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#WeAreTowneView
Welcome and Instructions
As you scroll down this page, interact with each element, read along, sing the songs that you know & listen to the ones that you might not. Pray, Praise, Participate! Take your time with it, and after the service, call a friend and reflect on the music, the words, the prayers, and the sermon. We love each other, we are here for each other, we are Towne View.
Song of Gathering
Call to Worship
1Peter 1:3-9
Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ!
In his great mercy, he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, and into an inheritance that can never perish, spoil or fade. This inheritance is kept in heaven for you, who through faith are shielded by God’s power until the coming of the salvation that is ready to be revealed in the last time. In all this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while you may have had to suffer grief in all kinds of trials. These have come so that the proven genuineness of your faith—of greater worth than gold, which perishes even though refined by fire—may result in praise, glory and honor when Jesus Christ is revealed.
Though you have not seen him, you love him; and even though you do not see him now, you believe in him and are filled with
an inexpressible and glorious joy, for you are receiving the end result of your faith, the salvation of your souls.
Leader: HE IS RISEN!
All: HE IS RISEN, INDEED!
Leader: Come, Let us worship.
Song of Celebration
Psalm 118:1-2, 14-24
Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good;
his love endures forever.
Let Israel say:
“His love endures forever.”
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The Lord is my strength and my defense;
he has become my salvation.
Shouts of joy and victory
resound in the tents of the righteous:
“The Lord’s right hand has done mighty things!
The Lord’s right hand is lifted high;
the Lord’s right hand has done mighty things!”
I will not die but live,
and will proclaim what the Lord has done.
The Lord has chastened me severely,
but he has not given me over to death.
Open for me the gates of the righteous;
I will enter and give thanks to the Lord.
This is the gate of the Lord
through which the righteous may enter.
I will give you thanks, for you answered me;
you have become my salvation.
The stone the builders rejected
has become the cornerstone;
the Lord has done this,
and it is marvelous in our eyes.
The Lord has done it this very day;
let us rejoice today and be glad.
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Leaders: This is the Word of the Lord
All: Thanks be to God
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. Lead us not into temptation, But deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom, the power, and the glory, forever and ever. Amen.
Pause
1) What is Easter supposed to feel like?
2) What makes Easter feel like Easter? Why?
3) How have you prepared for Easter this year? Physically? Emotionally? Spiritually?
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Experience this Song of Praise
Prayer of Thanksgiving
God of us all,
We give you thanks for your love,
your grace, and your power on this blessed Resurrection morning!
We thank you for the many friends and loved ones who have made the extra effort to gather here in this virtual space with us today.
We thank you for the brilliance of the colors on us
and around us that remind us of new life!
Today, blessed God, we gather to remember and celebrate:
We remember Jesus, who healed the sick and raised the dead.
We remember Jesus, who gathered children to himself and dealt kindly with women centuries before our efforts at women's liberation.
We remember Jesus, who always kept the mission in the forefront, and the minutia in the lowest seat.
We remember Jesus, Son of God, Song of God, who sang God's melody to us.
We remember Jesus, who consented to suffer and die at our hand.
Today, Almighty God, we celebrate the fact that death could not hold Jesus in the grave!
We celebrate that not even death is able to separate us from the love of God!
We celebrate the new life that we have in Christ!
We celebrate the assurance that we have of eternal life!
Today we celebrate and give thanks that in life, in death, in life after death we belong to God!
Amen. -Prayer from the Discipleship Ministry of the UMC church
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1) Where are you seeing new life breaking through the world of Covid-19?
2) Where have you experienced God this Holy Week?
3) How will you take control of your spiritual development moving forward?
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Pause
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Read Matthew 28:1-10
After the Sabbath, at dawn on the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to look at the tomb.
There was a violent earthquake, for an angel of the Lord came down from heaven and, going to the tomb, rolled back the stone and sat on it. His appearance was like lightning, and his clothes were white as snow. The guards were so afraid of him that they shook and became like dead men.
The angel said to the women,
“Do not be afraid, for I know that you
are looking for Jesus, who was crucified.
He is not here; he has risen, just as he said.
Come and see the place where he lay.
Then go quickly and tell his disciples:
‘He has risen from the dead and is
going ahead of you into Galilee.
There you will see him.’ Now I have told you.”
So the women hurried away from the tomb, afraid yet filled with joy, and ran to tell his disciples. Suddenly Jesus met them.
“Greetings,” he said.
They came to him, clasped his feet and worshiped him. Then Jesus said to them, “Do not be afraid. Go and tell my brothers to go to Galilee; there they will see me.”
Sermon
Pause
1) How do you summarize Jesus' teachings?
2) What gives you hope in this season of Covid-19?
3) "Nothing can stop Easter from coming"
What are you going to do to show the world around you that the tomb is indeed empty, and the love of God is alive and unstoppable?
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Song of Response
Benediction
Each week for the past 26 years, we have closed our worship times by reading this ancient prayer together. Benediction is a Latin word meaning "Good Word." Christian worship services traditionally end with the clergy speaking a "Good Word" of blessing over the congregation. At Towne View, we affirm the priesthood of all believers and as a part of that, we read this benediction together, ending our time of community worship by speaking a good word of blessing over each other.
Jim Conrad: Sr. Pastor
Jim@towneview.org
678-977-5013
Jeremy Hall: Assoc. Pastor
Jeremy@towneview.org
850-982-7530
Daniel Connell
Deacon on Call:
404-747-9717
Dear Friends,
Thank you for sharing in this worship experience today. This service will remain available to enjoy and share until next weekend.
Keep an eye on towneview.org as well as our various social media accounts as we continue
to offer opportunities for worship, fellowship, education, and prayer as a community of faith.
Pastor Jeremy will be on Facebook live today (4/12) at 1pm to reflect with participants on today's worship experience. CLICK HERE to go there now.
Grace and Peace,
Towne View Baptist Church