John 20:31 Some manuscripts may continue to

Children's Message: - Rev. Charles Neugebauer

Hymn of the Day: "Good Christian Friends, Rejoice and Sing" - Congregation - Julie Stapelman - Organist 

Message "The Power of Things Unseen"

Rev. Mark Goble 

Offerings: "Now  All the Vaults of Heaven Resounds" -  Julie Stapelman - Piano Soloist

Offertory:  "Create in Me a Clean Heart"-  Congregation - Julie Stapelman - Organist 

Prayers of the Church:  - Rev. Charles Neugebauer and Congregation 

+THE SACRAMENT+

Preface: - Rev. Charles Neugebauer

Proper Preface: - Rev. Charles Neugebauer

Sanctus:  "Christ the Lord, is Risen Today"-  Congregation - Julie Stapelman - Organist 

Lord's Prayer:  - Rev. Charles Neugebauer & Congregation

Words of Institution: - Rev. Charles Neugebauer

Agnus Dei: "Lamb of God, You Take Away the Sin of the World" - Congregation - Julie Stapelman - Organist

Distribution Hymns: Congregation - Julie Stapelman - Organist

Post-Communion Prayer:  - Rev. Charles Neugebauer

Benediction:  - Rev. Charles Neugebauer

Recessional Hymn: "Jesus Christ is Risen Today" - Congregation -  Julie Stapelman - Organist 

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