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Second Presbyterian Church Oil City

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Second Presbyterian Church Oil City

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Order of Service April 20@11am Eastern
Second Presbyterian Church Oil City, Pennsylvania
April 20, 2025 Easter Sunday

Prelude Tech Crew
Introit by Bell Choir Mark LaBue, Director
Sanctus, All Hail the Power of Jesus Name, Ode to Joy

L/ Alleluia! Christ is Risen!
P/ He is Risen Indeed! Alleluia!

Welcome and Announcements

Call to Worship (based on 1 Peter 1:3-5)
L/ Alleluia! Praise our God! For this is the day God has made, we will rejoice and be glad.
P/ Alleluia! Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, for in God’s mercy we have been born anew into a living hope by the resurrection of Jesus!
L/ Alleluia! We have been born again by our Baptism into the resurrection of Jesus Christ and made heirs with him in an inheritance that can never fade or spoil but is kept by heaven until the day of salvation.
P/ All praise be to God! He is Risen! Alleluia!

Hymn: #225 Worship Christ the Risen King

Assurance and Confession
L/ Christ Himself bore our sins on the cross so that, free from sin, we might live for righteousness. (1 Peter 2:24) Let us now silently confess our sins and our need for the Salvation won by Christ Jesus.
<silent confession>

P/ Almighty God, in raising Jesus from the grave, you shattered sin and death. We confess that we cling to our captivity in doubt and fear. We overlook the poor and hungry, we pass by those who mourn and dismiss those who are ill or mentally different. We are deaf to cries of oppression because they threaten our privledged lives. We despise the weak, abuse the earth, and only look to our own gain. Forgive us O Lord of mercy. Help us to trust your power to burst forth from the grave, change our lives, and re-create us in Jesus. Make us to know your abundant life in Him who Lives forever and ever. Alleluia!

L/ Hear these words of scripture: “Death has been swallowed up in victory. Where O death is your victory? Where O death is your sting? The sting of death is sin and the power of sin is the law. But thanks be to God! He gives us victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
(1 Corinthians 15: 54b-57) You and I stand forgiven, washed in the blood of the Lamb who now lives and reigns forever! Alleluia!

Sanctuary Choir “More Precious than Silver”

Passing of the Peace
L/ The Peace of the Risen Christ be Yours forever. Please share a sign of peace with each other.
Hymn: Doxology (Glory be to the Father…)

Children’s Chat Tammy Botts
Reading Scripture
Prayer for Illumination
Old Testament: Isaiah 65: 17-25
New Testament: Luke 24: 1-12

Sermon “Intentional Life even when Wondering”
Rev. Dr. Tim Harmon

Affirmation of Faith (Early Creed from Scripture: 1 Corinthians 15: 1-6 and Matthew 16:16)
All/ This is the Good News which we have received, in which we stand, and by which we are saved if we hold fast: that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures, that He was buried, and that He was raised up on the third day. He appeared first to the women, then to Peter and the Twelve, then to many other faithful witnesses and finally to me. So we believe that Jesus is the Messiah, the Christ, the Son of the Living God.

We Offer Our Tithes of Time, Talent, and Resources
Special Music Pam Keverline
Praise God From Whom All Blessings Flow

Prayers of the People
L/ We offer our prayers through Christ, who is risen from the dead and who lives and reigns forever, interceding for us in heaven. We pray for the church everywhere. May we be a people of joy, living witnesses to the power of resurrection and the Good News of your love.
P/ Living Christ, hear our prayers

L/ We pray for the earth and all of creation. May you raise to new life all that is damaged or in risk of dying. Teach us to be stewards of your good creation, seeing and responding to your beauty, grace, and providence by our own care of creation.
P/ Living Christ, hear our prayers.

L/ We pray for the nations. Let the message of your saving power spread. Teach leaders to be stewards of your Life and Rule. See to the common good of all peoples. Take away war and violence and nationalistic greed which bring only death and bind us together as your children.
P/ Living Christ, hear our prayers

L/We pray for the community. Let us be actual church, open to all and in service to those in need. Be with those who are outcast, who are homeless, or who are lonely. Be with families and individuals, children and adults, that they may all come to know you.
P/ Living Christ, hear our prayers

L/ We pray for those who are on our minds today. We pray for healing in body, mind, or spirit. Especially we pray for…
P/ Living Christ, hear our prayers

L/ We pray in thanks for all you have given us: Life, Love, Grace, and the blessings that we receive, known and unknown. Teach us to place our hearts in you and to follow the Spirit to the Father’s glory.
Lord’s Prayer (using debts)

Hymn of Praise: #215 Alleluia! Alleluia!

Benediction
L/ Alleluia! Christ is Risen!
P/ Christ is Risen Indeed! Alleluia! Alleluia!

Closing Hymn: #217 Christ the Lord is Risen Today ... See MoreSee Less

Second Presbyterian Church Oil City

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He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, so that we might die to sins and live for righteousness: By His Wounds we are healed.
-1 Peter 2:24 ... See MoreSee Less