A SERVICE OF HOPE IN THE RESURECTION

A SERVICE OF HOPE IN THE RESURECTION

Rev Edgar Welty

GATHERING TO HEAR GOD’S WORD

Invocation

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the source of all mercy and the God of all consolation.  He comforts us in all our sorrows so that we can comfort others in their sorrows with the consolation we ourselves have received from God.           Thanks be to God

Scripture Romans 6:3-5

When we were baptized in Christ Jesus, we were baptized into his death.  We were buried therefore with him by baptism into death, so that, as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, we too might live a new life.  For if we have been united with Christ in a death like his, we will certainly be united with him in a resurrection like his.

Prayers

The Lord be with you             And also with you

Let us pray.          O God, who gave us birth, you are ever more ready to hear than we are to pray.  You know our needs before we ask, and our ignorance in asking.  Show us now your grace, that as we face the mystery of death we may see the light of eternity.  Speak to us once more your solemn message of life and of death.  Help us to live as those who are prepared to die.  And when our days here are ended, enable us to die as those who go forth to live, so that living or dying, our life may be in Jesus Christ our risen Lord. Amen.

HEARING GOD’S WORD

Lesson Romans 8:38-39

I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor rulers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.

The Word of the Lord!                    Thanks be to God!

Psalm 23 LBW (Read Responsively) Pastor Congregation

The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not be in want.

He makes me lie down in green pastures; and leads me beside still waters.

He revives my soul and guides me along right pathways for his name’s sake.

Though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death,

I shall fear no evil; for you are with me; your rod and your staff they comfort me.  You spread a table before me in the presence of those who trouble me;

you have anointed my head with oil; and my cup is running over.

Surely your goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life;

and I will dwell in the house of the LORD forever.

Gospel as Fulfillment of Ancient Prophecy John 10:14; Isaiah. 40:11

Jesus said: I am the good shepherd.  I know my own and my own know me.  He will feed his flock like a shepherd; he will gather the lambs in his arms, and carry them in his bosom.           The Word of the Lord!          Thanks be to God!

Sermon “Resurrection” Reverend Edgar S. Welty

Rock of Ages

1. Rock of Ages, cleft for me,                           2. While I draw this fleeting breath,

    Let me hide myself in thee;                              When mine eyes shall close in death,

    Let the water and the blood,                        When I soar to worlds unknown,

    From thy wounded side which flowed,          See thee on thy judgment throne,

    Be of sin the double cure;                                 Rock of Ages, cleft for me,

    Save from wrath and make me pure.              Let me hide myself in thee.

Litany of the Resurrection

Let us pray.                    Almighty God, you have knit your chosen people together in one communion, in the mystical body of your Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.  Give to your whole Church in heaven and on earth your light and your peace.

Hear us Lord.

Grant that all who have been baptized into Christ’s death and resurrection may die to sin and rise to newness of life and that through the grave and gate of death we may pass with him to our joyful resurrection

Hear us Lord.

Grant to us who are still in our pilgrimage, and who walk as yet by faith, that your Holy Spirit may lead us in holiness and righteousness all our days.

Hear us Lord.

Grant to your faithful people pardon and peace, that we may be cleansed from all our sins and serve you with a quiet mind.

Hear us Lord.

Grant to all who mourn a sure confidence in your loving care, that, casting all their sorrow on you, they may know the consolation of your love.

Hear us Lord.

Give courage and faith to those who are bereaved, that they may have strength to meet the days ahead in the comfort of a holy and certain hope, and in the joyful expectation of eternal life with those they love.

Hear us Lord.

Help us we pray, in the midst of things we cannot understand, to believe and trust in the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, and the resurrection to life everlasting.

Hear us Lord.

Litany of the Resurrection-Continued

Grant us peace to entrust Doris Wischow to your never failing love which sustained her in this life.  Receive her into the arms of your mercy, and remember her according to the favor you bear for your people. Hear us Lord.

God of all grace, you sent your Son our Savior Jesus Christ to bring life and immortality to light. We give you thanks because by his death Jesus destroyed the power of death and by his resurrection has opened the kingdom of heaven to all believers.  Make us certain that because he lives we shall live also, and that neither death nor life, nor things present nor things to come shall be able to separate us from your love which is in Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns in with you and the Holy Spirit, one God now and forever.  Amen

The Lord’s Prayer KJV (Please stand.)

Let us pray as Jesus has taught us: 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, & forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us: &lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil.  For thine is the kingdom, the power, & the glory forever & ever. A-

Commendation and Scattering of Ashes

In to your hands, O merciful Savior, we commend your servant, Doris Wischow.  Acknowledge, we humbly beseech you, a sheep of your fold, a lamb of your own flock, a sinner of your own redeeming.  Receive her into the arms of your mercy, into the blessed rest of everlasting peace, and into the glorious company of the saints in light.          Amen    GOING FORTH IN THE HOPE OF GOD’S WORD

Charge: Let us go forth in peace.  In the name of Christ, Amen 

Blessing:          The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God,

and the communion of the Holy Spirit be with you all. Amen.