We’re glad you’re here! 

• If you are attending via Facebook Live, please fill out the contact card at the end of today's bulletin to request a pastoral visit, join our mailing list, or update your contact information.
• If you are attending in person, we invite you to sign in when the ushers pass around the clipboards, and to include your contact information so that we can send you a card (and Pastor can call you if you’d like).

We celebrate Holy Communion in worship each Sunday at 9:00 AM. Visitors are welcome for Communion—read the "Invitation to Holy Communion section  to learn more.

We have weekly education programs for all ages after worship, including Sunday School (age 3+), Confirmation (7th & 8th grade), Youth Group (middle/high school), and Adult Forum.

Restrooms (all handicapped-accessible):

• Located down the hall from the church office (women’s first, then men’s).

Child and Family Needs—in Fireside Room (entry area):

• Children are welcome in worship! The small table has crayons and coloring books if your little ones need to keep their hands busy!
• Our Family Room (next to the TV) offers a baby changing table and space for nursing or other family needs during the service!

Hearing Assistance:

• You can your set hearing aid to “T” to use our T-coil hearing loop.
• Other hearing assistance devices are available as well—please ask an usher if you would like to use one.

God’s Mission for Trinity: Welcome. Nurture. Serve.

• In order to put Christ first, we WELCOME people into the church, inviting them to receive the love and grace of Jesus so they may know themselves as children of God.
• We NURTURE people in faith to support their learning and growth as followers of Jesus.
• We send people out to SERVE people in emotional, spiritual, and physical need in the congregation, the community, and the world.

Prelude                “Now the Green Blade Rises”      Chime Choir               

Welcome & Announcements

• Click/tap here for this week's announcements!
• For Kids: Learn about the Bible with interactive games, word searches, and puzzles you can play on a phone through Bible Activities Zone! (Please be polite and turn off the sound if you are sitting in church, though!)

Please stand as you are able, and face the rear of the sanctuary.

Blessing of the Paschal Candle

P: Christ, yesterday and today, the beginning and the ending. To Christ belongs all time and all the ages; to Christ belongs glory and dominion now and forever.

C: Amen.

P: (sung) The light of Christ, rising in glory, dispel the darkness of our hearts and minds.

Please turn forward as the Paschal Candle passes by.

Procession of the Paschal Candle 

Please sit.

Children’s Time

Please stand as you are able.

Gospel Processional ”Jesus Christ Is Risen Today”(v. 1-2)   ELW 365

GOSPEL: John 20:1-18

P:  This is the Holy Gospel according to St. John, the 20th chapter.

C: Glory to you, O Lord.

P: Early on the first day of the week, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene came to the tomb and saw that the stone had been removed from the tomb. So she ran and went to Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one whom Jesus loved, and said to them, "They have taken the Lord out of the tomb, and we do not know where they have laid him." Then Peter and the other disciple set out and went toward the tomb. The two were running together, but the other disciple outran Peter and reached the tomb first. He bent down to look in and saw the linen wrappings lying there, but he did not go in. Then Simon Peter came, following him, and went into the tomb. He saw the linen wrappings lying there, and the cloth that had been on Jesus' head, not lying with the linen wrappings but rolled up in a place by itself. Then the other disciple, who reached the tomb first, also went in, and he saw and believed; for as yet they did not understand the scripture, that he must rise from the dead. Then the disciples returned to their homes.

But Mary stood weeping outside the tomb. As she wept, she bent over to look into the tomb; and she saw two angels in white, sitting where the body of Jesus had been lying, one at the head and the other at the feet. They said to her, "Woman, why are you weeping?" She said to them, "They have taken away my Lord, and I do not know where they have laid him." When she had said this, she turned around and saw Jesus standing there, but she did not know that it was Jesus. Jesus said to her, "Woman, why are you weeping? Whom are you looking for?" Supposing him to be the gardener, she said to him, "Sir, if you have carried him away, tell me where you have laid him, and I will take him away." Jesus said to her, "Mary!" She turned and said to him in Hebrew, "Rabbouni!" (which means Teacher). Jesus said to her, "Do not hold on to me, because I have not yet ascended to the Father. But go to my brothers and say to them, 'I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.'" Mary Magdalene went and announced to the disciples, "I have seen the Lord"; and she told them that he had said these things to her.

P: The Gospel of the Lord.

C: Praise to you, O Christ.

Prayer of the Day

P: Christ is risen! Alleluia!

C: He is risen indeed! Alleluia!

P: Let us pray together. O God,

C: you gave your only Son to suffer death on the cross for our redemption, and by his glorious resurrection you delivered us from the power of death. Make us die every day to sin, that we may live with him forever in the joy of the resurrection, through your Son, Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen.

Please sit.

Sermon

Hymn of the Day       “Christ Is Alive! Let Christians Sing”    with Choir

• The choir has an introduction to this hymn and will cue us when it is time for everyone to join in.

1. Christ is alive! Let Christians sing.

The cross stands empty to the sky.

Let streets and homes with praises ring.

Love, drowned in death, shall never die.

2. Christ is alive, and comes to bring

Good news to this and ev’ry age,

Till earth and sky and ocean ring

With joy, with justice, love, and praise.

Please stand as you are able. 

Profession of Faith (Apostles’ Creed)

C: I believe in God, the Father almighty, creator of heaven and earth.

I believe in Jesus Christ, God’s only Son, our Lord. He was conceived by the power of the Holy Spirit and born of the virgin Mary. He suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died, and was buried. He descended into hell. On the third day he rose again. He ascended into heaven, and is seated at the right hand of the Father. He will come again to judge the living and the dead.

I believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy catholic Church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and the life everlasting. Amen.

Prayers of the Church (1 Timothy 2:1-2)

Each section of the prayers ends:

A: Lord, in your mercy,

C: Hear our prayer.

When we get to this part, please join in reading the names in bold:

A: Today, we pray especially...and for these friends on our Prayer list:

C: JoAnne, Lois, Cecil, Pat, Dave, Tom, Ron, Eleanor, Karen, Barb, Ian, Kirk, Dawn, Lois, Lynette, Carole, Paul, Brian, Susan, Brenda, Adrienne, Alice, Tim, Evan, Cindy, John, Tom, Carrie, and Richard.

At the conclusion of the prayers:

P: Into your hands…through Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord.

C: Amen.

Sharing of the Peace (John 14:27, 20:19-21; Matthew 5:23-24)

P: The peace of the Lord be with you always.

C: And also with you.

Please sit.

Offering                         “In Thee Is Gladness”                          Choir                  

• Richard Etter and Pastor Micah will sing the first verse of this hymn with its original German language lyrics.                                   

Please stand as you are able.

Sung Offertory “Doxology”

Praise God, from whom all blessings flow;

Praise him, all creatures here below;

Praise him above, ye heav’nly host;

Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost.

Offertory Prayer

A: Let us pray. Be known to us, O Lord, in the breaking of the bread, as you were made known to the disciples. Receive these gifts, and the offering of our lives, that we may be your risen body in the world.

C: Amen.



Great Thanksgiving

If you are visiting today, you are welcome to receive Holy Communion.

Please come forward when the usher comes to your row. (If you are unable to come forward, please tell the usher, and the servers will come to you.)

We will receive Holy Communion in “tables” today.

1. Please stand at the Communion rail. We knelt at the rail during Lent, but we stand now to celebrate that Christ is risen!
2. Pastor will give you the wafer, and then you may either drink wine from the first Communion Assistant’s cup or to dip your bread in wine (red) or grape juice (white) from the second Communion Assistant’s cup.
3. Please remain at the rail until Pastor dismisses your “table.”

All are invited to sing the following hymns while Communion is distributed:

• Kids' Choir   “Easter Carol”
• ELW 361    “The Day of Resurrection”
• ELW 369    “Christ the Lord Is Risen Today; Alleluia!”
• ELW 377    “Alleluia! Jesus Is Risen!”    



Please stand as you are able.



Prayer after Communion

A: Let us pray. Life-giving God, in the mystery of Christ's death and resurrection you send light to conquer darkness, water to give new life, and the bread of heaven to nourish your people. Send us forth as witnesses to Jesus' resurrection that we may show your glory to all the world; through the same Jesus Christ, our risen Lord.

C:  Amen.

Benediction (Numbers 6:24-25, sung)

P: The Lord bless you and keep you.

The Lord make his face shine on you and be gracious to you.

The Lord look upon you with favor and give you peace,

in the name of the Father, and of the + Son, and of the Holy Spirit.

C: (sung response below)

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