{"id":31640,"date":"2025-04-17T12:45:40","date_gmt":"2025-04-17T16:45:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gethsemanechurch.org\/?p=31640"},"modified":"2025-04-17T12:45:42","modified_gmt":"2025-04-17T16:45:42","slug":"sunrise-service","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gethsemanechurch.org\/index.php\/2025\/04\/17\/sunrise-service\/","title":{"rendered":"Sunrise service"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

EASTER SUNRISE<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

April 20, 2025<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Call to Worship (congregation reads the bold print)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

God is good!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

All the time!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And all the time!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

God is good!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Give thanks to the Lord, for God is good.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Let all the people proclaim,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cGod\u2019s steadfast love endures forever!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

God\u2019s steadfast love endures forever!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Lord is my strength, my song, and my salvation!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Shouts of joy resound in the tents of the righteous!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

God\u2019s steadfast love endures forever!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Lord\u2019s right hand has done mighty things!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We will not die but live.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We will proclaim what the Lord has done.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We enter the gates of the Lord and give thanks,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

for this is the day the Lord has made!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Let us rejoice and be glad in it!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Retrieved from ministrymatters.com<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Opening Chorus: \u201cThis Is The Day\u201d #657<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Opening Prayer (Everyone read):<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Holy and Living God,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

like a tomb\u2019s darkness that gives way to light,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

open us this day to newness of life;<\/p>\n\n\n\n

open us to your love, to your acceptance,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

to your forgiveness, to your peace;<\/p>\n\n\n\n

open us to one another,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

and to the possibilities<\/p>\n\n\n\n

you have in store for us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Give us hope for the future<\/p>\n\n\n\n

and a passion for life here and now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We pray in the name<\/p>\n\n\n\n

of the One who destroyed death,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jesus Christ, our Savior. Amen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Retrieved from ministrymatters.com<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gospel Lesson: Luke 24:1-12<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hymn: \u201cLow In the Grave He Lay\u201d #322<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Message: \u201cJesus Lives!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Closing Hymn: \u201cCornerstone\u201d (video)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Benediction and Breakfast Blessing<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

EASTER SUNRISE April 20, 2025 Call to Worship (congregation reads the bold print) God is good! All the time! And all the time! God is good! Give thanks to the Lord, for God is good. Let all the people proclaim, \u201cGod\u2019s steadfast love endures forever!\u201d God\u2019s steadfast love endures forever! The Lord is my strength,…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9Ymvf-8ek","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":31633,"url":"https:\/\/www.gethsemanechurch.org\/index.php\/2025\/04\/10\/weekly-bulletin-238\/","url_meta":{"origin":31640,"position":0},"title":"Weekly bulletin","date":"April 10, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"RESPONSE TO THE WORD OFFERING AND TRADITIONAL DOXOLOGY OFFERING: Feel free to place your gifts, offerings, and tithes in the container in the aisle behind the last pew. 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