Saint Matthew’s Lutheran
Church
EASTER DAY
Festival Eucharist April 4, 2010
Pen and ink by
Nancy I Romness
The Resurrection of Our Lord
Easter
Day April 12, 2009
Welcome to this festival service
celebrating the Resurrection of our Lord! Easter is the
crowning celebration
of Christendom. As we gather to proclaim the victory over
sin and death won for us by Jesus Christ, we are especially
glad to greet our guests. Please complete the attendance
form, which includes a record of Communion, found in
today’s bulletin. Come and worship with us again. All
baptized Christians are invited to share in the Eucharist.
The Lord is risen indeed! The open tomb of Jesus is the
door to a new way of life in the world. Easter is not one
day but fifty. For a week of weeks - fifty days - the
church will explore the dimensions of this new life and
raise a joyful “Alleluia!”
Prelude
7:45 AM and 10:45 AM
Hail, All Hail Victorious
Lord and Savior Moravian Traditional
Brass Ensemble
Now All the Vault of Heaven Resounds
Tune:
Lasst uns
erfreuen
St. Matthew’s Ringers arr. John Behnke
Dies sind dir heiligen Zehan
Gebot J.
S. Bach
Organ
Jesus Christ is Risen Today Tune: Easter
Hymn
St. Matthew’s Ringers and Brass Ensemble arr. Cathy
Mockelbust
O
Filii et Filiae French Tune, 17th century
Gallery Choir
Solo Quartet: Claire Teuber, Bonnie Murden, Tyler Ilgen,
Billy Turner
Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia.
1. O
filii et filiae!
Rex celestas, Rex gloriae!
Christus surrexit hodie!
Alleluia!
2. O sons and daughters gratefully sing!
Our songs of hope now joyfully bring!
O’er death today Christ rose, our King!
Alleluia!
3. On this most holy day of days,
Our hearts and voices Lord, we raise
To thee in jubilee and praise.
Alleluia!
Festival Eucharist
8:00AM
and 11:00AM
Please stand as the
trompette-en-chamade begins the
fanfare.
Fanfare on Two Easter
Hymns* W.
Douglas Ludlum
Easter
Acclamation (spoken louder each time)
P Christ is risen! P
Christ is risen!
C
He is risen indeed! C
He is risen indeed!
P Christ is risen!
C
He is risen indeed! Alleluia!
Hymn
of the Procession Christ is Risen,
Alleluia! Hymn 382
Greeting
P
The Grace of our Lord
Jesus Christ, the Love of God, and the Communion of the
Holy Spirit be with you all.
C
And also with you.
Hymn of Praise
Prayer of the Day
P The Lord be with you.
C
And also with you.
P Let us pray. . . O God, you gave
your only Son to suffer death on the cross for our
redemption, and
by his glorious resurrection you delivered us from the
power of death. Make us die every day to sin,
so that we may live with him forever in the joy of the
resurrection: through Jesus Christ our Lord,
who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God,
now and forever.
C
Amen.
(Please
sit)
First
Lesson Acts
10:34-43
Peter’s sermon, delivered at
the home of Cornelius, a Roman army officer, is a summary
of the essential message of Christianity: Everyone who
believes in Jesus, whose life, death, and resurrection
fulfilled the words of the prophets, receives forgiveness
of sins through his name.
Then
Peter began to speak to them: “I truly understand that God
shows no partiality, but in every nation anyone who fears
him and does what is right is acceptable to him. You know
the message he sent to the people of Israel, preaching
peace by Jesus Christ - he is Lord of all. That message
spread throughout Judea, beginning in Galilee after the
baptism that John announced: how God anointed Jesus of
Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power; how he went
about doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the
devil, for God was with him. We are witnesses to all that
he did both in Judea and in Jerusalem.
(4)
They put him to death by hanging
him on a tree; but God raised him on the third day and
allowed him to appear, not to all the people but to us who
were chosen by God as witnesses, and who ate and drank with
him after he rose from the dead. He commanded us to preach
to the people and to testify that he is the one ordained by
God as judge of the living and the dead. All the prophets
testify about him that everyone who believes in him
receives forgiveness of sins through his name.”
P The Word of
the Lord.
C
Thanks be to God.
Psalmody
Psalm 118:1-2, 14-24
Cantors: Paul Bendt (8:00AM) Mary Moser (11:00AM)
Give thanks to the LORD, for the
LORD is good; God’s mercy endures forever.
Let Israel now declare, “God’s mercy endures forever.” The
LORD is my strength and my song, and has become my
salvation. Shouts of rejoicing and salvation echo in the
tents of the righteous:
“The right hand of the LORD acts valiantly! The right hand
of the LORD is exalted!
The right hand of the LORD acts valiantly!” I shall not
die, but live, and declare the works of the
LORD.
R
The LORD indeed punished me sorely, but did not hand me
over to death.
Open for me the gates of righteousness; I will enter them
and give thanks to the LORD.
"This is the gate of the LORD; here the righteous may
enter.”
I give thanks to you, for you have answered me and you have
become my salvation.
R
The stone that the builders rejected has become the chief
cornerstone.
By the LORD has this been done; it is marvelous in our
eyes.
This is the day that the LORD has made; let us rejoice and
be glad in it.
R
Second Lesson 1
Corinthians 15:19-26
Paul describes
the consequences of the resurrection, including the promise
of new life in Christ to a world that has been in bondage
to death. He celebrates the destruction of evil and the
establishment of God's victorious rule over
all. If for this life
only we have hoped in Christ, we are of all people most to
be pitied. But in fact Christ has been raised from the
dead, the first fruits of those who have died. For since
death came through a human being, the resurrection of the
dead has also come through a human being;
for as
all die in Adam, so all will be made alive in
Christ. But each in his own
order: Christ the first fruits, then at his coming those
who belong to Christ. Then comes the end, when he hands
over the kingdom to God the Father, after he has destroyed
every ruler and every authority and power.
For he
must reign until he has put all his enemies under his
feet. The last enemy to
be destroyed is death.
P The Word of the Lord.
C
Thanks be to God.
Gospel Procession (Congregation stands and faces
the Bible in procession)
At
the Procession Jesus Christ Is Risen
Today Easter Hymn
1.
Jesus Christ is ris’n today, Alleluia! 2.
Hymns of praise then let us sing, Alleluia!
Our triumphant holy day, Alleluia! Unto Christ, our
heav’nly king, Alleluia!
Who did once upon the cross, Alleluia! Who endured the
cross and grave, Alleluia!
Suffer to redeem our loss, Alleluia! Sinners to redeem and
save, Alleluia!
The
Gospel Luke
24:1-12
P The
Holy Gospel according to Saint Luke, the 24th chapter
C
Glory to you, O Lord.
Evidently
expecting to find Jesus' corpse, some of his women
followers go to the tomb with embalming spices. After a
perplexing encounter with the empty tomb and angelic
visitors, the women become the first to proclaim the
amazing news of resurrection. But on the first
day of the week, at early dawn, they came to the tomb,
taking the spices that they had prepared. They found the
stone rolled away from the tomb, but when they went in,
they did not find the body. While they were perplexed about
this, suddenly two men in dazzling clothes stood beside
them. The women were terrified and bowed their faces to the
ground, but the men said to them, "Why do you look for the
living among the dead? He is not here, but has risen.
Remember how he told you, while he was still in Galilee,
that the Son of Man must be handed over to sinners, and be
crucified, and on the third day rise again." Then they
remembered his words, and returning from the tomb, they
told all this to the eleven and to all the rest.
Now it
was Mary Magdalene, Joanna, Mary the mother of James, and
the other women with them who told this to the
apostles. But these words
seemed to them an idle tale, and they did not believe
them. But Peter got up
and ran to the tomb; stooping and looking in, he saw the
linen cloths by themselves; then he went home, amazed at
what had happened.
P
The Gospel of the
Lord.
C
Praise to you, O Christ.
Hymn Jesus
Christ is Risen Today Easter Hymn
3.
But the pains which he endured, Alleluia!
4.
Sing we to our God above, Alleluia!
Our salvation have procured, Alleluia! Praise eternal as
his love, Alleluia!
Now above the sky he’s king, Alleluia! Praise him, all you
heav’nly host, Alleluia!
Where the angels ever sing, Alleluia! Father, Son and Holy
Ghost. Alleluia!
(Please
sit)
Sermon
Pastor Robert Wallace
(Please
stand)
Hymn
of the Day The Day of
Resurrection
** Hymn 361
Nicene Creed
C We believe in one God, the Father,
the Almighty, maker of heaven and earth, of all that is,
seen and unseen.
We believe in one Lord, Jesus Christ, the only Son of God,
eternally begotten of the Father,
God from God, Light from Light, true God from true God,
begotten, not made, of one Being
with the Father; through him all things were made. For us
and for our salvation he came down
from heaven, was incarnate of the Holy Spirit and the
virgin Mary and became truly human.
For our sake he was crucified under Pontius Pilate; he
suffered death and was buried. On the
third day he rose again in accordance with the scriptures;
he ascended into heaven and is seated
at the right hand of the Father. He will come again in
glory to judge the living and the dead,
and his kingdom will have no end.
We believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the giver of life,
who proceeds from the Father and the
Son, who with the Father and the Son is worshipped and
glorified, who has spoken through the prophets. We believe
in one holy catholic and apostolic church. We acknowledge
one baptism
for the forgiveness of sins. We look for the resurrection
of the dead, and the life of the world
to come. Amen.
(Please kneel, as
able)
Prayers
Rejoicing in Christ’s victory over death and his glorious
resurrection, let us pray for the church, the world, and
all who are in need.
After each portion of the
prayers:
P Lord, in your mercy.
C
hear our prayer.
The prayer
conclude:
P with heaven and earth and all
creation, we offer our prayers in the name of the one who
gave us eternal life and joy, your risen Son, Jesus Christ
our Lord.
C
Amen.
(Please
stand)
The
Peace
P The peace of the Lord be with you
always.
C
And also with you.
(Please
sit)
Offering
Anthem Psalm 150
César Franck
Gallery Choir, Organ, Brass Ensemble and Handbells
Hallelujah!
O praise ye the Lord,
praise God in his temple.
Praise ye the Lord in the firmament of his power.
O praise him for his might and the greatness of his
wonders:
O praise him according to his majesty.
Praise the Lord, praise the Lord with the sound of the
trumpet.
Praise the Lord, praise the Lord with the lute and the
harp.
Praise the Lord, with the timbrel. Praise the Lord with
dance.
O praise him with the organ and instruments of strings.
Praise him. Praise him upon the loud cymbals.
Praise him. Praise him upon the high sounding cymbals.
Let everything that hath breath, praise, praise the Lord.
O praise ye the Lord in the firmament of his power.
Praise him for his might, and the greatness of his wonders.
Praise the Lord, praise the Lord according to his majesty.
Praise the Lord with the sound of the trumpet.
Praise the Lord with the lute and harp. Praise the Lord
with the timbrel.
O praise ye the Lord.
Hallelujah!
Offertory
Prayer
P Living God
C
in Christ’s resurrection you have raised up new life for
the world. Receive what we offer, that others might have
life through the gifts you have entrusted to us to use and
share. Amen.
P Blessed are you, O Lord our God,
king of the universe. You have enriched our lives with
every good and perfect gift; you have commanded us to show
your spendor to our children and to praise you with lives
of love, justice, and joy. We give thanks for your many
gifts and pray that we may use them to your glory. Through
Jesus Christ our Risen Lord and Savior.
C
Amen.
Great
Thanksgiving
Proper Preface
Sanctus
Eucharistic Prayer
P Holy, living, and loving God, we
praise you for creating the heavens and the earth. We bless
you for bringing Noah and his family through the waters of
the flood, for freeing your People Israel from the bonds of
slavery, and for sending your Son to be our Redeemer.
We give you thanks for Jesus, who, living among us, healed
the sick, fed the hungry, and with a love stronger than
death, gave his life for others.
In the night in which he was betrayed, our Lord Jesus took
bread, and gave thanks; broke it, and gave it to his
disciples, saying: “Take and eat; this is my body, given
for you. Do this for the remembrance of me.”
Again, after supper, he took the cup, gave thanks, and gave
it for all to drink, saying: “This cup is the new covenant
in my blood, shed for you and for all people for the
forgiveness of sin. Do this for the remembrance of me.”
Remembering, therefore, his life-giving death and glorious
resurrection, we await your promised life for all this
dying world.
Breathe your Spirit on us and on this bread and cup: carry
us in your arms from death to life, that we may live as
your chosen ones, clothed in the righteousness of Christ.
Through him all honor and glory is yours, Almighty Father
with the Holy Spirit, in your holy Church, both now and
forever.
C
Amen.
The
Lord’s Prayer
P Let us pray with confidence in the
words our Savior gave us.
C
Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name. Your kingdom
come, your will be done,
n earth as in heaven. Give us today our daily bread.
Forgive us our sins as we forgive those
who sin against us. Save us from the time of trial and
deliver us from evil.
For the kingdom, the power, and the glory are yours, now
and forever. Amen.
P Alleluia! Christ our Passover Lamb
is sacrificed for us.
C
Therefore, let us keep the feast. Alleluia!
(Please sit)
Communion
All baptized Christians are invited to share in the
Eucharist. Those who are not baptized, or wish to receive
only a blessing, are asked to fold their arms over their
chest. Communion will be by intinction (dipping) at three
“stations.” Please follow the usher’s direction. If you are
physically unable to come forward, please inform an usher
and someone will come to you.
Choral Music during Communion
Angus Dei C
Salvation is
Created Peter Tschensnikof
Gallery and Youth Choirs
Let
Your Alleluias Rise K. Lee Scott
Gallery and Youth Choirs
Tyler Ilgen, tenor
Hymn of Promise
Natalie Sleeth
Youth Choir
Hymns
during Communion (All sing)
Hymns 826, 376
(Please
stand)
P The body and blood of our Lord
Jesus Christ strengthen you and keep you in his grace.
C
Amen
Post-Communion
Canticle Hallelujah
(from
Messiah)
G.F. Handel
Gallery Choir
Post-Communion Prayer
A O God of love, you bind us to
yourself in this sacrament, and strengthen us through this
meal for service to the world. Guide us by your Spirit that
we may forever witness to the name of Jesus Christ, Lord of
life.
C
Amen.
Benediction
P Almighty God, Father,
ς Son, and Holy
Spirit, bless you now and forever.
C
Amen.
Dismissal
A Alleluia! Go and tell the news
that Christ is risen.
C
Christ is risen indeed. Alleluia!
At
the Procession Toccata
from
Symphony
#5 Charles
Marie Widor
Organ, Brass Ensemble, Tympani, Cymbals
Dr. Stefan Engel, guest organist
Worshippers are requested to remain in place until the
Liturgical Procession has exited the Nave.
______________________________________________________________
* The
Fanfare on Two Easter Hymns was composed for the dedication
of the trompette-en-chamade in honor of the late William R.
Quarterman Sr., Easter Day, 2000. Today marks the
10th
anniversary of its
use.
**
The Day of
Resurrection was arranged in 2009 by William D. Gudger for
W. Douglas Ludlum and friends at Saint Matthew’s Lutheran
Church.
Music reproduced with permission by Augsburg Fortress:
Liturgies License #23349.
On this day of days the banners of all the seasons and
festivals of the Christian Year are carried in procession.
Such a procession signifies that the Easter Event is the
foundation and cornerstone upon which the good news of the
Gospel is proclaimed.
We are grateful to Nancy
Romness for her pen and ink drawing of the
Resurrection window which is on the cover of this Bulletin.
St. Matthew’s Lutheran Church
405 King Street * Charleston, SC 29403 * 843-723-1611
The Reverend Dr. Robert W. Wallace, Pastor