10 AM Service of the Resurrection for Easter Sunday, April 17th
Our readings are: from Wendell Berry “Farming: A Handbook, John 20:1-18
The sermon title is: “Practicing Resurrection” The Rev. J. Gary Brinn, pastor and teacher
Bell choir anthem: Thine Is the Glory
Fanfare: Jesus Christ Is Risen Today
Worship interlude: I Know That My Redeemer Liveth
Choir: The Strife Is O’er
Postlude: Christ Is Alive
Hymns:
From our Music Director
It is so nice to have the choir back leading the singing again this Sunday and last. In addition, thank you to Kathy Gill for her solo “I Know that My Redeemer Liveth,” taken from the final (Easter) section of Handel’s most famous oratorio, “Messiah”. The work was originally intended for the Easter season, and was written in the late summer of 1741 in about three or four weeks, with the composer literally writing from morning to night. When first staged in Dublin, Ireland on April 13, 1742, the audience swelled to a record 700 people, as ladies had heeded pleas to wear dresses "without hoops" in order to make "room for more company."
Credit: Cover image from ucc.org