EASTER 2 April 11, 2010
Immanuel Ev. Lutheran Church
Wisconsin Synod
Pastor Stephen Smith...682-1878 Sunday Service...9:30 a.m.
Church Telephone...682-4573 Sunday School/Bible Study...10:30 a.m.
Organists……………………Hymmsoft
WELCOME, VISITORS: We are glad you could be with us and we welcome you back any time. Please sign our guest register in the narthex/entry.
PRAYER: O risen Lord, You came to Your disciples and took away their fears with Your Word of peace. Come to us also by Word and sacrament, and banish our fears with the comforting assurance of Your abiding presence. Amen.
HYMNS: 141, 165, 265, 149 vs 1-2
ORDER OF SERVICE: Service of the Word, p 38ff
THE WORD
FIRST LESSON: Acts 5:12,17-32
The risen Christ gave His apostles the ability to perform miracles and to proclaim the peace and joy of salvation boldly in spite of persecution.
PSALM OF THE DAY: Psalm 16 on page 68
Jesus did not suffer decay while in the grave. He rose from the dead and, as our living Lord, will take us to the land of the living.
SECOND LESSON: Revelation 1:4-18
St. John is given a glimpse of heaven. No longer is Jesus seen as the suffering servant. Instead, Jesus appears as the firstborn from the dead, the all powerful prophet, priest, and king, the Alpha and Omega, who is, and who was, and who is to come, the Almighty, and the Living One who reigns forever and ever.
GOSPEL: John 20:19-31
On Easter evening, the glorified Jesus appeared to His disciples and announced peace to them. When Thomas refused to believe, Jesus, in love, appeared a second time to convince him of the resurrection.
