Song Sheet May 4th
Entrance Hymn: Three Days
Three days our world was broken; the Lord of life lay dead. “Take up your cross,” he told us who followed where he led. Would we now hang in torment with thieves on every side, our Passover shattered, our hope crucified? Three days we hid in silence, in bitter fear and grief. Three days we clung together where he had washed our feet.
Three days and on the third day, the women came at dawn. His tomb, they said, was empty, his broken body gone. Who could believe their story? The dead do not arise, yet he walks among us, and with our own eyes we’ve seen him at this table; we’ve shared his bread and wine. Hearts burning bright within us, we’ve seen his glory shine.
Three days our world was broken and in an instant healed, God’s covenant of mercy in mystery revealed. Two thousand years are one day in God’s eternal sight, and yesterday’s sorrows are this day’s delight. Though still Christ’s body suffers, pierced daily by the sword, yet death has no dominion: the risen Christ is Lord!
Offertory Hymn: Lord You Have Come
Lord, you have come to the seashore, Neither searching for the rich nor the wise. Desiring only that I should follow.
(Refrain) O Lord, with your eyes set upon me, Gently smiling, you have spoken my name; All I longed for I have found by the water, At your side, I will seek other shores.
Lord, see my goods, my possessions; In my boat you find no power, no wealth.
Will you accept, then, my nets and labor? (To refrain)
Lord, take my hands and direct them. Help me spend myself in seeking the lost,
Returning love for the love you gave me. (To refrain)
Lord, as I drift on the waters, Be the resting place of my restless heart,
My life’s companion, my friend and refuge. (To refrain)
Communion Solo: In the Breaking of the Bread
Recessional Hymn: Alleluia! Alleluia!
Alleluia! Alleluia! Hearts to heaven and voices raise; Sing to God a hymn of gladness, sing to God a hymn of praise. He who on the cross as Savior for the world’s salvation bled, Jesus Christ, the king of glory, now is risen from the dead.
Now the iron bars are broken, Christ from death to life is born, glorious life, and life immortal, on this resurrection morn; Christ has triumphed, and we conquer by his mighty enterprise, we with him to life eternal by his resurrection rise.
Alleluia! Alleluia! Glory be to God on high; Alleluia to the savior, who has won the victory; Alleluia to the Spirit, font of love and sanctity; Alleluia! Alleluia! To the triune majesty.
