This Week's Bulletin
Easter Sunday
* Indicates that worshippers are to stand if able.
Congregational responses are in bold print.
Worship Leader: Sherry Allen
ENTRANCE & PRAISE
Prelude “There is a Green Hill Far Away” Bethany Ensemble
Greetings Rev. Sang Hun Han
Announcements Sherry Allen
*Opening Hymn “Easter People, Raise Your Voices” UMH #304
1. Easter people, raise your voices, sounds of heaven in earth
should ring. Christ has brought us heaven's choices; heavenly
music let it ring. Alleluia! Alleluia! Easter people, let us sing!
2. Fear of death can no more stop us from our pressing here below.
For our Lord empowered us to triumph over every foe.
Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia! On to victory now we go.
3. Every day to us is Easter, with its resurrection song. When in trouble move the faster to our God who rights the wrong.
Alleluia! Alleluia! See the power of heavenly throngs.
*Call to Worship
“Come walk with me!” the Savior calls.
-Right: And one by one through arid desert and verdant
gardens, over the highest hills and across the deepest
valleys, we come.
-Left: Out of the darkness and into the light, we come.
“Come walk with me,” the Savior bids.
-Right: And one by one we come. White hair and black hair,
red, brown, blue and green. Builders and bloomers,
Generation X, Y, and Z,
-Left: Fishers and farmers, bakers and bankers, builders and
baby-sitters, students and seekers, prisoners and pastors,
educators, first responders, retirees, from all walks of life,
we come.
“Come walk with me,” the Savior invites.
-Right: And we come – travelers seeking refuge, seeking
meaning, seeking welcome, seeking connection, seeking
home.
-Left: To laugh, to cry, to dance, to mourn, to eat, to drink,
to sing, to party, to live, we come.
“Come walk with me,” the Savior prays.
-Right: And we come – to be forgiven, to be healed, to
be fed, to be sheltered, to be taught, to be known, to be
accepted, to be gifted, to be loved.
- Left: And we come – to forgive, to heal, to feed, to shelter,
to teach, to know, to accept, to gift, and to love.
“Come Walk with me,” the Savior summons.
All: We come, gathered into One – to the cross, to the tomb,
to the garden, to the seashore, to the world, no longer
strangers, but friends.
Passing Peace of Christ “O How He Loves…” TFWS #2108
O how he loves you and me! O how he loves you and me!
He gave his life. What more could he give? O how he loves you;
O how he loves me; O how he loves you and me!
Children's Message
Children's Church
New Member Welcome Sue Trawczynski Rev. Sang Hun Han
Joys and Concerns
Pastoral Prayer
Lord’s Prayer (Screen)
Contemplation Hymn “In the Garden” UMH #314
1. I come to the garden alone while the dew is still on the roses,
and the voice I hear falling on my ear, the Son of God discloses.
**Refrain: And he walks with me, and he talks with me, and he
tells me I am his own; and the joy we share as we tarry there,
none other has ever known.
2. He speaks, and the sound of his voice is so sweet the birds hush
their singing, and the melody that he gave to me within my heart is
ringing. **
3. I'd stay in the garden with him though the night around me be falling,
but he bids me go; thru the voice of woe his voice to me is calling. **
PROCLAMATION & RESPONSE
Scripture Reading John 20: 1-18 Sherry Allen
The Empty Tomb
Early on the first day of the week, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene went to the tomb and saw that the stone had been removed from the entrance. 2 So she came running to Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one Jesus loved, and said, “They have taken the Lord out of the tomb, and we don’t know where they have put him!” 3 So Peter and the other disciple started for the tomb. 4 Both were running, but the other disciple outran Peter and reached the tomb first. 5 He bent over and looked in at the strips of linen lying there but did not go in. 6 Then Simon Peter came along behind him and went straight into the tomb. He saw the strips of linen lying there, 7 as well as the cloth that had been wrapped around Jesus’ head. The cloth was still lying in its place,separate from the linen. 8 Finally the other disciple, who had reached the tomb first, also went inside. He saw and believed. 9 (They still did not understand from Scripture that Jesus had to rise from the dead.) 10 Then the disciples went back to where they were staying.
Jesus Appears to Mary Magdalene
11 Now Mary stood outside the tomb crying. As she wept, she bent over to look into the tomb 12 and saw two angels in white, seated where Jesus’ body had been, one at the head and the other at the foot. 13 They asked her, “Woman, why are you crying?” “They have taken my Lord away,” she said, “and I don’t know where they have put him.” 14 At this, she turned around and saw Jesus standing there, but she did not realize that it was Jesus.15 He asked her, “Woman, why are you crying? Who is it you are looking for?” Thinking he was the gardener, she said, “Sir, if you have carried him away, tell me where you have put him, and I will get him.” 16 Jesus said to her, “Mary.” She turned toward him and cried out in Aramaic, “Rabboni!” (which means “Teacher”). 17 Jesus said, “Do not hold on to me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father. Go instead to my brothers and tell them, ‘I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.’” 18 Mary Magdalene went to the disciples with the news: “I have seen the Lord!” And she told them that he had said these things to her.
This is the Word of Life for all the people of God.
Thanks be to God.
Offering Our Gifts to God’s Service
Offertory Anthem “Passion Chorale (O Sacred Head)” John Kwon
“When I Survey the Wondrous Cross”
“Thine be the Glory”
*Doxology “Praise God, from Whom All Blessings Flow” #UMH 95
Praise God, from whom all blessings flow; praise him, all creatures
here below; praise him above, ye heavenly host; praise
Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. Amen.
*Prayer of Dedication
Gracious God, help us remember that all belongs to you. Take these offerings and use them for your glory. Take our lives, and use us, always and everywhere, for your glory. In Christ’s name.
Amen.
You may give your offering at www.bfvumc.org/online-giving
or mail it to:
Bethany of Fox Valley UMC
2200 Ridge Ave. Aurora, IL. 60504
Message: “Walk with Me: New Life” Rev. Sang Hun Han
SENDING FORTH
Closing Hymn: “Up from the Grave He Arose” UMH #322
1. Low in the grave he lay, Jesus my Savior, waiting the coming day,
Jesus my Lord!
**Refrain: 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 forever,
with his saints to reign. He arose! He arose! Hallelujah! Christ arose!
2. Vainly they watch his bed, Jesus my Savior, vainly they seal the
dead, Jesus my Lord! **
3. "Death cannot keep its prey, Jesus my Savior; he tore the bars
away, Jesus my Lord!**
Benediction Rev. Sang Hun Han
Postlude “ Traditional Anglican Hymn” John Kwon
We are glad that you joined us this morning in worship.
We hope that you find strength, renewal, and a sense of peace
going through the coming week.