GOOD FRIDAY
April 18, 2025
7:30 p.m. at Northminster
SCRIPTURE READINGS\SILENT REFLECTION
SONG Were You There?
1. Were you there when they crucified my Lord?
Were you there when they crucified my Lord?
Oh! Sometimes it causes me to tremble, tremble, tremble.
Were you there when they crucified my Lord?
2. Were you there when they nailed Him to the tree?
Were you there when they nailed Him to the tree?
Oh! Sometimes it causes me to tremble, tremble, tremble.
Were you there when they nailed Him to the tree?
3. Were you there when they laid Him in the tomb?
Were you there when they laid Him in the tomb?
Oh! Sometimes it causes me to tremble, tremble, tremble.
Were you there when they laid Him in the tomb?
WELCOME\INSTRUCTIONS
SCRIPTURE READINGS\SILENT REFLECTION
PRAYER
SCRIPTURE READINGS\SILENT REFLECTION
SONG How Deep The Father’s Love
How deep the Father’s love for us, how vast beyond all measure,
that He should give His only son to make this wretch His treasure.
How great the pain of searing loss: the Father turns His face away
as wounds which mar the chosen one bring many sons to glory.
Behold the man upon a cross, my sin upon His shoulders;
The words “Forgive them…” on His lips,
a light among the scoffers.
It was His love that held Him there until it was accomplished;
His dying breath has brought me life as He spoke, “It is finished.”
I will not boast in anything, no gifts, no power, no wisdom;
but I will boast in Jesus Christ, His death and resurrection.
Why should I gain from His reward? I cannot give an answer,
but this I know with all my heart,
His wounds have paid my ransom.
Why should I gain from His reward? I cannot give an answer,
but this I know with all my heart,
His wounds have paid my ransom.
SCRIPTURE READINGS\SILENT REFLECTION
POSTLUDE
Scripture readings were from The Gospel of Mark, chapters 14 and 15
Easter Celebrations are 7:30 & 11:00 am
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SERVICE FOR
THE LORD’S DAY
April 20, 2025
Easter Sunday
WELCOME AND ANNOUNCEMENTS
PRELUDE
Liturgist, John Lange
CALL TO WORSHIP – based on 1 Peter 1:3-5
Leader: Alleluia! Christ is risen.
People: He is risen indeed. Alleluia!
Leader: Praise the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.
People: He has given us new life and hope.
He has raised Jesus from the dead.
Leader: God has claimed us as his own.
People: He has brought us out of darkness,
He has made us light to the world.
Leader: Alleluia! Christ is risen.
People: He is risen indeed. Alleluia!
*OPENING HYMN #234 Christ the Lord is Risen Today
*OPENING PRAYER
*PRAISE SONG In Christ Alone
GUIDED PRAYER
*ASSURANCE OF PARDON
*AFFIRMATION OF FAITH — Westminster Larger Catechism Q.52
Leader: How was Christ exalted in his resurrection?
People: Christ’s exaltation in his resurrection began with his body not decaying, since it was impossible for death to keep its hold on him. On the third day, he rose again from the dead by his own power and in the very same body with all its essential qualities in which he had suffered (but it was not subject to death and the other infirmities associated with this life), and it was truly united to his soul. By his resurrection, he plainly declared himself to be the Son of God, to have satisfied divine justice, to have conquered death as well as him who holds the power of death, and to be Lord of the living and the dead. He did all this as a general representative of humanity and as head of his church in order to justify believers, make them alive in his grace, support them against their enemies, and assure them that they too will be resurrected from the dead at the last day. Amen.
ANTHEM
PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE AND LORD’S PRAYER
Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name, thy Kingdom come, thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our debts as we forgive our debtors. And lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil: for thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever. Amen.
WORSHIPING GOD WITH OUR TITHES AND OFFERINGS
Offertory
*Offertory Response — Doxology #808
Praise God from whom all blessings flow;
Praise Him all creatures here below;
Praise Him above, ye heavenly host;
Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. Amen.
*Prayer of Dedication
NEW TESTAMENT READING: 1 Corinthians 15:50-58
Pastor: The Word of the Lord
People: Thanks be to God
SERMON: Rev. David Garrison
VICTORY
Series: This Changes Everything
But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory
through our Lord Jesus Christ. — 1 Cor. 15:57
*CLOSING HYMN #255 Good Christians, All, Rejoice!
*BENEDICTION
*POSTLUDE
WELCOME TO NORTHMINSTER EVANGELICAL PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
50 I tell you this, brothers: flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable. 51 Behold! I tell you a mystery. We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, 52 in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised imperishable, and we shall be changed. 53 For this perishable body must put on the imperishable, and this mortal body must put on immortality. 54 When the perishable puts on the imperishable, and the mortal puts on immortality, then shall come to pass the saying that is written:
“Death is swallowed up in victory.”
55 “O death, where is your victory?
O death, where is your sting?”
56 The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law. 57 But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
58 Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that in the Lord your labor is not in vain.
— 1 Corinthians 15:50-58 (ESV)
