Easter Sunday

Note: Based on Lectionary Year C

Candle Lighting: Light the Easter candle.

Question: Why do we light this candle?

Response: We light this candle because Christ is risen! He is risen indeed!

Scripture: John 20: 1-18

Prayer:

The world has changed,
You have changed it.
Impossibility
has become possibility.
Even the finality of death
is not final
any more.
Now our hope can not end
if our hope is in You.
Hallelujah! Amen.

Singing: Choose an appropriate hymn to sing together, such as:
Christ Is Risen, Yes, Indeed, Alles wordt nieuw, 1966

Proclamation:

Christ is risen!
He is risen indeed!