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By His Wounds We Are HealedEaster Sunday

In Jesus’ wounds we are healed.

April 12, 2020

WELCOME

EASTER GREETINGP Alleluia! Christ is risen!C He is risen, indeed! Alleluia!

Entrance Hymn … “The Strife Is O’er, the Battle Done”The strife is o’er, the battle done; now is the victor’s triumph won!

Now be the song of praise begun, Alleluia!

The three sad days have quickly sped; He rises glorious from the dead.

All glory to our risen head! Alleluia!

Lord, by the stripes which wounded you, from death’s sting free your servants too,That we may live and sing to you. Alleluia!

ResponseA In the name of the Father, and of the + Son, and of the Holy Spirit.C Amen.

A See, my servant shall prosper!

C Alleluia! Christ is risen!

A He shall be exalted and lifted up, and shall be very high!

C Alleluia! Christ is risen!

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A Christ was wounded for our transgressions,

C crushed for our iniquities;A upon him was the punishment that made us whole,

C and by his wounds we are healed.

A Christ is risen!

C He is risen, indeed! Alleluia!

*CONFESSION AND FORGIVENESSP Let us confess our sin in the presence of God and of one another.

A brief silence may be observed.

C Most merciful God, we confess to you that we have broken your commandments by our own thoughts, words, and deeds. We have often despaired and not lived as your risen people. We have not loved our brothers and sisters as we ought, and we have not cared for your creation. For the sake of your Son, Jesus Christ, have mercy on us, and give us the healing power of your love that we may walk again in your ways and live to the glory of your holy name. Amen.

P God is gracious and merciful, and desires that we be made free of the burden of our sins. Through Jesus Christ, who bore the cross for our sake and for the sake of the whole world, there is healing, hope, and life. Your sins are forgiven in the name of the Father, and of the + Son, and of the Holy Spirit.C Amen.

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THE WORD

Old Testament Reading: Isaiah 53:5-6, 10-12 (NRSV)5 But he was wounded for our transgressions,    crushed for our iniquities;upon him was the punishment that made us whole,    and by his bruises we are healed.6 All we like sheep have gone astray;    we have all turned to our own way,and the LORD has laid on him    the iniquity of us all.10 Yet it was the will of the Lord to crush him with pain. When you make his life an offering for sin,     he shall see his offspring, and shall prolong his days;through him the will of the Lord shall prosper.11     Out of his anguish he shall see light; he shall find satisfaction through his knowledge.    The righteous one, my servant, shall make many righteous,    and he shall bear their iniquities.12 Therefore I will allot him a portion with the great,    and he shall divide the spoil with the strong;because he poured out himself to death,    and was numbered with the transgressors;yet he bore the sin of many,    and made intercession for the transgressors.

The word of the Lord. Thanks be to God.

Psalm … Psalm 118:1-2, 14-24A Song of Victory

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1 O give thanks to the LORD, for he is good;    his steadfast love endures forever!2 Let Israel say,    “His steadfast love endures forever.”14 The LORD is my strength and my might;    he has become my salvation.15 There are glad songs of victory in the tents of the righteous:“The right hand of the LORD does valiantly;16     the right hand of the LORD is exalted;    the right hand of the LORD does valiantly.”17 I shall not die, but I shall live,    and recount the deeds of the LORD.18 The LORD has punished me severely,    but he did not give me over to death.19 Open to me the gates of righteousness,    that I may enter through them    and give thanks to the LORD.20 This is the gate of the LORD;    the righteous shall enter through it.21 I thank you that you have answered me    and have become my salvation.22 The stone that the builders rejected    has become the chief cornerstone.23 This is the LORD’s doing;    it is marvelous in our eyes.24 This is the day that the LORD has made;    let us rejoice and be glad in it.

Epistle Reading … 1 Corinthians 15:3-11 (NRSV)

3 For I handed on to you as of first importance what I in turn had received: that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the scriptures, 4 and that he was buried, and that he was raised on the third day in accordance with the scriptures, 5 and

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that he appeared to Cephas, then to the twelve. 6 Then he appeared to more than five hundred brothers and sisters at one time, most of whom are still alive, though some have died. 7 Then he appeared to James, then to all the apostles. 8 Last of all, as to one untimely born, he appeared also to me. 9 For I am the least of the apostles, unfit to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God. 10 But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace toward me has not been in vain. On the contrary, I worked harder than any of them—though it was not I, but the grace of God that is with me. 11 Whether then it was I or they, so we proclaim and so you have come to believe.

The word of the Lord. Thanks be to God.

GOSPEL ACCLAMATION

*Gospel Reading … Luke 24:1-12

P The Holy Gospel according to Luke, chapter 24.C Glory to you, O Lord.

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The Resurrection of Jesus24 But on the first day of the week, at early dawn, they came to the tomb, taking the spices that they had prepared. 2 They found the stone rolled away from the tomb, 3 but when they went in, they did not find the body. 4 While they were perplexed about this, suddenly two men in dazzling clothes stood beside them. 5 The women were terrified and bowed their faces to the ground, but the men said to them, “Why do you look for the living among the dead? He is not here, but has risen. 6 Remember how he told you, while he was still in Galilee, 7 that the Son of Man must be handed over to sinners, and be crucified, and on the third day rise again.” 8 Then they remembered his words, 9 and returning from the tomb, they told all this to the eleven and to all the rest. 10 Now it was Mary Magdalene, Joanna, Mary the mother of James, and the other women with them who told this to the apostles. 11 But these words seemed to them an idle tale, and they did not believe them. 12 But Peter got up and ran to the tomb; stooping and looking in, he saw the linen cloths by themselves; then he went home, amazed at what had happened.

P The Gospel of the Lord. C Praise to you, O Christ.

Children’s Time

Did you hear that word that we used today? It’s a word that we haven’t used in a really long time—at least not for the last forty days. It’s All-le-lu-ia. (See if the children can guess it as you are saying “Alleluia.”) That word means “Praise God!” And we praise God today because God has done something for us on Easter that is truly amazing! Even though God had sent Jesus to take on the wounds of our death on the cross for us,

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God did even more. He did not leave Jesus in the grave. God raised Jesus from the dead! God makes sure that life wins over all death! We celebrate that, because it means that we, too, get to enjoy the promise that we will be raised to be with Jesus. Let’s say it again, really loudly! ALLELUIA!

Let us pray. Lord Jesus, you are risen from the dead, and we celebrate that your wounds will always be a reminder of our wholeness and life. Amen. Alleluia!By Michael Hoy. © 2020 Creative Communications for the Parish, a division of Bayard, Inc.,

Sermon Hymn … “By Your Wounds We All Are Healed”

Jesus, Savior of the people, giver of unending grace,Heal our lives that now are feeble; bless us in this holy place.

You came to earth and transformed all under your gentle reign.

By your wounds we all are heal-ed; sing the song we who remain.

Jesus, by your teaching, healing, sharing meal with one and all.

You invite all those believing, everyone who hears your call,Warming hearts in hope unbounded, spreading love

throughout the plain. By your wounds we all are heal-ed; sing the song of glad refrain!

When the cries to crucify you were the wounding words to hear,

Even then, you made all things new with forgiveness, love and cheer! By our sin you were afflicted, on the cross you bore

death’s pain,

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By your wounds we all are heal-ed; sing the song of glad refrain!

On this Easter morning, hear us! Christ is risen! All adore! Once again, you walk among us! Tears and weeping be no

more! Showing hands and side once pierced, sharing peace with us again,

By your wounds we all are heal-ed; sing the song of glad refrain!

Sermon (posted separately on the website)

NICENE CREEDWe believe in one God,

the Father, the Almighty,maker of heaven and earth,of all that is, seen and unseen.

We believe in one Lord, Jesus Christ,the only Son of God,eternally begotten of the Father,God from God, Light from Light,true God from true God,begotten, not made,of one Being with the Father;through him all things were made.For us and for our salvation

he came down from heaven,was incarnate of the Holy Spirit and the virgin Mary and became truly human.For our sake he was crucified under Pontius

Pilate;he suffered death and was buried.

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On the third day he rose againin accordance with the scriptures;he ascended into heavenand is seated at the right hand of the Father.He will come again in glory to judge the living

and the dead,and his kingdom will have no end.

We believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the giver of life,who proceeds from the Father and the Son,*who with the Father and the Son is worshiped and glorified,who has spoken through the prophets.We believe in one holy catholic and apostolic

church.We acknowledge one baptism for the forgiveness of

sins.We look for the resurrection of the dead,and the life of the world to come. Amen.

*Or, “who proceeds from the Father.” The phrase “and the Son” is a later addition to the creed.

Prayers of the People

A Let us pray for the Church, for all in need, and for the whole of God’s creation. That on this Easter Sunday, we celebrate the hope that is ours through Jesus Christ, our risen Lord, who took the wounds of death into his body on the cross for the sins of the whole world.C Heal us always!A That we may never doubt you or turn away from the joy of life and light that is ours through Christ’s resurrection.C Heal us always!10

A For all who are affected by the coronovirus: those providing care, those who have become ill, those in recovery, those who have died and all their family and friends, C Heal us always!

A For people who know only travesty and tragedy and grave and have yet to come to the fullness of the knowledge of your risen love, C Heal us always!

A For all of your creation that moan and groan for the day of the final liberation of all your children.C Heal us always!

A For those who have died or are now dying, that the tombs ahead may also be opened in the resurrection of the dead.C Heal us always!

A Into your risen healing, wounded hands for our sake, we commend all for whom we pray.C By Christ’s wounds, we are healed! Amen. Alleluia!

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OFFERING

LORD’S PRAYER

*BLESSINGP May the healing presence of almighty God, Father, + Son, and Holy Spirit, be with you now and always.C Amen

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P Alleluia! Christ is risen!C He is risen, indeed! Alleluia!

Closing Hymn … “The Risen Christ”

The risen Christ, who walks on wounded feetfrom garden tomb through darkened city street,

unlocks the door of grief, despair, and fear and speaks a word of peace to all who hear.

The risen Christ, who stands with wounded side, breathes out his Spirit on them to abide

whose faith still wavers, who dare not believe; new grace, new strength, new purpose they receive.

The risen Christ, who breaks with wounded hand the bread for those who fail to understand,

reveals himself, despite their lingering tears, enflames their hearts, then quickly disappears.

DISMISSALA He is Risen!C He is Risen Indeed!

By Michael Hoy. © 2020 Creative Communications for the Parish, a division of Bayard, Inc., 1564 Fencorp Dr., Fenton, MO 63026. 800-325-9414. www.creativecommunications.com. All rights reserved. Additional materials from Sundays and Seasons. Adapted by Rev. Diana K. Gugel.

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Welcome Family and Friends: We reach out the gift of our fellowship, acceptance and love to every person who worships with us as we are united in our reading of this service. May God's word nourish your hunger, encourage your faith, heal your suffering, and fill you with love, joy and peace. Please use any of the reasons we are providing via our website and/or on facebook and in other ways as our time of distancing and new ways of connection are discovered.

Our Mission Statement: To share God=s love and grace.

Weekly EventsWorship Service: Sunday 10:30 a.m. SUSPENDED Sunday School: SUSPENDEDThursdays: 7:00 p.m. Knitting Plus—Virtual meetings may take place.

NOTE: our church #, 653-5713 is currently out of order.Contact PeoplePastor Diana K. Gugel (Cell) 808-4120Music Director: Dana Shouldis 653-3776Acolytes: Brenda Henwood 756-4950Altar Guild: 653-5713Care & Witness: 653-5713Christian Education: Wray Bryant 681-176814

Diners-On-A-Budget: 653-5713Friends in Need: Marlene Oliver 653-0917Food Pantry: Carlene Ayers 756-4593Friendship Circle 653-5713Lutheran Youth Org: 653-5713Property Committee: 653-5713Worship and Music Committee: Dana Shouldis 653-3776Choir Director: Carlene Ayers 756-4593

Church Council Brenda Henwood - Secretary, Mike Ayers-Treasurer, Marianne Cox, Mel Jensen, Kara Mendenhall, Paul Riehm, Pastor Diana.

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