EASTER 3A Elements of worship 33A from various sources

Bible readings Acts 2:14a, 36-41 Peter’s SpeechPsalm 116:1-4, 12-19 A man saved from death praises God1 Peter 1:17-23 Born anew through the living ChristLuke 24:13-35 The Walk to Emmaus

First Thoughts on the Old Testament Readings of the RCLhttp://vic.uca.org.au/~hwallace/WebOTcomments/Contentspage.html  -and-http://www.oldtestamentlectionary.unitingchurch.org.au/Lectionary.htmFirst Thoughts on the New Testament Readings of the RCLhttp://wwwstaff.murdoch.edu.au/~loader/lectionaryindex.html

Symbols Liturgical Colours: In most churches, the decorations are white, gold, or white and gold. White represents purity and the resurrection, while gold symbolises triumph.

The Easter Candle: The Uniting Church, in common with other churches in recent years, has revived some ancient symbols. The Easter or Pascal candle signifies the resurrection and is lit for services throughout the Easter season until Pentecost, and again whenever there is a baptism when the candidate's candle is traditionally lit from it. In some churches it is lit for funerals to signify new life in Christ after death, and in some places it is also lit on other occasions when the Eucharist is celebrated.  (by David Beswick, Easter Sunday.)

The Easter Banner: A butterfly emerging from a chrysalis is a traditional symbol of the resurrection. In our banner today we see the splendid creature in flight over the world leaving behind the signs of death and the old life from which it has come. This new life is now let loose in the world and ascends above the world. (by David Beswick, Easter Sunday.)

Thoughts for focus WHERE IS CHRIST TODAY?

Jesus never was where He was supposed to be!  The Wise Men thought they would find a King in Jerusalem, but He was in a stable in a small village.  When He was 12, His family expected Him to go home with them, but He was still in the Temple.  During His ministry He was constantly with the poor and the outcast, with ‘sinners’ than with saints.  His disciples thought He was going to Jerusalem to sit on a throne, but instead He hung upon a cross. After His burial, some women went to His tomb expecting to find His body.  But He was not there.  He had risen.

This does not mean that Jesus was capricious and undependable. He constantly refused to be bound by what others considered appropriate.  If Jesus really is our leader today, we have to be prepared to take some sharp turns in unexpected directions.  Just when we think we know Him well, we may find that we have missed the point.

Today we have come to Church expecting to find and to acknowledge the Risen Christ.  Yet if this is the only place that we can do this, we have misunderstood Him, just as the first disciples did.  Jesus is with us at our work, on the highways, and in our homes.  Above all, He is present wherever persons hurt, in haunts of wretchedness and need.  If we want to find and serve Him, we must seek Him there.

Thoughts for focus The changed, post-resurrection understanding of Jesus’ friends and followers are again expressed in stories of encountering Jesus, risen and still in very human form, yet significantly different from the man they have known and lost. Whatever our understanding of the historical nature of a story like Emmaus, here are two good questions, raised by theologian Marcus Borg – Why did the gospel writers tell this story? And why did they tell it in this way?

Focus thoughts The moving story of the Emmaus walk can be ours. When we discuss the faith, its challenges and its hopes, the Christ walks with us and is present in the Holy Spirit, often enlightening and enlarging our conversation. When we stop and feel that presence and pray that Christ will stay with us, the broken bread and poured out wine are placed in our hands as the gift and sign of grace. We can be truly open to the mystery of the Eucharist and feel its wonder each time, rather than taking it for granted. It is interesting how moving it is to see people receive it for the first time, or after a long separation or alienation. You see the gratitude and trembling hope on their faces. If we talk with them, they tell us what they have seen and believed, just as the people on the Emmaus Road.

Sermon Starters:Bad news! It seems to come to us every day, sometimes personal, sometimes public, but always fraught with sadness. We lose a loved one and we are torn with grief. We see destruction and we are overcome with regret. The question frequently arises, „What now? What more? or What do we do now? and these questions are accompanied by corresponding levels of anxiety. Look again at today’s scripture story. Jesus is dead. The disciples are torn with grief. Then Jesus appears unrecognized to them and kick-starts their faith. At this point, and from then on, their faith grows and grows, because it is no longer contained, no longer centred around just one man. It is everywhere.  (from Gathering‚, United Church of Canada, 2011.)

 There are, apparently, several locations in modern-day Israel that claim to be the village of Emmaus. This raises the possibility that Emmaus is nowhere in particular, or that Emmaus is everywhere. Even if we cannot locate with geographic certainty the destination to which the disciples were heading, we can affirm that we too have been on that road–when a relationship has died, when a dream has been shattered, when an opportunity has been seemingly irretrievably lost. It's been said, "When God closes a door, God opens a window," but rarely does the window open immediately after the door has been closed. All too often, it is only in retrospect, with 20/20 hindsight, that we are able to recognize

such spiritual serendipity. The two disciples just happened to be travelling along that particular road when the risen Lord joined them. They later stopped for a simple meal, which became much more. Then the stranger vanished from their sight.  In a book of sermons, Barbara Lundblad asks, "Did they eat the bread?" (Birthing the Sermon: Women Preachers on the Creative Process, Jana Childers (ed.), Chalice Press, 2001. Reproduced with permission.) What do we do with Emmaus holy moments when we stumble upon them in the midst of our faith journeys?  (from Gathering‚, United Church of Canada, 2005.).

Introduction Today is the Third Sunday in Eastertide, a season of 50 days in which we celebrate the Resurrection of Christ.  

11 Prayers & Collects

O God, on this day You gather together Your pilgrim church throughout the world to keep the memory of the Lord's resurrection.  Pour out the Holy Spirit on us now, that in the celebration of the Eucharist we may recognise the crucified and risen Christ, who opens our hearts to understand the Scriptures and who reveals Himself in the breaking of the bread: for He lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, forever and ever. AMEN. (from Uniting in Worship‚, Leader's Book, p. 188.)

God of life and love, your Son made himself known to his disciples in the breaking of bread. Open the eyes of our faith, that we may see him in his redeeming work, who is alive and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. AMEN.  (from Common Order‚, Church of Scotland, p. 670.)

Prayer of illumination

Lord Jesus, open to us the Scriptures; make our hearts burn within us while You speak (based on Luke 24:32)

Call to worship

Christ stays with us, as we walk the road of life together, entering our questioning and engaging with us as our friend. We may invite this Christ to the Table, to share our hospitality. As we do that, may we discover the wonder of the divine presence among us. If we will hold out our hands in hope, we will find them filled with everlasting signs of Godís love. Let us worship together this day and meet Jesus Christ among us in this place. Words for Worship

Call to worship

Where shattered hearts are made whole, where wounded souls are healed, where life is stronger than death:there, the stone has been rolled away.Where the lonely become our friends, where a stranger is welcomed home, where hope is stronger than despair,there, we find Jesus walking.Where closed wallets are opened, where the anxious find serenity, where love is stronger than hate:there, Jesus is opening our eyes.The stone has been rolled away!Jesus is our companion on the journey!Our eyes are opened to the needs of others!Alleluia!  Christ is risen!Alleluia!  Christ is with us! Thom Shuman

Prayer of PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING:

Thanksgiving Thanks be to you, O God, for the Christ who is so fully humanthat he could walk among us and we might think he is one of us.Thanks be to you, O God.Thank you for Christ who is so fully divine that every moment can be transformed by that presence in ways which lift our hearts in hope. Thanks be to you, O God.We thank you for the wonder of every time when we encounter that loving life among us, enriching, enlightening and inspiring us.Thanks be to you, O God. Amen. Words for Worship

Prayer of Confession

O Jesus Christ, sometimes we are so busy talking with each other that we fail to find you beside us. We walk on, so focussed on our questions that we do not create the silent spaces which would allow you to speak with us and enlighten our journeying.Silent reflectionStay with us, Jesus Christ. Reach out towards us and invite us to pause and meet with you, we pray.As we look at our lives and that of the world around us, we are sometimes too anxious to share our real questions or our doubts and fears. We keep them within us in troubled silence.Silent reflectionStay with us, Jesus Christ.Reach out towards us and invite us to pause and meet with you, we pray.We call your name, O Christ,and hope to discover you here in our community of vulnerable faith. Amen.

WORDS OF ASSURANCE:Whether we believe it, or not, Jesus Christ never leaves us nor forsakes us. Let us open our hearts to receive the grace which Christ brings to us in faithfulness. We are forgiven! Thanks be to God.Words for Worship

Prayer of confession

We become comfortable, Joyous God, with our lives, with our faith, with our friends and family. We are so secure, your gospel jars us with your hopes for us.  We know we should tell your story, but doesn't everyone who matters know it already? We could invite others to your table, but then wemight have to share.  We could welcome the strangers, but worry they might feel uneasy among so many unfamiliar faces.Forgive us, God of Easter.  Walk with us, so we can become companions to the lost.  Welcome us, so we can include the hopeless and the homeless.  Love us, so we can share that love with everyone we meet on our journey, as wefollow Jesus Christ, our Lord and Savior, intolife with you.

Silence is kept

Assurance of Pardon

God loves us so much, God will listen to our cries, our prayers, our hopes, and our dreams.  God's promises are for all, those who are right beside us, as well as those who live on the other side of the world.What can we give to God for us grace?  We will lift our hearts to God, giving thanks for the mercy that has been given to us.  Thanks be to God!  Amen.Thom Shuman

Prayer of confession

VOICE 1: Risen Lord Jesus, what is it that keeps us from recognising you?VOICE 2: Often we are so full of ourselves that it's easy to block you right out of our lives.VOICE 1: Maybe it's the way we interpret Scripture that obscures the signs pointing to you.VOICE 2: Perhaps we are guilty of being slow of heart when we don't recognise you in our neighbour, or in the poor or the dispossessed.VOICE 1: Our eyes and ears have become so crammed with the sights and sounds of  living that we simply fail to see you or to recognise your voice.Silence….

offering We bring our lives and gifts to you as a sign of our new life and new hope in You. We give thanks for your  love revealed so fully to us in Jesus Christ.  We can be assured of his ongoing presence with usthrough the gift of the Holy Spirit.   In recognition of these wonderful gifts, we offer this money and the service of our lives and pray your blessing upon them. AMEN.  (by Moira Laidlaw, http://www.liturgiesonline.com.au/html/easter_3a.html)

Prayers for others

God of the risen Christ and our God,We rejoice in Your resurrection power,Which is fully ours in Jesus Christ,And we pray that You will keep us alertTo the sufferings, needs, or dutiesThat burden many people this Easter ...

„Risen Lord Jesus ..[HEAR OUR PRAYER]

Keep us prayerfully aware of thoseFor whom this Easter is one of misery and loneliness;Those who are separated from loved ones,Immigrants who are lonely in a strange environment,Alcoholics and other addictsFor whom no day is ever a holiday,Homeless young people,Unwanted old people,And the inmates of our prisons:

Living Lord, help them to know Your love in the message of Easter,And to rejoice in the gift of life in Christ ...

„Risen Lord Jesus ... [HEAR OUR PRAYER]

Keep us aware of thoseFor whom this Easter time is one of tragedy:Especially the victims of road accidents,Their family and friends,Those who are seriously injured,Those who are fighting for very life,And those who are weeping for the dead:

Living Lord, help them to know Your love in the message of Easter,And to rejoice in the gift of life in Christ ...

„Risen Lord Jesus ... [HEAR OUR PRAYER]

Keep us aware, O God, also of thoseWho must work while most of us are holidaying:Policemen and prison warders,Transport workers, and entertainers,Ministers and priests,Ambulance men and nurses,Cooks and nightwatchmen,And all those who are busier than usualIn catering for guests:

Living Lord, help them to know Your love in the message of Easter,And to rejoice in the gift of life in Christ.

„Risen Lord Jesus ... [HEAR OUR PRAYER]

God of Easter, keep each of us aware of our own needs,And of the vast resources for our growth in faith, hope, and love,Which are available to us this day of resurrection:Through Jesus Christ our Lord.  AMEN.

  (from "Australian Prayers" by Bruce Prewer, pp. 54-55.)Prayers for others

PRAYERS OF INTERCESSION:O Christ, as we enjoy your company, we remember that there are many people who are alone or rejected. We think of those whose ageing, illness or family circumstances mean that they feel as though no-one is truly with them. May we see more clearly where they are, O Christ, and be loyal friends to them in your name, we pray.If they are isolated because of any form of prejudice,looking longingly at the lives of those who have company and communities of support:Show us the beauty of all humanness, O Christ,and call us to draw near in love, we pray.Give to us, your people, the courage and authenticity to share together the questions we have about life and faith.Help us to create an environment where honesty is possible,so that we genuinely discuss the tougher issues together.

Then, when we hold in our hands the bread and the wine,may we recognise the wonder of the gift which lies thereand receive it in truth as your life with us, O Christ.Amen.Words for Worship

Prayers for others

See WCC prayerbook (In God’s Hands) in libraryThe World in Prayer site http://www.worldinprayer.org has weekly intercessory prayers.

Benediction Let us place our feet on the road of life,confident that the Christ will walk with us.And may the stranger be discovered as our holy friend, the road lead us towards the sanctuaries of home and Christ, the Human One, share each meal with us. Amen. Words for Worship

Blessing and dismissal

Go forth into the activity of this dayas a companion of our Risen Lord Jesus:May the Word of God stir your hearts and your minds,may the love of Christ Jesus light your path each day,and may the power of the Holy Spirit uphold you and give to youevery spiritual blessing both now and forevermore. AMEN  (by Richard Fairchild, Easter 3A 2002)

May the presence of the risen Christ be with youthe love and mercy  of God be within youthe power of the Holy Spirit sustain you today and always.  (by Moira Laidlaw, http://www.liturgiesonline.com.au/html/easter_3a.html)

Resources"Stages on the Way" - Worship Resources for Lent, Holy Week and Easter" Wild Goose Worship Publications, 1998 – on library shelf

MusicChrist has Risen (CH4 - 430) As we walked home at close of day (a song about Emmaus, from Enemy of Apathy, the Iona Community, also in The Courage to say No, Wild goose Publications) Jesus Christ is Waiting (CH4 - 360) Christ in the Stranger’s Guise (from Enemy of Apathy, the Iona Community) Be still and know (CH4 – 754: further verses in There is One Among Us, Wild Goose Publications)HYMNS:

Acts 2: 14a, 36-41Awake, awake, fling off the night AHB.412Sing praise to the Lord TiS.96 AHB.[83]They that believe and are baptized TiS.479 AHB.(405)We have a gospel to proclaim TiS.245 AHB.189We know that Christ is raised TiS.489Psalm 116: 1-4, 12-19God merciful and righteous is AHB.350I love the Lord who has heard my prayer TiS.711 Peter 1: 17-23Amazing grace (how sweet the sound)TiS.129 AHB.56Come Godís people, sing for joy TiS.391 SA.26Father of peace and God of love TiS.482 AHB.407Just as I am without one plea TiS.584 AHB.497Lord Christ, we praise your sacrifice TiS.251 SA.60Luke 24: 13-35

Be known to us in breaking bread TiS.515 AHB.435Brother, sister, let me serve you TiS.650 SA.14Christ is alive! Let Christians sing TiS.388 SA.18Come, risen Lord, and deign to be our guest TiS.525 AHB.442The head that once was crowned with thorns TiS.378 AHB.301The Lord is my light and my help TiS.16 SA.28

** see John Maynard’s compilation at the end

The changed, post-resurrection understanding of Jesus’ friends and followers are again expressed in stories of encountering Jesus, risen and still in very human form, yet significantly different from the man they have known and lost. Whatever our understanding of the historical nature of a story like Emmaus, here are two good questions, raised by theologian Marcus Borg – Why did the gospel writers tell this story? And why did they tell it in this way?Luke 24: 13-35Consider bringing alive the well-known story of the Emmaus road simply by having four readers – a narrator, and the voices of Jesus, Cleopas and the other disciple. (verses 19-24 could be read by two voices, as if the two are taking turns filling in the story).Consider a time for conversation, inviting people to share in 2s/3s some ways of understanding this story, exploring questions such as... When especially difficult or bewildering things happen, how does it help to talk about it? When have we felt the need to verbalise our thinking to another, perhaps going over things many times? What does it do for us to say it rather than just try to process it in our heads? In this story, what do you imagine the two friends gained from talking with each other, from telling it all over again to Jesus, and then from listening to the perspective Jesus offered in response?Why do you imagine they pressed him to stay for supper instead of parting company on reaching their destination? When have we felt ‘on fire’ after being in conversation with someone? Imagine being able to meet Cleopas and his companion – what would we like to ask them? How does this story encourage, challenge or enlighten us?The implication is that Jesus’ interpretation of the scriptures gave them a very altered outlook on their ideas about the Messiah. It’s also worth reflecting on what is being said about our world here... what kind of world cannot handle Jesus and ‘has to make him suffer’? What would it take to have a world that does not seek to bring down the most remarkable ofWorship on the Webhuman lives, but honours, celebrates and imitates the kind of integrity, courage, passion and liberating influence seen in Jesus? Thoughts on this could be used in prayers of intercession.The challenge to us to live precisely in this alternative, counter-cultural, God-honouring way finds an echo in the accompanying lectionary reading from...1 Peter 1: 17-23Holy living and sincere love. What do these high callings look like when embodied in our everyday patterns and practices? Just think of our typical usage of ‘holy’ in describing someone! Worse, imagine asking a friend how well they think we’re doing at being holy! It’s easy to call God holy, but what about us? It might help to consider what it means to be living wholly, in the fullness of life Jesus spoke of coming to give us. As St Irenaeus put it, “The glory of God is a human being fully alive.” So how do we know when we’re fully alive? What are the symptoms of a fully alive person, a fully alive church? How do we live when we carry an awareness of our belonging to God into every day? We will love what God loves; we will love as God loves.“God's love is seen in the character of our relationships together when they are inclusive, accepting, supportive, nourishing, forgiving, kind, encouraging... if we find

ourselves labelled instead as judgmental, unforgiving, exclusive, gossipy... there is something amiss in our wholeness.”(Adapted from http://www.lectionarysermons.com/Oct27-02.htm)Acts 2: 14a, 36-41The call to baptism urged by Peter was an invitation to a rite of passage demonstrating the desire for and commitment to the life Jesus intends for us. It seems to have been established early as a sign of becoming part of the Christian community of faith. In a tradition like ours which over the years has formulated a strong case for infant baptism, how do we as adults demonstrate our belonging and participation in a common life?It might be interesting and worthwhile to consider our sense of belonging to one another and to God. What helps or hinders that sense of belonging? If there are some, or many, from our faith community whom we see only at a Sunday service, how do we meaningfully exist and relate to each other as a body?

EASTER HYMN:  TIS #390 ˆ „ALLELUIA, ALLELUIA, GIVE THANKS TO THE RISEN LORD‰

[Tune:  Alleluia, Alleluia]

  Alleluia, alleluia, give thanks to the risen Lord,  Alleluia, alleluia, give praise to His name!

1. Jesus is Lord of all the earth;  He the King of creation ∑ /refrain/

2. Spread the Good News o‚er all the earth:  Jesus has died and has risen ∑ /refrain/

3. We have been crucified with Christ;  now we shall live forever ∑ /refrain/

4. God has proclaimed His gracious gift:  new life for all! Alleluia! ∑ /refrain/

5. Come, let us praise the living God,  joyfully sing to our Saviour ∑ /refrain/

Words: Donald E. Fishel (1950 ˆ )Arranged by: Betty Pulkingham (1928-)Tune: ALLELUIA, ALLELUIAPermissions: Copyright 1973. The Word of God,

PO Box 8617, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48107 USA.

TIS #382 - "NOW THE GREEN BLADE RISES"

1. Now the green blade rises  from the buried gain,  wheat that in dark earth  many days has lain;  love lives again,  that with the dead has been:  Love is come again like wheat that springs up green.

2. In the grave they laid him,  Love whom hate had slain,  thinking that never  he would wake again,  laid in the earth  like grain that sleeps unseen:  Love is come again like wheat that springs up green.

3. Forth he came in quiet,  like the risen grain,  he that for three days  in the grave had lain,  quick from the dead  the risen Christ is seen:  Love is come again like wheat that springs up green.

4. When our hearts are wintry,  grieving, or in pain,  Christ's touch can call us  back to life again,  fields of our hearts  that dead and bare have been:  Love is come again like wheat that springs up green.

Words: John Macleod Campbell Crum (20thC)Music: Noel nouvelet, medieval French carolSequence: Dall Forsythe, Church of St. John the Evangelist

TIS #381 (AHB #302) - "THIS JOYFUL EASTERTIDE"

1. This joyful Eastertide  away with sin and sorrow;  my love, the crucified,  has sprung to life this morrow:

had Christ, that once was slain,ne'er burst his three day prisonour faith had been in vain;but now has Christ arisen.

2. My flesh in hope shall rest  and for a season slumber,  till trump from east to west  shall wake the dead in number:

had Christ, that once was slain,ne'er burst his three day prisonour faith had been in vain;but now has Christ arisen.

3. Death's flood has lost his chill

  since Jesus crossed the river.  Lover of souls, from ill  my passing soul deliver:

had Christ, that once was slain,ne'er burst his three day prisonour faith had been in vain;but now has Christ arisen.

Words: George Ratcliffe Woodward (1848-1934 alt.)Music: Melody from J. Oudaen's 'Psalter', Amsterdam, 1685.Harmonised by: Charles Wood (1866-1926)Tune: VREUCHTEN 67.67 D

AHB #162 - "COME, CHRISTIANS, JOIN TO SING"

1. Come, Christians, join to sing  Alleluia! Amen!  Loud praise to Christ our King;  Alleluia! Amen!  Let all, with heart and voice,  Before His throne rejoice;  Praise is His gracious choice.  Alleluia! Amen!

2. Come, lift your hearts on high,  Alleluia! Amen!  Let praises fill the sky;  Alleluia! Amen!  He is our Guide and Friend;  To us He'll condescend;  His love shall never end.  Alleluia! Amen!

3. Praise yet our Christ again,  Alleluia! Amen!  Life shall not end the strain;  Alleluia! Amen!  On heaven's blissful shore,  His goodness we'll adore,  Singing forevermore,  "Alleluia! Amen!"

     Words: Christian Henry Bateman (1813-1889)     Music: Trad. Spanish Folk Melody

Harmonised by: David Evans (1874-1948)Tune: MADRID 66.66 DPermissions: Harmonisation ˆ Oxford University Press, UK.

BE PRESENT NOW DEAR RISEN LORD‰

1. Be present now dear risen Lord,  help us to know the living Word;  teach us your true Emmaus way;  reveal Yourself to us today.

2. The Word made flesh; our only head,  be known to us in breaking bread  here in the holy fellowship:  bread in our hands, cup to the lip.

3. We meet You at the supper, Lord,  and feel with friends the binding cord.  Knowing Your sacrifice for all,  we would serve others as You call.

4. In thankfulness we look for You,  alive to us in all we do.  We members of Your body share  in service, sacrament and prayer.

5. Our risen friend, our glorious king,  there at the end we hope to sing  on that great day, Your wedding feast,  knowing your love has never ceased.

Words: Copyright 1996. David Beswick.Music: Thomas Tallis (c.1505-1885)Tune: TALLIS' CANON 88.88Permissions: Words - David Beswick.

(May be reproduced freely for use in worship,with acknowledgment of source, but not publishedcommercially without prior approval.)

HYMN OF FAITH: TIS #370 (AHB #290) - "CHRIST THE LORD IS RISEN TODAY"

1. 'Christ the Lord is risen today,'Hallelujah!

  let the whole creation say;Hallelujah!

  raise your joys and triumphs high;Hallelujah!

  sing now, heaven and earth reply.Hallelujah!

2. Love's redeeming work is done;Hallelujah!

  fought the  fight, the battle won;Hallelujah!

  vain the stone, the watch, the seal:Hallelujah!

  Christ has burst the gates of hell.Hallelujah!

3. Lives again our glorious king;Hallelujah!

  where, O death, is now your sting?Hallelujah!

  Once he died our souls to save;Hallelujah!

  where your victory, O grave?Hallelujah!

4. Soar we now where Christ has led,Hallelujah!

  following our exalted Head;Hallelujah!

  made like hi, like him we rise:Hallelujah!

  ours the cross, the grave, the skies.Hallelujah!

Words: Charles Wesley (1707-1788, alt.)Music: from 'Lyra Davidica', 1708.Tune: EASTER HYMN 77.77 and Hallelujahs

/or/TIS #613 (AHB #546) - "LORD OF ALL HOPEFULNESS, LORD OF ALL JOY"

1. Lord of all hopefulness, Lord of all joy,  whose trust, ever childlike, no cares could destroy,  be there at our waking and give us, we pray,  your bliss in our hearts, Lord, at the break of the day.

2. Lord of all eagerness, Lord of all faith,  whose strong hands were skilled at the plane and the lathe,  be there at our labours and give us, we pray,  your strength in our hearts, Lord, at the noon of the day.

3. Lord of all kindliness, Lord of all grace,  your hands swift to welcome, your arms to embrace,  be there at our homing and give us, we pray,  your love in our hearts, Lord, at the eve of the day.

4. Lord, of all gentleness, Lord of all calm,  whose voice is contentment, whose presence is balm,  be there at our sleeping and give us, we pray,

  your peace in our hearts, Lord, at the end of the day.

Words: Joyce Placzek ('Jan Struther') (1901-1953)Music: Irish Trad. MelodyHarmonised by: Erik Reginald Routley (1917-1982)Tune: SLANE (2) 10 11.11 11Permissions: Words - Oxford University Press, UK.

Communion[INVITATION TO HOLY COMMUNION]

Friends, this is the joyful feast of the people of God!  This is the Lord‚s Table. Our Saviour invites all believers, young and old alike, to share with Him in Holy Communion.  Let us come to the Table with thanksgiving.  Let the bread become for us the bread of life, and the wine, the cup of the New Covenant.

SETTING APART OF THE ELEMENTS]

According to Luke when our Risen Lord was at table with His disciples, He took the bread, blessed and broke it, and gave it to them.  And their eyes were opened and they recognised Him.  From that day onwards they gave witness to the Risen Lord through Word and Sacrament.  Today we do the same.

[THE GREAT THANKSGIVING]

  ~~{ all standing }~~

L:     The Lord be with you!P: AND ALSO WITH YOU!L:     Lift up your hearts.P: WE LIFT THEM TO THE LORD.L:     Holy God, we praise You!P: LET THE HEAVENS BE JOYFUL, AND THE EARTH BE GLAD!

It is indeed right to give you our thanks and praise, O God,for through Christ we have come to trust in you,setting our faith and hope on youas the one who frees us from death‚s grip.

You laid the foundations of the worldand destined your child, Jesus,to reveal your eternal presence.Through Moses and the prophets,you made your ways knownand called your people to follow you.

You sent Jesus to us, a prophet mighty in word and deed,

to free our corrupt generation from its futile ways.Though he was condemned to deathand crucified by the religious,you raised him from the deadand made him both Lord and Messiah.Risen indeed, he is with us always;and now in the breaking of breadand your living and enduring word,our eyes are openedand are hearts set on fire with love.

Therefore with .....

 (Copyright 2002. Nathan Nettleton, www.laughingbird.net,http://www.laughingbird.net/LectionTexts/A34.html#Eucharistic%20Preface)

/or/Father, all-powerful and ever-living God,we do well always and everywhere to give you thanksthrough Jesus Christ our Lord.

We praise you with greater joy than ever in this Easter season,when Christ became our paschal sacrifice.

He has made us children of the light,rising to new and everlasting life.He has opened the gates of heavento receive his faithful people.His death is our ransom from death;his resurrection is our rising to life.

The joy of the resurrection renews the whole world,while the choirs of heaven sing for ever to your glory:

 Holy, holy, holy Lord...   (from ŒCanticaNova‚, http://www.canticanova.com/planning/year-a/pln3ea_l.htm)

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And so we praise You with the faithful of every time and place, joining with choirs of angels and the whole creation in the eternal hymn:

ALL: Holy, holy, holy Lord, God of power and might.Heaven and earth are full of your gloryHosanna in the highest.Blessed is the One who comes in the name of the Lord.Hosanna in the highest.

[PRAYER OF CONCECRATION and ACCLAMATION]

~~{ The great prayer of thanksgiving continues, recalling Gods goodness in caring for his people, the life and saving work of our Lord Jesus Christ, how he commanded his disciples to remember Him with the bread and the wine, and we pray for the gift of the Holy Spirit on us and what we do }~~

Holy God, this meal which we share todayis indeed the celebration that death has been defeated forever.

We celebrate how the nature of your love became visiblethrough your beloved Son, our beloved Lord:through His life and sacrificial love.

He graced lives with healing and hope, with compassion and power;and as if that were not enough, he gave his very life for us.

With thanksgiving we take this bread and this cupand proclaim His death and resurrection.  Receive our sacrifice of praise.

  | For, Jesus on the night when he was betrayed  | was still thinking of others as he took a loaf of bread,  | and when he had given thanks, he broke it and said,  | "This is my body that is broken for you. Do this in remembrance of me."  | In the same way he took the cup also, after supper, saying,  | "This cup is the new covenant in my blood  | poured out for you for the forgiveness of sins.  | Do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of me."

Worthy indeed, O Lord, is your Son Jesus Christ, who died so that we might live and who rose from the dead so that we might be one with him in your sight.  We pray that our lives may always proclaim the mystery of faith:

ALL:  Christ has died, Christ is risen, Christ will come again.

/or/Living God, on this most joyous day we offer our thanks and praise to You;creator of heaven and earth, creator and lover of all humanity.

We bless You for creating the whole world,for Your promises to Your people Israel,and for the life we know in Jesus Christ Your Son.

Even when we turned away from You, You never rejected us.You spoke words of mercy and love through the prophets;promising to swallow up death forever and to host a banquet for all people;a feast of life-giving sustenance

We praise you for Christ Jesus, Your Word Incarnate made Flesh.Born of Mary, He shares our life.  Eating with sinners,He welcomes us.  Leading His followers, He guides us.Dying on the cross, He rescues us.  Risen from the dead, He gives new life.

Most resilient God, Source of all that is eternally raised up,we give you thanks for your unspeakable gift of Christ Jesus.

Wonderful the fingers that anointed blind eyes,the hands that gently touched lepers,the arms that embraced little children.

Wonderful the smile that welcomed outcastes,the frown that rebuked the arrogant,the tongue that told parables of grace.

Wonderful the courage that led to Jerusalem,the faith that agonised in Gethsemane,the love that suffered at Golgotha.

Wonderful the lips that gave the Easter greeting,the mercy which restored ashamed disciples,the joy with which He filled them all.

Wonderful is the Saviour who has brought us here today,filled with wonder, love and praise.

/or/Almighty God,may the Easter sacraments we have receivedlive forever in our minds and hearts.We ask this through Christ our Lord. AMEN.

Solemn Blessing:Through the resurrection of his SonGod has redeemed you and made you his children.May he bless you with joy. AMEN.

The Redeemer has given you lasting freedom.May you inherit his everlasting life. AMEN.

By faith you rose with him in baptism.May your lives be holy,so that you will be united with him for ever. AMEN.  (from ŒCanticaNova‚, April 2005.)

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God of all power, breathe your Holy Spirit upon us, and upon these gifts ofbread  and wine, that they may be for us the life of Christ and that we maymake that life visible through our faithful witness to him.

Unite us in faith, inspire us to love, encourage us with hope,that we may receive Christ as He comes to us in this holy banquet.

Worthy indeed, O Lord, is your Son Jesus Christ,who died so that we might live and who rose from the deadso that we might be one with him in your sight.

ALL: Through Christ, with Christ, and in Christ   In the unity of the Holy Spirit,

All glory and honour are yours,Almighty God, now and forever. AMEN.

  (adapted, in parts, from prayers by Moira Laidlaw, Easter 2001.)

/or/With thanksgiving we take this bread and this cup and proclaim His death and resurrection.  Receive our sacrifice of praise.

Send to us the Holy Spirit, that this meal may be holy and Your people may become one.  Unite us in faith, inspire us to love, encourage us with hope, that we may receive Christ as He comes to us in this holy banquet.

We praise you, almighty Father, through Christ your Son,In the Holy Spirit, one God forever and ever.  AMEN. (from ŒUniting in Worship‚, Leader‚s Book, p. 110.)

/or/Loving God, send your Holy Spirit upon us and upon these gifts that the bread we break may be for us communion in the body of Christ, and the cup of blessing which we bless may be for us communion in the blood of Christ; and that being built up in love we may be strengthened in the unity of the faith and come to full maturity in Christ our Lord. AMEN.

Gracious God, we make our thanks visible by serving you and one another - all those for whom Christ died.  As you sent Jesus, so send us in the power of your Spirit to reveal  your love in all we do and say. We pray in the name of our risen Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ. AMEN.  (by Moira Laidlaw, http://www.liturgiesonline.com.au/html/april_7.html)

As we lift the Cup of salvation, as we grasp the Bread of life, pour out your Spiritupon these simple gifts and all who seek your presence.As our eyes are opened by the breaking of the bread, may we see those around us whose lives have been shattered by an uncaring world.As our hearts are thawed by the sweet taste of grace, may we serve them to all who hunger of healing. Thom Shuman

====[ HYMNS, SONGS and CHORUSES ]====

The following suggestions are compiled from resources prepared by John Maynard, Jeff Shrowder <http://thebillabong.info>, David MacGregor <http://www.dovenetq.net.au/~macgd>, Steve Benner <www.oremus.org/hymnal/>, Natalie Simms <http://lectionarysong.blogspot.com/>, Dean McIntyre, Denis Towner and many others.

These hymns and songs may be found in a variety of other hymnbooks and chorus books. Please send me your hymnbook, or your favourite list of suggested hymns/songs/choruses for this Sunday (or Sundays ahead) that I might include them in future posts. John Maynard.

(A.) The First grouping is primarily (but not exclusively) from Australian/NZ resources for congregational singing.

(B.) The Second grouping is primarily from other hymn, chorus and songbooks.

(C.) The Third grouping is based upon the RCL passages for this Sunday.

(D.) The Fourth grouping is a compendium of hymns and Songs for EASTERTIDE.

(E.) The Fifth grouping includes additional suggestions for EASTERTIDE.

CURRENT LISTINGS:

  AA = Alleluia Aotearoa (New Zealand)  AHB = The Australian Hymnbook / With One Voice (Aus/NZ)  AOV As One Voice Willow Connection  AT = All Together Now (ATN), All Together Again (ATA),       All Together Everybody (ATE), All Together Okay (ATO),       All Together Whatever (ATW)       All Together for Good (ATG) (Openbook Pub.)  BOP = Book of Praise (Presbyterian Church of Canada)  CG Common Ground (St Andrew Press)  Cha/CH = Chalice Hymnal (Disciples of Christ)  Ch3 = Church Hymnary 3 (Church of Scotland)  Ch4 = Church Hymnary 4 (Church of Scotland)  Common Ground/CG = Common Ground (St. Andrew Press, Scotland)  Common Praise (Anglican Church Canada)  Covenant = Covenant Songs  DMAC = David McGregor  ELW = Evangelical Lutheran Worship  FFS = Faith Forever Singing (New Zealand Hymnbook Trust)  FWS = The Faith We Sing

  GA = Gather Australia (Australian Catholic Hymnal)  GBEAT = Gospelling to the Beat 1&2 (Scripture Union)  GGIVES = God Gives, Books 1,2,3,4 (Songs for Kids, Uniting Education)  HPP = Hymns For a Pilgrim People (Congregational Church USA Hymnal)  HS = Hillsong (Hills Christian Life Centre)  HSNW = Heaven shall not wait (Iona Community/Wild Goose Resource Group)  IECS = In every corner sing  Iona = Various Songbooks from the Iona Community)  LBW = Lutheran Book of Worship  MH = Moravian Hymnal (Current Edition)  MH69 = Moravian Hymnal (1969 Edition)  MP = Mission Praise  MV = More Voices  NCH = New Century Hymnal (United Church of Christ, USA)  NCYC = NCYC Songs (National Christian Youth Convention, Uniting Church)  Ph = The Presbyterian Hymnal (USA)  P&W = Praise and Worship (Resource Christian Music)  RJ = Rejoice! (Presbyterian Church in Australia)  SA = Sing Alleluia  SCE = The Source (Kevin Mayhew)  SFFS = Sing the Faith/The Faith We Sing     (United Methodist/Presbyterian USA)  SP&P = Sing Prayer and Praise (United Church of Christ, USA)  SINGSBK1 = Singalong Songbook vol.1&2 (Integrity‚s Hosanna Music)  SIS/Song = Scripture in Song (Songs of Praise, Songs of the Kingdom etc.)  SOF = Songs and Hymns of Fellowship (Kingsway)  Source = The Source  Taizé = Various Songbooks from the Taizé Community  TFWS = The Faith We Sing (United Methodist USA)  TIO = There is one among us (John Bell/Wild Goose Resource Group)  TIS = Together in Song (Australia/New Zealand)  UMH = United Methodist Hymnal (USA)  URW = Upper Room Worship  VU = Voices United (United Church of Canada)  W&R = Worship and Rejoice (Hope Publishing)  WoV = With One Voice / Lutheran Book of Worship

(* = Recommended) (** = Highly Recommended)

(A.) HYMN SUGGESTIONS FOR EASTER THREE - YEAR A

Australian Hymnbook / Together in Song / Sing Alleluia

==[PRAISE: God in Creation, Providence and Redemption ]==

* Among us and before us, Lord, you stand (TIS 259, John L. Bell, 1949-)* Behold the amazing gift of love (TIS 115 + AHB 36)

* Blest be the everlasting God (TIS 114 + AHB 34) (Ch4 424)Father of heaven, whose love profound (TIS 131 + AHB 60)God moves in a mysterious way (TIS 126 + AHB 54)Now thank we all our God (TIS 106 + AHB 14)* O praise ye the Lord! praise him in the height (AHB 83, Henry W. Baker)* To God be the glory, great things he has done (TIS 147 + AHB 85)** Ye gates lift up your heads on high (TIS 12 + AHB 286) [Communion]

==[THANKSGIVING: Jesus Christ, Saviour and Lord ]==

** Alleluia, alleluia, give thanks to the Risen Lord (TIS 390 + SA 2,    Donald E. Fishel) (BOP 260) (Ph 106) (SIS 276) (UMH 162) (VU 179)    (SOF 6/P&W 189)** Alleluia ... O sons and daughters, let us sing (TIS 363 + AHB 281)    (BOP 261) (Ch4 431) (NCH 244) (Ph 116, 117) (UMH 317)** Christ is alive! Let Christians sing (TIS 387 + SA 18, Brian Wren)  (BOP 251) (Ch4 416) (Ph 108) (UMH 318) (VU 158)** Christ is alive! with joy we sing (TIS 393, Pamela Stotter)* Christ Jesus lay in death's strong bands (TIS 364 + AHB 283)    (Ph 110) (UMH 319)* Christ the Lord is risen again (TIS 365 + AHB 282) (Ph 112)** Christ the Lord is risen today, Hallelujah! (TIS 370 + AHB 290,    Charles Wesley) (BOP 247) (Ch4 411) (Ph 113) (NCH 233)    (UMH 302) (More Voices 152) (CLUW 193) (VU 157) (LBW 128) (ELW 369)    (CP 206) (MH 539) (various)Come, children, join and sing (AHB 162, Christian H. Bateman)** Come, ye faithful, raise the strain (AHB 278, John of Damascus, d.754)    (BOP 253) (Ch4 414) (Ph 114,115) (NCH 230) (UMH 315) (VU 165)** Come, you faithful, raise the strain (AHB 278, John of Damascus, d.754)    (BOP 253) (Ch4 414) (Ph 114,115) (NCH 230) (UMH 315) (VU 165)** Good Christian men, rejoice and sing! (TIS 313 + AHB 238) (Ph 111)   (Rejoice 228)** Good Christians all, rejoice and sing! (TIS 313 + AHB 238) (Ph 111)   (Rejoice 228)** Hail! our once despised Jesus (TIS 373 + AHB 295)    (BOP 353) (UMH 325)How sweet the Name of Jesus sounds (TIS 223 + AHB 158)** I danced in the morning when the world was begun (TIS 242 + AHB 183,    'Lord of the Dance' by Sydney Carter, 1915-2004.)    (BOP 250) (Ch4 404) (UMH 261) (VU 352) (AoV1-18) (ATN 27) (various)** ŒLord of the Dance‚ (TIS 242 + AHB 183,  Sydney Carter, 1915-2004,    „I danced in the morning when the world was begun∑‰) (BOP 250)    (Ch4 404) (UMH 261) (VU 352) (AoV1-18) (ATN 27) (various)* I know that my Redeemer lives (TIS 376 + AHB 299)    (Ch4 423) (Rejoice 299)Jesus lives! Thy terrors now (TIS 372 + AHB 294) (Rejoice 232)Jesus! the name high over all (TIS 218 + AHB 150)** Love's redeeming work is done (TIS 370 + AHB 290)

* Now is eternal life (TIS 385 + AHB 305)** Now the green blade rises from the buried grain (TIS 382,    John M. C. Crum/trad., 1872-1958, ŒLove has come again‚)    (AoV2-131) (ATN 15) (NCH 238) (Ch4 417) (UMH 311) (VU 186) (LBW 280)    (ELW 570) (CP 237) (various)O for a thousand tongues to sing (TIS 210 + AHB 141)O Jesus, King most wonderful (AHB 125, attrib. Bernard of Clairvaux)** O sons and daughters let us sing (AHB 281) (BOP 261) (NCH 244)    (Ch4 431) (UMH 317) (Ph 116, 117)  (VU 170) (LBW 514)    (ELW 820) (CP 228) (various)** The day of resurrection, earth tell it out abroad    (TIS 361 + AHB 277, Greek, St. John of Damascus)    (BOP 249) (Ch4 412, 413) (NCH 245) (Ph 118) (UMH 303)    (CLUW 188) (VU 164)The King of glory comes, the nation rejoices (TIS 279 + AHB 212)* The Lord is risen indeed (AHB 300, Thomas Kelly) (Rejoice 226)** The strife is o‚er, the battle done (TIS 367 + AHB 287, Latin, anon.)    (BOP 257) (Ch4 412) (NCH 242) (Ph 119) (UMH 306) (VU 159) (LBW 135)    (ELW 366) (CP 212) (various)** Thine be the glory, risen conquering Son (TIS 380 + AHB 303, French)    (BOP 258) (NCH 253) (Ch4 419) (Ph 122)  (UMH 308) (VU 173)    (LBW 145) (ELW 376) (CP 210) (Cha 218) (SOF 545) (Sce 694)    (W&R 310) (various)* This is the day the Lord has made (TIS 368 + AHB 289) (VU 175)* To the Name of our salvation (AHB 127, from the Antwerp Breviary 1446)    (Ch4 471)** Yours be the glory, risen conquering Son (TIS 380 + AHB 303, French)    (BOP 258) (NCH 253) (Ch4 419) (Ph 122)  (UMH 308) (VU 173)    (LBW 145) (ELW 376) (CP 210) (Cha 218) (SOF 545) (Sce 694)    (W&R 310) (various)

==[ The Church and The Spirit, Its Life and Witness ]==

** Alleluia, sing to Jesus (TIS 517 + AHB 439) [Ascension]    (BOP 370) (Ch4 445) (Ph 144) (NCH 257) [Communion]* Be known to us in breaking bread (TIS 514 + AHB 435) [Communion]Bread of heaven, on thee we feed (TIS 513 + AHB 434)** Come, risen Lord, and deign to be our guest (TIS 524 + AHB 442)    (Ph 503) (Rejoice 355) [Communion]** Come, risen Lord, as guest among Your own (TIS 524 + AHB 442)    (Ph 503) (Rejoice 355) [Communion]Draw near and take the body of our Lord (TIS 498, 7th century) [Communion]Filled with the Spirit's power (TIS 411 + AHB 328)God merciful and righteous is (AHB 350, Scottish Psalter 1650)** Hallelujah, sing to Jesus (TIS 517 + AHB 439) [Ascension]    (BOP 370) (Ch4 445) (Ph 144) (NCH 257) [Communion]Jesus, thou joy of loving hearts (TIS 499 + AHB 420)Jesus, united by Thy grace (AHB 365) [Communion]

Jesus, we thus obey (TIS 508 + AHB 427, Charles Wesley 1707-88)Lord Jesus, joy of loving hearts (TIS 499 + AHB 420)May the grace of Christ our Saviour (TIS 777 + AHB 373)* Now is eternal life (TIS 385 + AHB 305)* Now let us from this table rise (TIS 530 + AHB 450) [Communion]* O Spirit of the living God (TIS 398 + AHB 310) (UMH 539)The church's one foundation (TIS 457 + AHB 385)** Ye gates lift up your heads (TIS 12 + AHB 286) [Communion]

==[FAITH: Christian Discipleship ]==

** Abide with me, fast falls the eventide (TIS 586 + AHB 502)    (Ch4 580) (UMH 700) (VU 436)* All my hope on God is founded (TIS 560 + AHB 465) (Ch4 192)Be exalted, O God (TIS 726)Brother sister let me serve you (TIS 650 + SA 14, Richard Gillard, 1953-)* Come, let us to the Lord our God (TIS 577 + AHB 490)* God of all power and truth and grace (TIS 567 + AHB 477)Hosanna, hosanna, hosanna in the highest (TIS 724, Carl Tuttle)* How firm a foundation, you people of God (TIS 578 + AHB 491)I will give thanks to you, O Lord among the peoples (TIS 726,    Brent Chambers) [Psalm 57:9-11]Lift up your hearts unto the Lord (TIS 732, Linda Stassen-Benjamin)** Lord, the light of Your love is shining (TIS 675, Graham Kendrick, 1950-,    ŒShine, Jesus, Shine'} (Ch4 448) (SOF 580)    (SIS 580/SCE 335 /P&W 531/ATE 217/SOF 362/various)Love is his word, love is his way (TIS 534, Luke Connaughton)** ŒShine, Jesus, Shine' (TIS 675, Graham Kendrick, 1951-,    „Lord, the light of Your love is shining‰) (Ch4 448)    (SIS 580/SCE 335 /P&W 531/ATE 217/SOF 362/various)    ŒShine, Jesus, Shine') (Ch4 448) (SOF 580)** The Son of God proclaim (TIS 528 + SA 84, Basil E. Bridge)    (BOP 558)** We know that Christ is raised and dies no more (TIS 489,    John B. Geyer, 1932-) (Ch4 635) (UMH 610) (VU 448) (LBW 189)    (ELW 449) (Ph 495) (Ch 376) (various)

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(B.) OTHER HYMNS and CHORUSES: (EASTER THREE ˆ YEAR A)

A light is gleaming (VU 82)Be present now dear risen Lord [new hymn]Abide among us with thy grace* All who believe and are baptised [Baptism]Alleluia, alleluia. Alleluia, alleluia. (Ch4 753) [Honduran trad.]** Alleluia!  Alleluia! Hearts to heaven and voices raise (Ch4 427) (NCH 243)* As we walked home at close of day (VU 184)* Baptised in water (TFWS 2248) [Baptism]

Behold how pleasant, how good it isBind us together, Lord* Christ the Lord is risen (Ch4 794, „Surrexit Dominus vere‰) (TFWS 2116)Christ triumphant, ever reigningCome, O thou Traveller unknownDear Lord, we long to see your face* Earth, earth, awake; your praises sing: Alleluia! (Ch4 420,   Herman G. Stuempfle, Jr.)For the bread which you have broken [Communion]Glorious in majestyGo forth and tellGo to the worldGod, when I stand, no path before meGod, who hast caused to be writtenHe comes to us as one unknown** He is Lord, He is Lord (BOP 252, Phil. 2:10-11) (Ch4 443)   (SIS 48/P&W 32/SCE 158/various, anon.) (UMH 177) (More Voices 173)Here, O Lord, your servants gather* How deep the Father's love for us (Stuart Townend)How sure the scriptures areI believe in God the AlmightyI found him cradled in a lamp-lit barnI will always bless the Lord (Ch4 34) [Psalm 34]Jesus Lord, how joyful you have made us* Jesus, stand among us* Jesus, stand among us at the meeting of our lives** Jesus the Lord has risen (Ch4 794, Taizé Community,    „Surrexit Dominus vere) [Liturgical Text]Led like a lamb to the slaughter (SOF 307, Graham Kendrick, „You‚re alive!‰)* Let there be love shared among usLight of the minds that know himLiving Lord of love's dominion* Look there! the Christ, our Brother, comes* Lord, for the yearsLord, we hear your word with gladnessMy Lord, what love is thisName of all majestyNow, my tongue, the mystery telling (Ch4 667) [Communion]O Christ was a good guestO God, beyond all praisingO Lord of heaven and earth and seaOpen my eyes that I may see (VU 371)Over the chaos of the empty watersShepherd of souls, refresh and blessSing alleluia to the LordSing praises old and newSing ye faithful, sing with gladnessSplendour and honour, majesty and powerStay with us (VU 182)Sun of my soul, thou Saviour dear

** „Surrexit Dominus vere(Ch4 794, Taizé Community,    ŒJesus, the Lord, has risen') [Liturgical Text]Up from the earthWe hold the death of the LordWe meet You, O Christ (VU 183)We who live by sound and symbolWe will lay our burden downWhen the Lord brought backYou are salt for the earth

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(C.) SCRIPTURE ALLUSIONS: (EASTER THREE ˆ YEAR A)

==/ Acts 2:14a, 36-41 /==

[Peter‚s Speech]

** Alleluia, alleluia, give thanks to the Risen Lord (TIS 390 + SA 2,    Donald E. Fishel) (BOP 260) (Ph 106) (SIS 276) (UMH 162) (VU 179)    (SOF 6/P&W 189)At the font we start our journey (TFWS 2114) [Baptism]* Baptised in water (TFWS 2248) [Baptism]* Blessing, honour (P&W 529/HS/SCE 55, Geoff Bullock)Called by earth and sky (MV 135, Mayberry)Come, be baptised (TFWS 2252)Come, let us use the grace divine (UMH 606)Come to the Water (AoV1-074, Andersen) [Baptism]** Crown Him with many crowns (TIS 228 + AHB 163)    (Ch4 459) (BOP 274) (Ph 151) (UMH 327) (SOF 75) (VU 211)Deep in our hearts (MV 154)Father in whom we live (AHB 51) (UMH 88)From the waiting comes the sign (Ch4 614, Murray) (CP 642) (various)He has risen (SCE 155, Richards)He that believes and is baptised (TIS 479 + AHB 405) [Baptism]Holy Spirit, Truth divine (UMH 465)** I come with joy to meet my Lord (TIS 533 + AHB 452) [Communion]I will come and bow down (SCE[2] 814, Nystrom)In water we grow (TIS 494, Brian A. Wren, 1936-)    (W&R 678) (Cha 375) [Baptism]Jesus, priceless treasure (VU 667)Let there be praise (SCE[2] 860, Tunney)Maker in whom we live (AHB 51) (UMH 88)Mark how the Lamb of God, self-offering (Ch4 629)** My Jesus, my Saviour, Lord, there is none like you (TIS 738,    Darlene Zschech, ŒShout to the Lord‚) (TFWS 2074) (ATO 368/P&W 730/HS)Now let us From this table rise (TIS 530 + AHB 450, Frederik H. Kaan, 1929-)    (Ch4 675) (UMH 634) (VU 483) (W&R 715) (various)* O Spirit of the living God (TIS 398 + AHB 310) (UMH 539)

Our children Lord, in faith and prayer (Ch4 632) [Baptism]** Shout to the Lord (TIS 738, Darlene Zschech,    „My Jesus, my Saviour, Lord, there is none like you∑‰)    (TFWS 2074) (ATO 368/P&W 730/HS)The church‚s one foundation (TIS 457 + AHB 385) (Rejoice 294) (VU 331)** The head that once was crowned with thorns (TIS 378 + AHB 301)    (BOP 270) (Ch4 438) (Ph 149) (VU 190) (UMH 326) [Ascension]The promise of the Holy Spirit (SCE 488, Hubbard) [All-Ages]* They that believe and are baptised (TIS 479 + AHB 405) [Baptism]This is the Spirit's entry now (UMH 608)** We have a Gospel to proclaim (TIS 245 + AHB 189) (Ch4 363)** We know that Christ is raised and dies no more (TIS 489,    John B. Geyer, 1932-) (Ch4 635) (UMH 610) (VU 448) (LBW 189)    (ELW 449) (Ph 495) (Ch 376) (UMH 610) (various)We were baptised in Christ Jesus (TFWS 2251) [Baptism]Wonder of wonders (TFWS 2247)

==/ Psalm 116:1-4, 12-19 /==

[A man saved from death praises God]

Celebration song (SIS 361/ATE 208/SOF 244, Brent Chambers)Children of the heavenly Father (UMH 141)„Chuyo chuyo‰ (TiS 709, Korean Hymn, Taizé Chant by Jacques Berthier,    1923-1994, ŒLord, hear us!‚)Come, my Way, my Truth, my Life (UMH 164)Come, sinners, to the gospel feast (Communion) (UMH 616)Fill your hearts with joy and gladness (Ch4 103)** For the beauty of the earth (TIS 137 + AHB 77, Pierpont)    (AoV1-123) (NCH 28) (Ch4 181) (UMH 92) (VU 226) (LBW 561)    (ELW 879) (CP 429) (W&R 40) (Cha 56) (various) [Mother‚s Day]Give thanks (TFWS 2036)God whose almighty word (Ch4 112)Great ring of light (Ch4 452)* Heart and soul (DMAC, David MacGregor)* How can I ever thank the Lord (Ch4 76)I have come to love you (SCE 204, RedmanI love the Lord, because he heard (Ch4 75)I love you, God; I know you listen (Linnea Good, ŒPsalm 116‚)* I love you, Lord, and I lift my voice (SIS 419/SCE 214,Klein) (TFWS 2068)I love you, Lord, you hear my cry (URW 311, Watts)I will call upon the Lord (TFWS 2002)I will walk in the presence of God (GC 109, Daigle)I will walk in the presence of the Lord (TIS 71, Helen L. Wright/Proulx)    (VU 617) (various) [Cantor Psalm]I‚ll of salvation take the cup (Ch4 565)** In the presence of your people (TIS 727 + SA 52, Brent Chambers, 1948-)    (ATE 208) (Ch4 121) (VU 745) (AA 70) (SIS 361/SOF 244)Jesus, Saviour, Lord, lo, to thee I fly (UMH 523)

Listen to the word God has spoken (Ch4 780)ŒLord, hear us!‚ (TIS 709, Korean Hymn, Taizé Chant by Jacques Berthier,    1923-1994, „Chuyo chuyo‰  )Lord, your almighty word (TIS 447 + AHB 61) (Ch4 112)More love to thee, O Christ (UMH 453)O God of blessings all praise to you (Ch4 177)** O Lord, hear my prayer (TIS 741, Taizé  Chant by Jacques Berthier,    1923-1994) (AoV1-017) (ATE 282) (LBW 368) (ELW 407) (W&R 484)    (URW 390) (TFWS 2200) (various)O the weary world is trudging (GC-II 755)O Zion, hast (UMH 573)One more step along the world I go (Ch4 530, Sydney Carter 1915-2004)Our children Lord in faith and prayer (Ch4 632)Praise to the Lord, the Almighty (TIS 111 + AHB 28) (UMH 139)Psalm 116 (Linnea Good, „I love you God; I know you listen∑‰)„Saranam, Saranam‰ (UMH 523)Sing Praise to God who reigns above (TIS 110 + AHB 27) (UMH 126)Thank you, Lord (UMH 84)Thanks to God whose word has spoken (TIS 431 + AHB 339) (Ch4 605)The Spirit lives to set us free (Ch4 565)There are some things I may not know (TFWS 2147)** We bring the sacrifice of praise (SIS 655/SCE 542/SCE 542, Dearman)   (TFWS 2031)* What gift can we bring? (NCH 370) (UMH 87) (URW 127) (W&R 685)* What shall we offer our good Lord? (TIS 439 + AHB 362)

==/ 1 Peter 1:17-23 /==

[Born anew through the living Christ]

ŒAgnus Dei‚ (AoV1-196, „Jesus, Lamb of God‰, Marty Haugen‚s    „Mass of Creation‰)ŒAgnus Dei‚ (Proulx, „Jesus, Lamb of God‰) (various)* All my hope on God is founded (TIS 560 + AHB 465) (Ch4 192)All praise to thee, for thou, O King divine (AHB 180)Amazing grace! How sweet the sound (TIS 129 + AHB 56) (UMH 378)And they‚ll know we are Christians by our love (TFWS 2223)Before the throne of God above (Ch4 466)Blessed assurance, Jesus is mine (UMH 369)Bind us together (TFWS 2226)Blessed quietness (TFWS 2142)Blow ye the trumpet, blow (UMH 379)Christ is the world‚s true light (TIS 238 + AHB 179) (Ch4 456)* Come, God's people, sing for joy (TIS 391 + SA 26, Keith D. Pearson)* Fairest, Lord Jesus (TIS 203 + AHB 131)* Glory be to Jesus (TIS 344 + AHB 263)Glory be to God the Father (TIS 142 + AHB 84) (Ch4 110)* God gives us a future, daring us to go (TIS 687, Elizabeth J. Smith, 1956-)* God of all power, and truth, and grace (TIS 567 + AHB 477)

Great and mighty is he (SCE 135, Pettygrove)* Hark! a herald voice is calling (TIS 264 + AHB 192)Healer of our every ill (TFWS 2213)* I come with joy to meet my Lord (TIS 533 + AHB 452)I love thy kingdom, Lord (UMH 540)I was there to hear your borning cry (TFWS 2051)Jesus, Lamb of God (URW 414, from Joncas‚ Psallite Mass) (various)Jesus, Lamb of God (AoV1-196, ŒAgnus Dei‚, Marty Haugen‚s „Mass of Creation‰)Jesus, Lamb of God (Sing Alleluia, Betty Polkinghorne)Jesus, Lamb of God (Proulx, ŒAgnus Dei‚) (various)Jesus, priceless treasure (UMH 532)* Just as I am, without one plea (TIS 584 + AHB 497) (UMH 357)Live in charity (TFWS 2179)Lord, can this really be? (Ch4 205)Lord, we glorify your name (SIS 581, Hampton)** Lord, your word abiding (TIS 427 + AHB 333, Henry W. Baker, 1821-1977)    (CP 561) (various)Man of Sorrows! what a name (UMH 165)* More precious than silver (SCE 339/SIS 590/P&W 430/SOF 368, DeShazo)   (TFWS 2065)** My faith looks up to thee (VU 663) (UMH 452)* Nature with open volume stands (TIS 343 + AHB 259)Nothing but the Blood (UMH 362)My hope is built on nothing less (UMH 368)* No weight of gold or silver (TIS 249, Timothy Dudley-Smith)Now, my tongue, the mystery telling (Ch4 667) [Communion]O the Lamb, the loving Lamb (UMH 300)O for a thousand tongues to sing (TIS 210 + AHB 141) (UMH 57)Only by grace (SCE 408/SOF 441, Gustafson)** Shout for joy! The Lord has let us feast (TIS 545, John L. Bell, 1949-)  (Iona) (BOP 557) (Ch4 676) (VU 482) [Communion]Sing, my tongue, how glorious battle (TIS 331 + AHB 249) (Ch4 398)Sing, my tongue, the glorious battle (TIS 331 + AHB 249) (Ch4 398)Spirit of faith, come down (UMH 332)The church's one foundation (TIS 457 + AHB 385) (UMH 545)The price is paid (SCE 487/SIS 640/SOF 540, Graham Kendrick)The royal banners forward go (TIS 332 + AHB 251)There is a green hill far away (TIS 350 + AHB 266) (Ch4 380)They'll know we are Christians by our love (TFWS 2223)** Thine be the glory, risen conquering Son (TIS 380 + AHB 303, French)    (BOP 258) (NCH 253) (Ch4 419) (Ph 122)  (UMH 308) (VU 173)    (LBW 145) (ELW 376) (CP 210) (Cha 218) (SOF 545) (Sce 694)    (W&R 310) (various)Through it all (UMH 507)Through the love of God, our Saviour (Ch4 562)* To the Name of our salvation (AHB 127, from the Antwerp Breviary 1446)    (Ch4 471)We are one in the Spirit, we are one in the Lord (TFWS 2223)** We know that Christ is raised and dies no more (TIS 489,

    John B. Geyer, 1932-) (Ch4 635) (UMH 610) (VU 448) (LBW 189)    (ELW 449) (Ph 495) (Ch 376) (UMH 610) (various)* We will take what you offer (ATW 498) (Iona) (MV 196) (URW 438) (various)* What shall we offer our good Lord? (TIS 439 + AHB 362)You are my all in all (P&W 809/SCE[2] 1081, Jernighan)** Yours be the glory, risen conquering Son (TIS 380 + AHB 303, French)    (BOP 258) (NCH 253) (Ch4 419) (Ph 122)  (UMH 308) (VU 173)    (LBW 145) (ELW 376) (CP 210) (Cha 218) (SOF 545) (Sce 694)    (W&R 310) (various)

==/ Luke 24:13-35 /==

[The Walk to Emmaus]

A stranger met by chance (Barrell) (various)** Abide with me, fast falls the eventide (TIS 586 + AHB 502)    (Ch4 580) (UMH 700) (VU 436)Above all (SCE[2] 611/Integrity's Hosanna Music, LeBlanc/Baloche)** Alleluia, alleluia, give thanks to the Risen Lord (TIS 390 + SA 2,    Donald E. Fishel) (BOP 260) (Ph 106) (SIS 276) (UMH 162) (VU 179)    (SOF 6/P&W 189)** Alleluia! Christ is risen (TIS 395, Cecily Taylor, 1930-)** Alleluia! Jesus is risen! (Ch4 429, Herbert F. Brokering)As we walk along beside you (FFS 03)** As we walked home at close of day (Iona, ŒEaster Evening‚) (VU 184)* Be known to us in breaking bread (TIS 514 + AHB 435) [Communion]Bring peace to us (a chant by John Murray) (various)** Brother, sister, let me serve you (TIS 650 + SA 14, Richard Gillard,    ŒThe Servant Song‚) (TFWS 2222) (SOF 54/SIS 256)Brother Jesus, right beside me (Worldmaking.net, Bruxvoort-Colligan)    [All-Ages]* By Your kingly power, O risen Lord (TIS 386 + AHB 306, James P. McAuley,   1917-1976)By your priestly power, O risen Lord (TIS 529, James P. McAuley)* Celebrate Jesus, celebrate! (P&W 663/SCE 67/SOF 57, Oliver) [All-Ages]Christ beside me (TFWS 2166)** Christ is alive! Let Christians sing (TIS 387 + SA 18, Brian A. Wren)  (BOP 251) (Ch4 416) (Ph 108) (UMH 318) (VU 158)Christ is alive, with joy we sing (TIS 393, Pamela Stotter)* Christ the Lord is risen again (TIS 365 + AHB 282) (Ph 112)** Christ the Lord is risen today, alleluia! (TIS 370 + AHB 290,    Charles Wesley) (BOP 247) (Ch4 411) (Ph 113) (NCH 233)    (UMH 302) (More Voices 152) (CLUW 193) (VU 157) (LBW 128) (ELW 369)    (CP 206) (MH 539) (various)** Christ the Lord is risen today, Hallelujah! (TIS 370 + AHB 290,    Charles Wesley) (BOP 247) (Ch4 411) (Ph 113) (NCH 233)    (UMH 302) (More Voices 152) (CLUW 193) (VU 157) (LBW 128) (ELW 369)

    (CP 206) (MH 539) (various)Christ, upon the mountain peak (UMH 260)* Christians, lift up your hearts (TIS 424, John E. Bowers) [Communion]* Come, children, join to sing (AHB 162) (VU 345)* Come, living God, when least expected (Ch4 609, Alan Gaunt)** Come, risen Lord, and deign to be our guest (TIS 524 + AHB 442)    (Ph 503) (Rejoice 355) [Communion]** Come, risen Lord, as guest among Your own (TIS 524 + AHB 442)    (Ph 503) (Rejoice 355) [Communion]Come, share the Lord (TFWS 2269)„Cuando el pobre nada tiene‰ (UMH 434)ŒEaster Evening‚ (Iona, „As we walked home at close of day∑‰) (VU 184)ŒEmmaus Story‚ (The tide has turned songbook, Digby Hannah,    „Jerusalem to Emmaus two people walked that day∑‰)* Find your place around God's table (DMAC, David MacGregor) [All-Ages]    [Communion]* God gave Jesus for us all (TIS 719, David MacGregor, 1955-)    (DMAC) [All-Ages]God, give us peace that lasts (Iona, John L. Bell) (various)God is walking in the garden (Tune In: Brown)God the sculptor of the mountains (TFWS 2060)Good Christian friends, rejoice (UMH 224)** Hallelujah, hallelujah, give thanks to the Risen Lord (TIS 390 + SA 2,    Donald E. Fishel) (BOP 260) (Ph 106) (SIS 276) (UMH 162) (VU 179)    (SOF 6/P&W 189)Have you seen Jesus my Lord?** Haven‚t you heard that Jesus is risen? (Common Ground 46,    Alison M. Robertson) (Ch4 433) [Scotland] [All-Ages]* He's Alive (yes, he is!) (DMAC, David MacGregor) [All-Ages]* Here God‚s life-giving word (TIS 424, John E. Bowers) [Communion]Here is bread (ATW 476/SCE 163, Graham Kendrick) [Communion]** I danced in the morning when the world was begun (TIS 242 + AHB 183,    'Lord of the Dance' by Sydney Carter, 1915-2004.)    (BOP 250) (Ch4 404) (UMH 261) (VU 352) (AoV1-18) (ATN 27) (various)* I have seen the Lord (ATW 437, Robin Mann)I sought the Lord (UMH 341)I want Jesus to walk with me (Ch4 539) [All-Ages]Jerusalem to Emmaus two people walked that day (The tide has turned songbook,    Digby Hannah, ŒEmmaus Story‚)Jesus, give us your peace (Gospel Song by Mahler)Jesus is alive today (ATO 346, East African) [All-Ages]** Jesus is risen from the grave (BOP 254, Iona Community, Scotland)    (Ch4 434) (CP 232) [All-Ages]* Jesus, thou joy of loving hearts (TIS 499 + AHB 420) [Communion]** Light's glittering morn bedecks the sky (TIS 360 + AHB 276)** Light's reddening dawn gleams through the sky (TIS 360 + AHB 276)* Listen to the voices (DMAC, David MacGregor)Lord, draw near (ATO 321/Iona, trad./Iona Community)* Lord Jesus, joy of loving hearts (TIS 499 + AHB 420)

* Lord, let me see, see more and more (TIS 681, Ross Langmead)* Lord of all hopefulness, Lord of all joy (TIS 613 + AHB 546) (Ch4 166)  [suitable for Mother‚s Day]Many and great, O God, are thy things (UMH 148)May the God of peace go with us (Ch4 786, Jamieson) [Scottish Trad. Tune]** Now the green blade rises from the buried grain (TIS 382,    John M. C. Crum/trad., 1872-1958, ŒLove has come again‚)    (AoV2-131) (ATN 15) (NCH 238) (Ch4 417) (UMH 311) (VU 186) (LBW 280)    (ELW 570) (CP 237) (various)* O changeless Christ, for ever new (TIS 254 + SA 69, Timothy Dudley–Smith)    [Communion]O Christian love (VU 594)* O Jesus, I have promised (TIS 595 + AHB 514)* O Master, let me walk with thee (TIS 601 + AHB 522) (UMH 430)* O stay with us, Lord Jesus (TIS 551, Josua Stegmann 1588–1632)O Thou who this mysterious bread (UMH 613) [Communion]On the day of resurrection (UMH 309)On the journey to Emmaus (URW 123, Marty Haugen) (various)One more step (ATA 200/various, Carter)* Open my eyes that I may see (VU 371) (UMH 454)Open our eyes (ATW 488, Mangold)Open the eyes of my heart, Lord (P&W 848/SCE[2] 926, Baloche)Open your eyes (NCYC 2003, Robin Mann)Peace Be With You (Seeds of Faith, Bruxvoort-Colligan) [All-Ages]Peace before us, peace behind us (AoV1-091, Haas) (various)Peace I leave with you, my friends (NCH 249, Norbert) (various)Peace will be with you my friends so do not be frightened    (*Unknown source, NCYC?, by Mandy Dyson?)ŒPrince of Peace (ccli.com.au, Imboden/Rhoton, „You are holy∑‰)Remembrance (ccli song # 5484616, Maher/Redman, ŒThe Communion Song‚)Saviour, again to thy dear name (UMH 663)So come, Lord Christ, in the stranger's guise    (Iona, ŒFrom heav'n to here and From here to heav'n‚)Stay with us (TFWS 2199)ŒThe Communion Song‚ (ccli song # 5484616, Maher/Redman, „Remembrance‰)** The day of resurrection, earth tell it out abroad    (TIS 361 + AHB 277, Greek, St. John of Damascus)    (BOP 249) (Ch4 412, 413) (NCH 245) (Ph 118) (UMH 303)    (CLUW 188) (VU 164)The Lord liveth (SIS 635/SOF 266, O'Shields)* ŒThe Servant Song‚ (TIS 650 + SA 14, Richard Gillard,    „Brother, sister, let me serve you∑‰) (TFWS 2222)** The strife is o‚er, the battle done (TIS 367 + AHB 287, Latin, anon.)    (BOP 257) (Ch4 412) (NCH 242) (Ph 119) (UMH 306) (VU 159) (LBW 135)    (ELW 366) (CP 212) (various)** The strife is past, the battle done (TIS 367 + AHB 287, Latin, anon.)

    (BOP 257) (Ch4 412) (NCH 242) (Ph 119) (UMH 306) (VU 159) (LBW 135)    (ELW 366) (CP 212) (various)They crucified my Lord (VU 141)* To Emmaus (Songtivity, Bruxvoort-Colligan)* Travellin' the road (DMAC, David MacGregor)Turn your eyes upon Jesus (UMH 349)Walkin‚ down the road (ATN 87, Robin Mann, ŒWhen the day has begun‚)    (AoVK-144)We sing of your glory (MV 58)What a fellowship, what a joy divine (UMH 133)When I‚m feeling down and sad (Ch4 568) [All-Ages]When the day has begun (ATN 87, Robin Mann, „Walkin‚ down the road∑‰)    (AoVK-144)When the poor ones who have nothing (UMH 434)Worthy is the lamb (HS, Darlene Zschech)You are holy (ccli.com.au, Imboden/Rhoton, ŒPrince of Peace‚)You are holy, you show us the way (MV 45)Your coming, Lord, to earth in Bethlehem (TIS 285 + SA 98, Wesley Milgate)

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(D.) A COMPENDIUM OF HYMNS, SONGS and CHORUSES FOR EASTERTIDE

* A man there lived in Galilee (TIS 235 + AHB 176) [All-Ages]** Alleluia, alleluia, give thanks to the Risen Lord (TIS 390 + SA 2,    Donald E. Fishel) (BOP 260) (Ph 106) (SIS 276) (UMH 162) (VU 179)    (SOF 6/P&W 189)** Alleluia! Christ is risen (TIS 395, Cecily Taylor, 1930-)** Alleluia, sing to Jesus (TIS 517 + AHB 439) [Ascension]    (BOP 370) (Ch4 445) (Ph 144) (NCH 257) [Communion]An upper room did our Lord prepare (TIS 536 + AHB 453) [Communion]* And can it be that I should gain? (TIS 209 + AHB 138) (UMH 363)** At the dawning of salvation (TIS 392 + SA 9, Jock Curle, 1919-)    (BOP 248) (NCH 308)* Awake, awake, fling off the night (AHB 412, John R. Peacey)* Be known to us in breaking bread (TIS 514 + AHB 435) [Communion]* Bless the Lord, my soul (TIS 706, Taizé Community)* Blest be the everlasting God (TIS 114 + AHB 34) (Ch4 424)Blest morning, whose young dawning rays (AHB 288, Isaac Watts)** Breathe on me, breath of God (TIS 407 + AHB 320)    (UMH 420) (MH 494) (MH69 230)* By Your kingly power, O risen Lord (TIS 386 + AHB 306, James P. McAuley,   1917-1976)By your priestly power, O risen Lord (TIS 529, James P. McAuley)** Christ is alive! Let Christians sing (TIS 387 + SA 18, Brian A. Wren)  (BOP 251) (Ch4 416) (Ph 108) (UMH 318) (VU 158)** Christ is alive! with joy we sing (TIS 393, Pamela Stotter)** Christ is made the sure foundation (TIS 432 + AHB 343)    (UMH 559) (NCH 400)

** Christ is risen! Shout hosanna! (TIS 394, Brian A. Wren) (UMH 307)  (SIS 483/SCE 234/SOF 245) [Ode to Joy]* Christ is the world's light, He and none other (TIS 246 + AHB 191,    Fred Pratt Green) (UMH 188)** Christ Jesus lay in death's strong bands (TIS 364 + AHB 283)    (Ph 110) (UMH 319)Christ, our King before creation (AHB 190, Ivor H. Jones)Christ our Passover has been sacrificed for us (TIS 359 + SA 1,    Celebrating Common Prayer)* Christ the Lord is risen again (TIS 365 + AHB 282) (Ph 112)** Christ the Lord is risen today, alleluia! (TIS 370 + AHB 290,    Charles Wesley) (BOP 247) (Ch4 411) (Ph 113) (NCH 233)    (UMH 302) (More Voices 152) (CLUW 193) (VU 157) (LBW 128) (ELW 369)    (CP 206) (MH 539) (various)** Christ the Lord is risen today, Hallelujah! (TIS 370 + AHB 290,    Charles Wesley) (BOP 247) (Ch4 411) (Ph 113) (NCH 233)    (UMH 302) (More Voices 152) (CLUW 193) (VU 157) (LBW 128) (ELW 369)    (CP 206) (MH 539) (various)Christ Jesus lay in death's strong bands (TIS 364 + AHB 283)** Come, God's people, sing for joy (TIS 398 + SA 26, Keith D. Pearson)* Come, let us with our Lord arise (TIS 375 + AHB 297)** Come, risen Lord, and deign to be our guest (TIS 524 + AHB 442)    (Ph 503) (Rejoice 355) [Communion]** Come, risen Lord, as guest among Your own (TIS 524 + AHB 442)    (Ph 503) (Rejoice 355) [Communion]** Come, ye faithful, raise the strain (AHB 278, John of Damascus, d.754)    (BOP 253) (Ch4 414) (Ph 114,115) (NCH 230) (UMH 315) (VU 165)** Come, you faithful, raise the strain (AHB 278, John of Damascus, d.754)    (BOP 253) (Ch4 414) (Ph 114,115) (NCH 230) (UMH 315) (VU 165)** Crown Him with many crowns (TIS 228 + AHB 163)    (Ch4 459) (BOP 274) (Ph 151) (UMH 327) (SOF 75) (VU 211)* Easter glory fills the sky, alleluia (TIS 388, James Quinn)** Easter Song (TIS 389/various, Ann Herring, 1945-,    „Hear the bells ringing∑‰)Entered the holy place above (TIS 374 + AHB 296) [Ascension]* Fairest Lord Jesus, ruler of all nature (TIS 203 + AHB 131)* Fairest Lord Jesus, ruler of creation (TIS 203 + AHB 131)** Faith will not grow from words alone (TIS 691, Elizabeth J. Smith, 1956-)Father in whom we live (AHB 51) (UMH 88)** From heaven You came, helpless Babe (TIS 256, Graham Kendrick,    ŒThe Servant King') (BOP 379) (SCE 114/P&W 674/ATE 261/SOF 120)Give me the wings of faith to rise (TIS 438 + AHB 360, Isaac Watts)* God gave Jesus for us all (TIS 719, David MacGregor, 1955-)    (DMAC) [All-Ages]God is gone up on high (TIS 371 + AHB 293) [Ascension]** Good Christian men, rejoice and sing! (TIS 313 + AHB 238) (Ph 111)   (Rejoice 228)** Good Christians all, rejoice and sing! (TIS 313 + AHB 238) (Ph 111)

   (Rejoice 228)Great, there is one among us (TIS 720 + AHB 295, Traditional Caribbean,    „Halle, halle hallelujah‰)(NCH 236) (Ch4 345) (VU 958)    (AoVK-85) (AoV2-046) (ATOK 319) (various)* Guide me, O my great Redeemer (TIS 569 + AHB 478) (Ph 281)* Guide me, O Thou great Jehovah (TIS 569 + AHB 478) (Ph 281)** Hail! our once despised Jesus (TIS 373 + AHB 295)    (BOP 353) (UMH 325)** Hail the day that sees Christ rise, hallelujah! (TIS 369 + AHB 291)   (BOP 265) (NCH 260) (UMH 312)** Hail the day that sees Him rise, hallelujah! (TIS 369 + AHB 291)   (BOP 265) (NCH 260) (UMH 312)** Hail! Thou once-despised Jesus (TIS 373 + AHB 295)    (BOP 353) (UMH 325)ŒHalle Halle‚ (ATW 452, Robin Mann, „Why do you look among the dead?‰)** Halle, halle hallelujah (TIS 720 + AHB 295, Traditional Caribbean,    „Great, there is one among us∑‰) (NCH 236) (Ch4 345) (VU 958)    (AoVK-85) (AoV2-046) (ATOK 319) (various)** Hallelujah, hallelujah, give thanks to the Risen Lord (TIS 390 + SA 2,    Donald E. Fishel) (BOP 260) (Ph 106) (SIS 276) (UMH 162) (VU 179)    (SOF 6/P&W 189)„Haleluyah! Pelo Tsa Rona‰ (TIS 541, „Hallelujah, we sing your praises∑‰)    (Ch4 674) (WoV 722) (ELW 535) (CP 82) (various)** Hallelujah, sing to Jesus (TIS 517 + AHB 439) [Ascension]    (BOP 370) (Ch4 445) (Ph 144) (NCH 257) [Communion]** Hallelujah, we sing your praises (TIS 541, „Haleluyah! Pelo Tsa Rona‰,    South African) (Ch4 674) (WoV 722) (ELW 535) (CP 82) (various)** He is risen, He is risen! Tell it with a joyful voice (TIS 379,    Cecil F. Alexander, 1818-1895)** Hear the bells ringing, they‚re singing (TIS 389/various,    Ann Herring, 1945-, ŒEaster Song‚)* Here God‚s life-giving word (TIS 424, John E. Bowers) [Communion]** I come with joy to meet my Lord (TIS 533 + AHB 452) [Communion]** I danced in the morning when the world was begun (TIS 242 + AHB 183,    'Lord of the Dance' by Sydney Carter, 1915-2004.)    (BOP 250) (Ch4 404) (UMH 261) (VU 352) (AoV1-18) (ATN 27) (various)I greet Thee, who my sure Redeemer art (TIS 198 + AHB 128)I greet You, my Redeemer sure, who lives (TIS 198 + AHB 128)I know that my redeemer (TIS 202 + AHB 132)** I know that my redeemer lives, what joy the blest assurance gives!    (TIS 376 + AHB 299) (Ch4 423) (Rejoice 299)I know that my redeemer lives crowned upon the throne (TIS 202 + AHB 132)** Jesus Christ is risen today, alleluia! (TIS 362 + AHB 280) (BOP 243)   (Ch4 410) (Ph 123) (NCH 240) (Rejoice 225) (SOF 269) (VU 155)„Jesu Christo reina reina ya!‰ (TIS 728)Jesus lives! Thy terrors now (TIS 372 + AHB 294) (Rejoice 232)Jesus lives! Your terrors now (TIS 372 + AHB 294) (Rejoice 232)Jesus, my Redeemer, lives (TIS 366, Anon.)Jesus is Lord of all the earth (TIS 390 + SA 2, Donald E. Fischel)** Jesus shall reign where'er the sun (TIS 207 + AHB 136) (BOP 275)

    (Ph 423) (UMH 157) (VU 330) [Ascension]Jesus, these eyes have never seen (AHB 508, Ray Palmer)Jesus lives! Thy terrors now (TIS 372 + AHB 294) (Rejoice 232)Jesus lives! Your terrors now (TIS 372 + AHB 294) (Rejoice 232)Jesus, my Redeemer, lives (TIS 366, Anon.)* Joyful the morning when Jesus Christ is risen! (TIS 383 + SA 56,    Torres Strait Island Song)Joyfully shout (TIS 390 + SA 2, Donald E. Fishel)Let all mortal flesh keep silence (TIS 497 + AHB 418)** Light's glittering morn bedecks the sky (TIS 360 + AHB 276)** Light's reddening dawn gleams through the sky (TIS 360 + AHB 276)** Lord, enthroned in heavenly splendour (TIS 520 + AHB 441) [Communion]    (Ph 154)** ŒLord of the Dance‚ (TIS 242 + AHB 183,  Sydney Carter, 1915-2004,    „I danced in the morning when the world was begun∑‰) (BOP 250)    (Ch4 404) (UMH 261) (VU 352) (AoV1-18) (ATN 27) (various)Lord, Jesus Christ, You have come to us (TIS 526 + AHB 451 ŒLiving Lord')   [Communion]** Lord, the light of Your love is shining (TIS 675, Graham Kendrick, 1950-,    ŒShine, Jesus, Shine'} (Ch4 448) (SOF 580)    (SIS 580/SCE 335 /P&W 531/ATE 217/SOF 362/various)** ŒLove has come again™(TIS 382, John M.C. Crum/trad., 1872-1958,    „Now the green blade rises from the buried grain") (ATN 15) (UMH 311)** Love's redeeming work is done (TIS 370 + AHB 290)Maker in whom we live (AHB 51) (UMH 88)Man more than man, completely fulfilled (TIS 355 + AHB 274)Marvellous in our eyes (Leonard E. Smith Jr.)** Mine eyes have seen the glory (TIS 315 + AHB 205) (Rejoice 224)** Most glorious Lord of life, that on this day (AHB 285, Edmund Spenser,    1552™E) (Ch4 435) (Ch4 215, worth learning, could be anthem)** My daughters and my sons hear tell (TIS 363 + AHB 281) (NCH 244) (Ph 116)** My Jesus, my Saviour, Lord, there is none like you (TIS 738,    Darlene Zschech, ŒShout to the Lord‚) (TFWS 2074) (ATO 368/P&W 730/HS)* Myrrh-bearing Mary from Magdala came (TIS 660, Rae E. Whitney)Nature with open volume stands (TIS 343 + AHB 259)* Now glad of heart be everyone (AHB 284, anon. German 16th century)* Now is eternal life (TIS 385 + AHB 305)** Now the green blade rises from the buried grain (TIS 382,    John M. C. Crum/trad., 1872-1958, ŒLove has come again‚)    (AoV2-131) (ATN 15) (NCH 238) (Ch4 417) (UMH 311) (VU 186) (LBW 280)    (ELW 570) (CP 237) (various)** O love, how deep, how broad, how high (TIS 194 + AHB 6)    (Ch4 354) (Ph 83) (UMH 267)* O praise ye the Lord! praise him in the height (AHB 83, Henry W. Baker)** O sons and daughters let us sing (AHB 281) (BOP 261) (NCH 244)    (Ch4 431) (UMH 317) (Ph 116, 117)  (VU 170) (LBW 514)    (ELW 820) (CP 228) (various)

* O stay with us, Lord Jesus (TIS 551, Josua Stegmann 1588–1632)* O worship the King, all-glorious above (TIS 133 + AHB 67) (UMH 73)Of the Father's love begotten (TIS 290 + AHB 215)Our Lord is risen from the dead! (AHB 292, Charles Wesley)Praise the Lord with joyful cry (TIS 97 + AHB 108)** Praise to the Holiest in the height (TIS 141 + AHB 79)   (Ch4 378) (SOF 450) (Rejoice 64)** Praise to the Lord, the Almighty (TIS 111 + AHB 28)    (Ph 482) (VU 220)** Praise ye the Lord, the Almighty (TIS 111 + AHB 28)    (Ph 482) (VU 220)* Pull back the veil on the dawn of creation (TIS 326, John L. Bell)Send me Jesus, send me Jesus (TIS 749, South African, „Thuma mina‰)    (AoV1-154) (AoVK-131) (ATE 305) (NCH360) (Iona  Community)    (Ch4 800) (UMH 497) (VU 572) (WoV 773) (ELW 809) (various)** ŒShine, Jesus, Shine' (TIS 675, Graham Kendrick, 1951-,    „Lord, the light of Your love is shining‰) (Ch4 448)    (SIS 580/SCE 335 /P&W 531/ATE 217/SOF 362/various)    ŒShine, Jesus, Shine') (Ch4 448) (SOF 580)** Shout for joy! The Lord has let us feast (TIS 545, John L. Bell, 1949-)  (Iona) (BOP 557) (Ch4 676) (VU 482) [Communion]** Shout to the Lord (TIS 738, Darlene Zschech,    „My Jesus, my Saviour, Lord, there is none like you∑‰)    (TFWS 2074) (ATO 368/P&W 730/HS)Sing a new song to the Lord (TIS 95 + AHB 88)** That Eastertide with joy was bright (TIS 360 + AHB 276)** The day of resurrection, earth tell it out abroad    (TIS 361 + AHB 277, Greek, St. John of Damascus)    (BOP 249) (Ch4 412, 413) (NCH 245) (Ph 118) (UMH 303)    (CLUW 188) (VU 164)** The head that once was crowned with thorns (TIS 378 + AHB 301)    (BOP 270) (Ch4 438) (Ph 149) (VU 190) (UMH 326) [Ascension]* The Lord is risen indeed (AHB 300, Thomas Kelly) (Rejoice 226)** ŒThe Servant King' (TIS 256, Graham Kendrick,    „From heaven You came, helpless Babe") (BOP 379)    (SCE 114/P&W 674/ATE 261/SOF 120)** The Son of God proclaim (TIS 528 + SA 84, Basil E. Bridge)    (BOP 558)** The strife is o‚er, the battle done (TIS 367 + AHB 287, Latin, anon.)    (BOP 257) (Ch4 412) (NCH 242) (Ph 119) (UMH 306) (VU 159) (LBW 135)    (ELW 366) (CP 212) (various)** The strife is past, the battle done (TIS 367 + AHB 287, Latin, anon.)    (BOP 257) (Ch4 412) (NCH 242) (Ph 119) (UMH 306) (VU 159) (LBW 135)    (ELW 366) (CP 212) (various)** Thine be the glory, risen conquering Son (TIS 380 + AHB 303, French)    (BOP 258) (NCH 253) (Ch4 419) (Ph 122)  (UMH 308) (VU 173)    (LBW 145) (ELW 376) (CP 210) (Cha 218) (SOF 545) (Sce 694)    (W&R 310) (various)* This is the day the Lord has made (TIS 368 + AHB 289) (VU 175)** This joyful Eastertide (TIS 381 + AHB 302, Woodward) (NCH 232) (Ch4

415)    (VU 177) (WoV 676) (LBW 149) (ELW 391) (W&R 308) (various)Thou art the way; by Thee alone (TIS 226 + AHB 161)Thou didst leave Thy throne and Thy kingly crown (AHB 206)Through the Red Sea brought at last, alleluia (TIS 384, Ronald A. Knox,    1888-1957)„Thuma mina‰ (TIS 749, South African, „Send me, Jesus, send me, Jesus‰)    (AoV1-154) (AoVK-131) (ATE 305) (NCH360) (Iona  Community)    (Ch4 800) (UMH 497) (VU 572) (WoV 773) (ELW 809) (various)** Very early in the morning (AHB 304, G. Starr c. 1950) [All-Ages]** We are marching in the light of God (TIS 666, South African Chant)    (Ch4 516) (VU 646)** We are marching in the light of God (TIS 666, South African)    (VU 646)** We have a Gospel to proclaim (TIS 245 + AHB 189) (Ch4 363)** We know that Christ is raised and dies no more (TIS 489,    John B. Geyer, 1932-) (Ch4 635) (UMH 610) (VU 448) (LBW 189)    (ELW 449) (Ph 495) (Ch 376) (UMH 610) (various)We praise, we worship Thee, O Lord (TIS 98 + AHB 1)* We sing the praise of Him who died (TIS 347 + AHB 262)    (SOF 590, Thomas Kelly)** Were you there when they crucified my Lord? /last verse/    (TIS 345 + AHB 261) (Ch4 403) (NCH 229)When I survey the wondrous cross (TIS 342 + AHB 259)Where high the heavenly temple stands (TIS 377 + AHB 298) [Ascension]* Ye choirs of new Jerusalem (AHB 279, Fulbert of Chartres d. 1028))** Ye gates lift up your heads on high (TIS 12 + AHB 286) [Communion]** Yours be the glory, risen conquering Son (TIS 380 + AHB 303, French)    (BOP 258) (NCH 253) (Ch4 419) (Ph 122)  (UMH 308) (VU 173)    (LBW 145) (ELW 376) (CP 210) (Cha 218) (SOF 545) (Sce 694)    (W&R 310) (various)

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(E.) ADDITIONAL SUGGESTIONS FOR EASTERTIDE:

A light is gleaming (VU 82)A stranger met by chance (Barrell) (various)„A toi la gloire, O Ressuscite!™(NCH 253, ŒYours is the glory‚)All glory be to God on high (Ph 133)* All heaven declares the glory of the risen Lord (Ch4 426,    Noel and Tricia Richards)All praise to God in highest heaven* All who believe and are baptised [Baptism]All you on earthAlleluia (Ch4 761, 762, 763)Alleluia (Ch4 751, Duncan)  (TIO 8/ATW 457/Kevin Mayew/GIA Publications/various)ŒAlleluia‚ (Glover/Honduras, „Praise, Praise God in the Temple∑‰)Alleluia, alleluia (Ch4 428)

Alleluia, alleluia. Alleluia, alleluia. (Ch4 753) [Honduran trad.]** Alleluia!  Alleluia! Hearts to heaven and voices raise (Ch4 427) (NCH 243)Alleluia, alleluia, Jesus, risen Lord of life! (Ch4 428, Bernadette Farrell)Alleluia, alleluia, let the holy anthem rise** Alleluia! Jesus is risen! (Ch4 429, Herbert F. Brokering)Alleluia, glory to GodAlleluia, my Father, for giving us your Son** Ancient of Days (P&W 529/HS/SCE 55, Geoff Bullock  "Blessing and honour...")Apostle of the WordArise'n'Shine (AOVK 78, Gerry Holmes) [All-Ages]As comes the breath of spring** As we are gathered, Jesus is here    (Ch4 197, John Daniels) [short song, worship song]As we walk along beside you (FFS 03)** As we walked home at close of day (Iona, ŒEaster Evening‚) (VU 184)** At dawn the women made their way (Ch4 408, Mary L. Bringle)At the dawning of salvation (TIS 392) (HCH 308)* At the Lamb's high feast we sing* Awake, arise, lift up your voice* Away with gloom, away with doubt! (Ch4 418)Be present now dear risen Lord [Communion]** Because He lives** Because You live, O Christ (AA 7, Shirley E. Murray)    (NCH 231) (Ph 105) [Vruechten]** Blessed Thomas, doubt no longer* Blessing, honour (P&W 529/HS/SCE 55, Geoff Bullock)** Blessing and honour (P&W 529/HS/SCE 55, Geoff Bullock  'Ancient of Days')Blessing, honour (P&W 529/HS/SCE 55, Geoff Bullock)Born for resurrection (ATA 148, Paul Weber,    „Did you hear a sound this morning, breaking through a silent tomb?‰)Brother Jesus right beside me (Worldmaking.net, Bruxvoort-Colligan)    [All-Ages]„Camina, pueblo de Dios" (UMH 305, ŒWalk on, O people of God")* Celebrate Jesus, celebrate! (P&W 663/SCE 67/SOF 57, Oliver) [All-Ages]Celebrate Jesus, the risen Lord! (Song, Rae-Helen Fisenden)Celebrate with joy and singing (Ph 107)Celebration song (SIS 361/ATE 208/SOF 244, Brent Chambers)Christ beside me (TFWS 2166)* Christ has arisen, alleluia (Seasons of the Spirit songbook 5,    Kyamanywa/trad. Tanzanian)Christ has no body now (More Voices 171)** Christ has risen while earth slumbers (Iona Community, John L. Bell    and Graham Maule, Iona Community) (Ch4 430) (various)    (Seasons of the Spirit (2009), Music section p.6) (TFWS 2115)Christ is alive (Ch4 416)Christ is alive with joy we sing (TIS 393, Stotter)** Christ is alive, and the universe must celebrate    (AA 15, Shirley E. Murray) (Ch4 422)

Christ is arisen (canon)Christ is atonement, the Paschal VictimChrist is risenChrist is risen (SIS 483/SCE 234/SOF 245, Graham Kendrick)Christ is risen (Thankyou Music/spiritandsong.com, Maher/Fieldes)* Christ is risen as He saidChrist is risen, Alleluia!** Christ is risen, Christ is living (Ph 109) (NCH 235)    (UMH 313, "Cristo Vive!") [Argentina]Christ is risen! Christ is risen (SIS 483/SCE 234/SOF 245, Graham Kendrick)** Christ is risen from the dead (ATG 544, Netwon/trad.) [All-Ages]  (2 part round)Christ is the one who callsChrist rose up from the dead (NCH 239)* Christ, mighty Saviour, Light of all creation (Ch4 216, Mozarabic Hymn)Christ, of God unseen the image (Ch4 453)* Christ rose, Christ rose, Christ rose up from the dead (NCH 239, Spiritual)* Christ the Lord is risen (Ch4 794, „Surrexit Dominus vere‰) (TFWS 2116)* Christ triumphant, ever reigning (Ch4 436, Michael Saward) [Ascension]Christians, let us all rejoice (Sing Alleluia 22)** Comes Mary to the grave (Common Ground 27, Michael A. Perry) (Ch4 407)Christian People, Raise Your Song (UMH 636)Christians, to the Paschal victimCome, let us with our Lord arise (TFWS 2084)* Come, living God, when least expected (Ch4 609, Alan Gaunt)Come on and celebrate!Come to us, beloved Stranger (BOP 262, Edith Sinclair Downing)** Comes Mary to the grave (Common Ground 27, Michael Perry)    (Ch4 407)** „Cristo Vive!" (Ph 109) (NCH 235) (UMH 313, ŒChrist is living')Dear Lord, we long to see your face** Did you hear a sound this morning, breaking through a silent tomb?    (ATA 148, Paul Weber, ŒBorn for Resurrection‚)Don‚t tell me of a faith that fears (from the Iona Community,    Wild Goose Publications, Scotland)Early morning: Come, prepare him** Earth and all stars, bright shining planets (Ph 458)* Earth, earth, awake; Your praises sing: Alleluia! (Ch4 420,   Herman G. Stuempfle, Jr.)** Easter Alleluia (AOVK 80/ATG 545, Mangan) [All-Ages]*ŒEaster Evening‚ (Iona, „As we walked home at close of day∑‰) (VU 184)Easter Gospel Acclamation (Common Ground 30, Bernadette Farrell)** Easter people (Seasons of the Spirit songbook 6, Light)    (UMH 304)Easter people, raise your voices (UMH 304)* Easter time is here again (GGIVES[3] 27, Heron) [All-Ages]ŒEmmaus Story‚ (The tide has turned songbook, Digby Hannah,    „Jerusalem to Emmaus two people walked that day∑‰)* Eternal God, Your love's tremendous glory

Exult, creation round God's throne!Eye has not seen, ear has not heardFather of peace, and God of love (Ch4 272, Scottish Paraphrases 1781)Fill your hearts with joy and gladness (Ch4 103)Finished the strife of battle nowFirst of the week and finest dayFor the bread which you have broken [Communion]Forth in peace of Christ we go (Ch4 646)From before the earth‚s foundations (SOF 119, Dennis Merry)From the very depths of darknessFrom the waiting comes the sign (Ch4 614, Murray) (CP 642) (various)Give thanks to the LordGloria (Ch4 760, 761)Glory to God (Ch4 762)Glory to God (More Voices 38, Iona Community, „Nzamuranza‰, from Mozambique)Go forth and tellGo to the worldGod is the strength of my life (SOF 133, Graham Kendrick)God is walking in the garden (Tune In: Brown)God so loved (HS, Morgan)God who gives to life its goodness* God's love bursts into bloom** Good Christian men, rejoice and sing! (TIS 313 + AHB 238) (Ph 111)   (Rejoice 228)** Good Christians all, rejoice and sing! (TIS 313 + AHB 238) (Ph 111)   (Rejoice 228)Good Joseph had a gardenGoodness is stronger than evil (Desmond Tutu/Iona Community) (ATW 464)    (ELW 721) (various)Great beam of light, true circle without ending (Ch4 452)Great, there is one among us (TIS 720 + AHB 295, Traditional Caribbean,    „Halle, halle hallelujah‰)(NCH 236) (Ch4 345) (VU 958)    (AoVK-85) (AoV2-046) (ATOK 319) (various)** Hail, O festival day! (BOP 244, Latin, Vanantius  Honorius Fortunatus, „Salve Festa Dies" (NCH 262) (Ph 120) (UMH 324)** Hail, Thee festival day! (BOP 244, Latin, Vanantius  Honorius Fortunatus, „Salve Festa Dies" (NCH 262) (Ph 120) (UMH 324)ŒHalle Halle‚ (ATW 452, Robin Mann, „Why do you look among the dead?‰)Hallelujah! (Ch4 436)Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hearts to heaven and voices raise (Rejoice 230)** Hallelujah! We sing your praisesHallelujah, we sing your praises (TIS 541, „Haleluyah! Pelo Tsa Rona‰)    (Ch4 674) (WoV 722) (ELW 535) (CP 82) (various)„Haleluyah! Pelo Tsa Rona‰ (TIS 541, „Hallelujah, we sing your praises∑‰)    (Ch4 674) (WoV 722) (ELW 535) (CP 82) (various)Have you seen Jesus my Lord?** Haven‚t you heard that Jesus is risen? (Common Ground 46,    Alison M. Robertson) (Ch4 433) [Scotland]He comes to us as one unknown

He did not want to be farHe has risen (SCE 155, Richards)** He is exalted, the King is exalted on high (Ch4 437, Twila Paris)    [Ascension]** He is Lord, He is Lord (BOP 252, Phil. 2:10-11) (Ch4 443)   (SIS 48/P&W 32/SCE 158/various, anon.) (UMH 177) (More Voices 173)* He is Risen (Michael Brumpton and Noeleen Johnston)   [as shared in worship at the 2001 Uniting Church. Queensland Synod]He is risen, risen! He was dead but now He lives (ATO 343, Robin Mann)* He lives! He lives! Christ Jesus lives today (UMH 310)* Hear the Good News of salvation (Ph 355)* Here God‚s life-giving word (TIS 424, John E. Bowers) [Communion]** He‚s Alive (yes, he is!) (DMAC, David MacGregor, 1955-) [All-Ages]* Here God‚s life-giving word (TIS 424, John E. Bowers) [Communion]His battle ended thereHoly, holy, holy (Ch4 769)Hosanna (Hillsong/various, Fraser)* How lovely on the mountains are the feet of Him who brings good news    (P&W 212/SIS 201/SCE 189/SOF 192, Leonard Smith, ŒOur God Reigns')** How often we, like Thomas (Ch4 432, Edith S. Downing)    [folk tune; could be solo]I believe in God the AlmightyI believe in Jesus (P&W 536/SCE 195/SOF 203, Nelson)I come to the garden alone (NCH 237) (UMH 314)* I have seen the Lord (ATW 437, Robin Mann)I know that my redeemer lives, glory, halleluiah! (Ch4 423)* I serve a risen Saviour, He‚s in the world today (UMH 310)I want Jesus to walk with me (Ch4 539) [All-Ages]I will come and bow down (SCE[2] 814, Nystrom)I will enter His gates with thanksgiving in my heart (Song 139)    (SOF 252, L. Von Brethorst)I will rise (worshiptogether.com/ThankyouMusic/    various,Tomlin/Giglio/Maher/Reeves)If Christ had not been raised from deathI‚ll shout the name of Christ who lives (NCH 234)I'm happy (ATN 28, Reichelt/Klemke)In Christ alone (SCE[3] 1311/Thankyou Music, Stuart Townend/Getty)In suffering love the thread of life (TIS 177, Rob W. Johns)In the bulb there is a flower (Ch4 727)In the gardenIn the shape of a cross (Tune In: Brown)In the singing (TFWS 2255) In the tomb so cold they laid Him (Song 483, Graham Kendrick)Jerusalem to Emmaus two people walked that day (The tide has turned songbook,    Digby Hannah, ŒEmmaus Story‚)Jesus Christ, you are the Son of God‰ (SCE[2] 827,Presdee/Mizen,    „On my knees‰)„Jesu christo reina reina ya!‰ (TIS 728)** Jesus, come and stand among us (ATO 343, Robin Mann)

Jesus is alive! (P&W 541/SCE 142, Kenoly)* Jesus is alive! (David MacGregor, DMAC) [All-Ages]Jesus is alive today (ATO 346, East African) [All-Ages]** Jesus is Lord, creation's voice proclaims it (SIS 284/Song 360)  (SOF 278, David J. Mansell) (SCE 284/SOF 178)Jesus is Lord (SCE 284/SIS 360/SOF 178, Mansell)Jesus is risen (Ch4 409)** Jesus is risen, alleluia! (Ch4 409, Bernard Kyamanyway) [Tanzanian]** Jesus is risen from the grave (BOP 254, Iona Community, Scotland)    (Ch4 434) (CP 232) [All-Ages]** Jesus is risen from the grave (BOP 434, John L. Bell and Graham Maule)* Jesus, Jesus is risen (DMAC, David MacGregor, 1955-)Jesus, Lord of everything (SOF 285, Martyn Perry)* Jesus, Lord Redeemer (Rejoice 231)Jesus, my Lord, my God, my all* Jesus, stand among us* Jesus, stand among us at the meeting of our lives** Jesus stand among us, in Your risen power (BOP 452)    (Rejoice 325) (SOF 291) (VU 396) [good as an introit]** Jesus the Lord has risen (Ch4 794, Taizé Community,    „Surrexit Dominus vere) [Liturgical Text]Jesus was sent (ATW 441, John Ylvisaker)* Joy comes with the dawn (VU 166)* Joy dawned again on Easter Day (NCH 241)Joyful the morning when Jesus Christ is risen (TIS 383,    Traditional Torres Strait Islander)„Ke tau fakafeta‚I‰ (AA 84, Leo Foliaki, ŒLet us thank and praise our Lord')Led like a lamb to the slaughter (SOF 307, Graham Kendrick, „You‚re alive!‰)Let the earth rejoice and singLet us thank and praise our Lord (AA 84, Leo Foliaki „Ke tau fakafeta‚I")Lift your voice rejoicing, Mary* Look there! the Christ, our Brother, comesLord, draw near (ATO 321/Iona, trad./Iona Community)Lord, I lift your name on high (SCE 330/P&W 736, Founds)* Lord, let me see, see more and more (TIS 681, Ross Langmead)* Lord, You have come to the lakeside (Common Ground 79,    Cesareo Gabarain, tr. Robert Trupia) (Ch4 532) [Mexico]** Love's redeeming work is done* Low in the grave He lay (Rejoice 221) (UMH 322,    ŒUp From the Grave He Arose')Making things new (Tune In: Anderson) [All-Ages]Man more than manMark how the Lamb of God, self-offering (Ch4 629)Marvellous in our eyes (Leonard E. Smith Jr.)* Meekness and majesty, manhood and deity (Common Ground 86, Graham Kendrick)Mighty to save (Hillsong/various, Morgan)** Most glorious Lord of life, that on this day (Ch4 215)My Redeemer lives (HS/SCE [2] 768, Morgan)Myrrh-bearing Mary

Name of all majesty* Not with naked eye, not with human sense (NCH 406, Dan Damon)Now is Christ risen from the deadNow Israel may say (Ch4 84) [Psalm 124]Now let the vault of heaven resound (BOP 255, Tune: Lasst uns erfreuen)Now lives the Lamb of GodNow, my tongue, the mystery telling (Ch4 667) [Communion]„Nzamuranza‰ (More Voices 38, Iona Community, ŒGlory to God‚, from Mozambique)O Christ was a good guestO set ye open unto me (Ch4 78) [Psalm 118]O splendour of God‚s glory bright [Baptism]* O stay with us, Lord Jesus (TIS 551, Josua Stegmann 1588–1632)O thou, the heaven's eternal kingO welcome the light (Wood)Oh, set ye open (Ch4 78) [Psalm 118]On earth has dawned this day of daysOn my knees (SCE[2] 827,Presdee/Mizen,    „Jesus Christ, you are the Son of God‰)On the day of resurrection (UMH 309)On the journey to Emmaus (URW 123, Marty Haugen) (various)One day when heaven was filled with His praises* Open my eyes that I may see (VU 371) (UMH 454)Open our eyes (ATW 488, Mangold)Open the eyes of my heart, Lord (P&W 848/SCE[2] 926, Baloche)Open your eyes (NCYC 2003, Robin Mann)Our God, Creation‚s loving (VU 490)Our great Redeemer, as he breathed** One bread, one body, one Lord of all [Communion]* Our God Reigns (P&W 212/SIS 201/SCE 189/SOF 192, Leonard Smith,    „How lovely on the mountains are the feet of Him who brings good news")Our Lord Christ has risen (Rejoice 227)* Our Lord Christ hath risen! The tempter is foiled (Ch4 421)Paschal feast! Upon the crossPeace I leave with you (Song, Annette Fechner)Praise, Praise God in the Temple (Glover/Honduras, ŒAlleluia‚)Praise the One Who Breaks the Darkness (Ch4 348, Edwards) (LBW 196) (ELW 544)    (CP 397) (W&R 93) (various)Relentless lover God in Christ (Barrell/Gibson) (Tune: Kingsfold)** ŒResurrection Shout‚ (ATA 160, Robin Mann, „The Son is up,    the Word is out∑‰)  [All-Ages]Retell what Christ's great love has done** Roll the rock (ATW 445/GGIVES[4] 16, Leigh Newton,    „The women went down to the grave") [All-Ages]Ruler of life, we crown You now (NCH 228)Sing a new song unto the LordSing alleluia to our GodSing alleluia to the Lord* Sing hallelujahs (DMAC, David MacGregor, 1955-)

* Sing Amen, Amen, we praise Your Name, O God (BOP 264, Xhosa, S.C. Molefe,    „Asithi", South African)** Sing to the world of Christ our Sovereign Lord (Common Ground 113,    Patrick Lee) (Ch4 447)Sing we triumphant hymns of praiseSing ye faithful, sing with gladnessSinging hallelujah! (ATG 556/Seasons of the Spirit songbook, Good)So come, Lord Christ, in the stranger's guise    (Iona, ŒFrom heav'n to here and From here to heav'n‚)Stay with us (VU 182)** „Surrexit Dominus vere™ECh4 794, Taizé Community,    ŒJesus, the Lord, has risen') [Liturgical Text]Take up his song (More Voices 213)Tell me the stories of Jesus, I want to know [All-Ages]Tell the world (Hillsong/Hillsong United/various, Douglas/Houston/Sampson)** That Easter Day with joy was bright (Ph 121)** That Eastertide with joy was bright (Ph 121)The clouds of night are passed away* The glory of our King was seen (VU 162)* The Lamb's high banquet called to share [Communion]The Lamb's high banquet we await [Communion]** The Lord is risen from the dead (Ch4 797, Dimi Halleyi, short round)    [Liturgical Text]The Lord is risen indeed (Rejoice 226)The Lord liveth (SIS 635/SOF 266, O'Shields)The risen Christ (VU 168)** The Saviour died, but rose again (Ch4 425, Scottish Paraphrases 1781)    [para. Romans 8:34-end]The Son is up, the Word is out (ATA 160, Robin Mann, ŒResurrection Shout‚)** The stone's been rolled away (HS/P&W 689, Geoff Bullock)** The tomb is empty! Come and see (CP 230, Sylvia Dunstan) (various)** The women went down to the grave. The found a silent empty cave    (ATW 445/GGIVES[4] 16, Leigh Newton, ŒRoll the Rock') [All-Ages]The whole bright world rejoices nowThe wonder of your cross (SCE[3] 1555/Integrity's Hosanna Music, Mark)There's a sound in the wind like a victory song (SOF 540, Graham Kendrick)** They crucified my Saviour and nailed Him to the tree (Ch4 406,    African-American) (UMH 316, „He Rose")They set out on their homeward road (BOP 263, Fred H. Kaan)This is a day of new beginnings (UMH 383)This is our glad announcement (Rejoice 223)This is the day the Lord created* This is the day the Lord has made** This is the day, this is the day that the Lord has made    (SIS/Song 40) (SOF 547, Les Garret) (VU 412) [chorus]This is the feast of victory (BOP 246, Rev. 6:12-14, para. John W. Arthur)Thou art the way: to thee aloneThou hallowed chosen morn of praise„Thuma Mina‰ (TIS 749/ATE 305/AOV [1] 154, African, ŒSend me, Jesus‚)

* To Emmaus (Songtivity, Bruxvoort-Colligan)To live like Jesus (AOVK, Putney/O'Brien) [All-Ages]Tomb breaker (GBEAT[1], Reay) [All-Ages]* Travellin' the road (DMAC, David MacGregor)Tree of Life (VU 121)** Unless a single grain of wheat falls (Ch4 347, Bernadette Farrell)Up from the earthUp from the grave He arose (Rejoice 221) (UMH 322,  „Low in the grave He lay...‰)Turn your eyes upon Jesus (UMH 349)„Victimae paschali laudes")Walk softly in springtimeWalkin‚ down the road (ATN 87, Robin Mann, ŒWhen the day has begun‚)    (AoVK-144)We are an Easter people (AA 146, Bill Wallace)We believe (SIS 654/SCE 541/SOF 572, Graham KendrickWe hold the death of the LordWe meet You, O Christ (VU 183)We walk by faith and not by sight* Welcome, happy morning (VU 161)We‚ve a story to tell to the nations (UMH 569)** Welcome, happy morning (VU 161)What Adam's disobedience costWhat the Lord has done in me (HS/SCE[2] 862, Morgan)** What wondrous love is this, O my soul! (Ch4 395) (VU 147)    [Appalachian Hymn]When Christ comes to die* When disciples were frightened (ATO 343, Robin Mann)When I‚m feeling down and sad (Ch4 568) [All-Ages]When the day has begun (ATN 87, Robin Mann, „Walkin‚ down the road∑‰)    (AoVK-144)When the Lord brought backWhen we are tempted to deny Your Son (Ch4 400)** Why do you look among the dead? (ATW 452, Robin Mann, ŒHalle Halle‚)With high delightWho is He in yonder stall? (SOF 608, Benjamin Russell Hanby)Who is there on this Easter morning* Why do you look among the dead? (ATW 452, Robin Mann)With high delight* Without seeing You (Seasons of the Spirit Songbook 6, Marty Haugen)Wonder of wonders (TFWS 2247)* Word of the Father: Jesus Christ! (Common Ground 30,    Bernadette Farrell)* Ye choirs of new Jerusalem (BOP 245, Latin, Fulbert of Chartres)You are my all in all (P&W 809, Jernighan) [All-Ages]* You are my king (worshiptogether.com, Foote)    (DMAC) [All-Ages]* You choirs of new Jerusalem (BOP 245, Latin, Fulbert of Chartres)You hear the lambs a-cryin™(Ch4 435, Trad. Spiritual)* You tell me that the Lord is risen (VU 185)

You who puzzle on the Saviour‚s deeds (Song, John Beavis)You will show me the path of life (URW 235, Marty Haugen) (various)    (simple cantor and response)