Sunday Morning Worship Service at Elon

Prelude "Living Hope"David Sexton

Annie Armstrong Emphasis

*Call to Worship (based on Psalm 118)  -- 

Leader: This is the day that the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it!

Congregation: We lift our voices in praise, for God's mercy endures forever.

Leader: The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone.

Congregation: Christ the Lord has conquered death; in him, we find our hope and salvation.

Leader: Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!

Congregation: Hosanna in the highest! Let the gates of righteousness be opened for us.

Leader: We give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; his steadfast love endures forever.

Congregation: Let us exalt his name together, for he has done marvelous things!

*"Low in the Grave He Lay" #118 (Red Hymnal)

*"He Lives" #438 vs. 1&3 (Red Hymnal)

Congregational Greeting

Pastoral Prayer -- Jeremy Lakes

  Hymn of Praise: "Because He Lives" (Red Hymnal, #448) 

Offering  --Ushers

Scripture Reading   

Old Testament: Isaiah 25:6-9; New Testament: Colossians 3:1-7

*^Hymn of Preparation:  "Christ the Lord Is Risen Today" #114 vs. 1-3 (Red Hymnal)

 Preaching from the Word --  David Sexton

"Mark's Account of Easter"   Mark 16:1-8

*Response Hymn "Living Hope" (on screen)

Closing Prayer  

Postlude