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Gathering Together

Alleluia! Christ is risen.

He is risen indeed. Alleluia!

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ!

By his great mercy he has given us a new birth into a living hope

through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead.

Through him you have come to trust in God,

who raised him from the dead and gave him glory,

so that your faith and hope are set on God. (1 Pet. 1:3, 21)

Lord Jesus Christ,

risen from death to life in the Father’s love,

raise us to share in the new life, that we

may know your presence among us now,

and serve you in the power of the Spirit.

Amen

First Hymn

1 Good Christians all, rejoice and sing! 

Now is the triumph of our King! 

To the whole world glad news we bring: Alleluia! 

2 The Lord of life is risen for ay: 

bring flowers of song to strew his way; 

let everyone rejoice and say: Alleluia! 

3 Praise we in songs of victory

that love, that life which cannot die, 

and sing with hearts uplifted high: Alleluia!

4 Thy name we bless, O risen Lord, 

and sing today with one accord 

the life laid down, the life restored: Alleluia!

Cyril A Alington (1872-1955) © Sir Richard Mynors

Penitence

Lord, have mercy. Lord, have mercy.

Christ, have mercy. Christ, have mercy.

Lord, have mercy. Lord, have mercy.

May Almighty God have mercy on us,

forgive us our sins

and bring us to everlasting life,

through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

The Gloria

Glory to God in the highest,

and peace to his people on earth.

Lord God, heavenly King,

almighty God and Father,

we worship you, we give you thanks,

we praise you for your glory.

Lord Jesus Christ, only Son of the Father,

Lord God, Lamb of God,

you take away the sin of the world:

have mercy on us;

you are seated at the right hand of the Father:

receive our prayer.

For you alone are the Holy One,

you alone are the Lord,

you alone are the Most High, Jesus Christ,

with the Holy Spirit,

in the glory of God the Father.

Amen.

The Collect

The Bible Reading

(After the reading)

This is the Word of the Lord.

Thanks be to God.

Thought for the Day

Affirmation of Faith

Let us declare our faith in the resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ:

Christ died for our sins

in accordance with the Scriptures;

he was buried; he was raised to life on the third day

in accordance with the Scriptures;

afterwards he appeared to his followers, and to all the apostles:

this we have received,

and this we believe. (1 Cor. 15:3-7)

This is the faith of the Church.

This is our faith.

We believe and trust in one God,

Father, Son and Holy Spirit. Amen.

Second Hymn

Dear Lord and Father of mankind

1 Dear Lord and Father of mankind, 

forgive our foolish ways; 

re-clothe us in our rightful mind; 

in purer lives thy service find, 

in deeper reverence, praise. 

2 In simple trust like theirs who heard 

beside the Syrian sea 

the gracious calling of the Lord, 

let us, like them, without a word 

rise up and follow thee. 

3 Drop thy still dews of quietness, 

till all our strivings cease; 

take from our souls the strain and stress, 

and let our ordered lives confess 

the beauty of thy peace. 

4 Breathe through the heats of our desire 

thy coolness and thy balm; 

let sense be dumb, let flesh retire; 

speak through the earthquake, wind and fire, 

O still small voice of calm.

John Greenleaf Whittier (1807-1892)

Intercessions

At Easter, Lord,

renew us by your Spirit.

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 trespasses, 

as we forgive those who trespass against us. 

And lead us not into temptation; 

but deliver us from evil. 

For thine is the kingdom, 

the power and the glory, 

for ever and ever.

Third Hymn

Love’s redeeming work is done

1 Love's redeeming work is done; 

fought the fight, the battle won: 

lo, our Sun's eclipse is o'er! 

lo, he sets in blood no more! 

2 Vain the stone, the watch, the seal! 

Christ has burst the gates of hell; 

death in vain forbids his rise; 

Christ has opened Paradise. 

3 Lives again our glorious King; 

Where, O death, is now thy sting? 

Dying once, he all doth save; 

where thy victory, O grave? 

4 Soar we now where Christ has led, 

following our exalted Head; 

made like him, like him we rise; 

ours the cross, the grave, the skies. 

5 Hail the Lord of earth and heaven! 

Praise to thee by both be given: 

thee we greet triumphant now; 

hail, the Resurrection Thou!

Charles Wesley (1707-1788)

Final Prayer

God the Father, by whose glory Christ was raised from the dead, strengthen you to walk with him in his risen life.

Amen. Alleluia! Alleluia!

May the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ,

The love of God

And the fellowship of the Holy Spirit

Be with us all, ever more, Amen.