Bayshore Gardens Community Church Believing Again Gaining Hope

Bayshore Gardens Community Church Believing, Again Gaining Hope Caring Relationships Christ Jesus

WE INVITE YOU TO SIGN THE WHITE ATTENDANCE PAD so that we may celebrate your presence with us today! Please pass it on to the next person and then back down the row

Please Take Your Bulletins Home With You and Read the Announcements We invite you to take advantage of the Opportunities for fellowship and service

Life Line Screening at BGCC th Wednesday April 19 see bulletin for details

To all who are weary and seek rest; to all who mourn and long for comfort; to all who struggle and desire victory; to all who sin and need a Savior; to all who are strangers and want fellowship; to all who hunger and thirst after righteousness; and to all who will come, this church opens wide her doors and offers welcome in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ.

Bayshore Gardens Community Church Believing, Again Gaining Hope Caring Relationships Christ Jesus

THE CALL TO WORSHIP [ Pastor / CONGREGATION ]

Minister: Now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the first fruits of them that slept. O death, where is your sting? O grave, where is your victory? People: Christ is risen!

Minister: Christ is risen! People: (with a great voice) The Lord is risen indeed! Alleluia! ALLELUIA!

Christ The Lord Is Risen Today Hymn 367

Christ the Lord is risen today! Alleluia! Sons of men and angels say! Alleluia! Raise your joys and triumphs high! Alleluia! Sing, ye heavens, and earth reply! Alleluia!

Lives again our glorious King! Alleluia! Where O death is now your sting, Alleluia! Dying once, He all doth save! Alleluia! Where your victory, o grave, Alleluia!

Love’s redeeming work is done! Alleluia! Fought the fight, the battle won! Alleluia! Death in vain forbids Him rise! Alleluia! Christ has opened paradise! Alleluia!

Soar we now where Christ has led, Alleluia! Following our exalted head, Alleluia! Made like him, like him we rise, Alleluia! Ours the cross, the grave, the skies, Alleluia!

Corporate Prayer of Confession ALL: Lord Jesus Christ, great was Your goodness in undertaking my redemption, in consenting to be made sin for me, in conquering all my foes. Great was Your love in manifesting Yourself alive, in showing Your sacred wounds, that every fear might vanish, and every doubt be removed.

Great was Your mercy in ascending to heaven, in being crowned and enthroned there to intercede for me, there to help me in temptation, there to open the eternal book, there to receive me finally to Yourself.

Great was Your wisdom in devising this means of salvation; bathe my soul in rich consolations of Your resurrection life. O God, pardon all my sins, known and unknown, felt and unfelt, confessed and not confessed, remembered or forgotten.

Help me to be a holy, happy person, free from every wrong desire, from everything contrary to Your mind. Grant me more and more of the resurrection life: may it rule me, may I walk in its power, and be strengthened through its influence.

SILENT PRAYERS OF THANKSGIVING AND CONFESSION

Assurance of Pardon (Psalm 32: 5) Minister: Hear the promises of God to those who repent of their sins and trust in Christ: I acknowledged my sin to You, and my iniquity I did not hide; I said, “I will confess my transgression to the Lord, ” and You did forgive the guilt of my sin. Amen and Amen. The peace of the Lord be with you always. People: And also with you.

I Have Decided to Follow Jesus

I have decided to follow Jesus, No turning back, no turning back.

The world behind me, the cross before me; The world behind me, the cross before me, No Turning back, no turning back.

Luke 24: 13 -35 (NLT) 13 That same day two of Jesus’ followers were walking to the village of Emmaus, seven miles from Jerusalem. 14 As they walked along they were talking about everything that had happened. 15 As they talked and discussed these things, Jesus himself suddenly came and began walking with them. 16 But God kept them from recognizing him.

17 He asked them, “What are you discussing so intently as you walk along? ” They stopped short, sadness written across their faces. 18 Then one of them, Cleopas, replied, “You must be the only person in Jerusalem who hasn’t heard about all the things that have happened there the last few days. ”

19 “What things? ” Jesus asked. “The things that happened to Jesus, the man from Nazareth, ” they said. “He was a prophet who did powerful miracles, and he was a mighty teacher in the eyes of God and all the people. 20 But our leading priests and other religious leaders handed him over to be condemned to death, and they crucified him.

21 We had hoped he was the Messiah who had come to rescue Israel. This all happened three days ago. 22 “Then some women from our group of his followers were at his tomb early this morning, and they came back with an amazing report. 23 They said his body was missing, and they had seen angels who told them Jesus is alive!

24 Some of our men ran out to see, and sure enough, his body was gone, just as the women had said. ” 25 Then Jesus said to them, “You foolish people! You find it so hard to believe all that th 3 prophets wrote in the Scriptures. 26 Wasn’t it clearly predicted that the Messiah would have to suffer all these things before entering his glory? ”

27 Then Jesus took them through the writings of Moses and all the prophets, explaining from all the Scriptures the things concerning himself. 28 By this time they were nearing Emmaus and the end of their journey. Jesus acted as if he were going on, 29 but they begged him, “Stay the night with us, since it is getting late. ” So he went home with them.

30 As they sat down to eat, he took the bread and blessed it. Then he broke it and gave it to them. 31 Suddenly, their eyes were opened, and they recognized him. And at that moment he disappeared! 32 They said to each other, “Didn’t our hearts burn within us as he talked with us on the road and explained the Scriptures to us? ”

33 And within the hour they were on their way back to Jerusalem. There they found the eleven disciples and the others who had gathered with them, 34 who said, “The Lord has really risen! He appeared to Peter. ” 35 Then the two from Emmaus told their story of how Jesus had appeared to them as they were walking along the road, and how they had recognized him as he was breaking the bread.

Minister: The grass withers, and the flowers fade, but the Word of the Lord is forever. People: Thanks be to our great God

Chancel Choir “Come Christians Join and Sing”

The 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

Jesus Christ is Risen Today hymn # 360

Jesus Christ is risen today al-le-lu-ia! Our triumphant Holy day al-le-lu-ia! Who did once upon the cross, al-le-lu-ia! Suffer to redeem our loss, al-le-lu-ia!

Hymns of praise, then , let us sing, al-le-lu-ia! Unto Christ our heavenly King, al-le-lu-ia! Who endured the cross and grave, al-le-lu-ia! Sinners to redeem and save, al-le-lu-ia!

Sing we to our God above, al-le-lu-ia! Praise eternal as His love, al-le-lu-ia! Praise Him all you heavenly host, al-le-lu-ia! Father, Son and Holy Ghost, al-le-lu-ia!

Message “What If It’s All True? ” Rev. Dustin Sedlak

OUR OFFERING As A Tangible Expression Of Our Gratitude To God, We Joyfully Offer Our Monetary Gifts To Financially Support God's Work At Bayshore Gardens Community Church

OFFERTORY MUSIC “Alleluia, Alleluia Give Thanks to Jesus / Give Thanks”

THE DOXOLOGY 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.

"I Saw The Light" (originally by Hank Williams)

I wandered so aimless, life filled with sin I wouldn't let my dear savior in Then Jesus came like a stranger in the night Praise the lord, I saw the light

I saw the light, I saw the light No more darkness, no more night Now I'm so happy, no sorrow in sight Praise the lord, I saw the light

Just like a blind man, I wandered alone Worries and fears I claimed for my own Then like the blind man that God gave back his sight Praise the lord, I saw the light

I saw the light, I saw the light No more darkness, no more night Now I'm so happy, no sorrow in sight Praise the lord, I saw the light

I was a fool to wander and stray For straight is the gate and narrow the way Now I have traded the wrong for the right Praise the lord, I saw the light

I saw the light, I saw the light No more darkness, no more night Now I'm so happy, no sorrow in sight Praise the lord, I saw the light

“I’LL FLY AWAY” Some glad morning when this life is o'er, I'll fly away; To a home on God's celestial shore, I'll fly away

Refrain: I'll fly away, Oh Glory I'll fly away; (in the morning) When I die, Hallelujah, by and by, I'll fly away

THE PASTORAL BENEDICTION Go forth from this place as God’s elect and covenant people. . . AMEN