FLC Bulletins

  WELCOME AND ANNOUNCMENTS   HYMN: Christ Has Arisen, Alleluia   Red 364 CONFESSION AND FORGIVENESS Blessed be the holy God, Father, Son and Holy Spirit, who forgives all our sin, whose mercy endures forever. Amen. God has given to all nations the repentance that leads to life. Let us come with repentant hearts to the God who makes all things new. SONG: Sanctuary Gracious God, we confess to you all the ways in which we dismiss the resurrection news. Foolish and slow of heart to believe, we turn from others and retreat in fear. Come into our locked rooms and breathe into us your forgiving Spirit. Reawaken our trust and strengthen our hope, that we may be witnesses to your saving power. Amen. Peace be with you, sisters and brothers. In baptism you have received a spirit of adoption; you are God's beloved children. In the name of Christ your sins are forgiven. Rejoice, and welcome this freedom as a gift. Amen. GREETING Alleluia! Christ is risen. Christ is ri...

Come and See   Go and Tell   PRELUDE: Beth & Julie                                                                               Luke 23 The women who had followed him from Galilee, stood at a distance, watching these things. Now there was a good and righteous man named Joseph, who, though a member of the council, had not agreed to their plan and action. He came from the Jewish town of Arimathea, and he was waiting expectantly for the kingdom of God.    This man went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus. Then he took it down, wrapped it in a linen cloth, and laid it in a rock-hewn tomb where no one had ever been laid.    It was the day of Preparation, and the sabbath was beginning.   The women who had come with him from Galil...

  WELCOME AND ANNOUNCEMENTS HYMNS: Shout to the Lord, and You are My King Luke 19:28 Jesus went on ahead, going up to Jerusalem. When he had come near Bethphage and Bethany, at the place called the Mount of Olives, he sent two of the disciples, saying, "Go into the village ahead of you, and as you enter it you will find tied there a colt that has never been ridden. Untie it and bring it here. If anyone asks you, 'Why are you untying it?' just say this, 'The Lord needs it.'" So those who were sent departed and found it as he had told them. As they were untying the colt, its owners asked them, "Why are you untying the colt?" They said, "The Lord needs it." Then they brought it to Jesus; and after throwing their cloaks on the colt, they set Jesus on it. As he rode along, people kept spreading their cloaks on the road. As he was now approaching the path down from the Mount of Olives, the whole multitude of the disciples began to praise God ...

  WELCOME AND ANNOUNCMENTS HYMN:   Softly and Tenderly..………………………………………….Red 608 CONFESSION AND FORGIVENESS, GREETING, KYRIE PSALM 32 Happy are they whose transgressions are forgiven, and whose sin is put away! Happy are they to whom the LORD imputes no guilt, and in whose spirit there is no guile! While I held my tongue, my bones withered away, because of my groaning all day long. For your hand was heavy upon me day and night; my moisture was dried up as in the heat of summer. Then I acknowledged my sin to you, and did not conceal my guilt. I said, "I will confess my transgressions to the LORD." Then you forgave me the guilt of my sin. Therefore all the faithful will make their prayers to you in time of trouble; when the great waters overflow, they shall not reach them.    You are my hiding-place; you preserve me from trouble; you surround me with shouts of deliverance. "I will instruct you and teach you in the way that you should go; I will guide you wi...

  WELCOME AND ANNOUNCMENTS HYMN: How Great Is Our God CONFESSION AND FORGIVENESS, GREETING , KYRIE PSALM 63:1-8 O God, you are my God; eagerly I seek you; my soul thirsts for you, my flesh faints for you, as in a dry and weary land where there is no water. Therefore I have gazed upon you in your holy place, that I might behold your power and your glory. For your steadfast love is better than life itself; my lips shall give you praise. So will I bless you as long as I live and lift up my hands in your name.    My spirit is content, as with the richest of foods, and my mouth praises you with joyful lips, when I remember you upon my bed, and meditate on you in the night watches. For you have been my helper, and under the shadow of your wings I will rejoice. My whole being clings to you; your right hand holds me fast. HYMN: Lord Jesus, You Shall Be My Song……………...Red 808 PRAYER: Eternal God, your kingdom has broken into our troubled world through the life, death and...