Easter Day
Worship
Lectionary Worship Workbook
Series II, Cycle C Gospel Texts
Liturgical Color: White
Gospel: Luke 24:1-12 or John 20:1-18
Theme: Resurrection of the Christ; The Disciples' and Mary's Responses. What is your response? And how does your response direct your life from the womb to the tomb?
A Return To Good Friday, Which, For All Practical Purposes, Appeared Bad
We return to Good Friday to remind folks, both church members and nonmembers, that we cannot have Easter without Good Friday, resurrection without crucifixion, life without death, death to our old ways of thinking and speaking and behaving. (Have the sanctuary dark as people arrive.)
Meditation to be Read Silently
"Probably the biggest hang-up of most of the churches today is their obsessive preoccupation with survival -- survival of the traditions, the ideas, and the life of the established institution. Our churches are afraid to die. They really don't believe in the 'Way of the Cross,' because they have no faith that God could raise up out of their dead bones a new and more meaningful life for those who faithfully have served God and God's Spirit of love in Christ"1
Music for Preparation
Medley of Good Friday hymns.
Invitation to the Good Friday Event
Pastor and Ministers
Pastor: For a few minutes, we return to Good Friday, because the Bible clearly states that we will not participate in Christ's resurrection and life unless we first participate in Christ's crucifixion and death. I invite you to put yourselves in the scene of the first Good Friday. (Silence for thirty seconds.)
Soloist: Hums "Jesus Walked This Lonesome Valley." Then he/she sings the three stanzas, and hums it one more time. As the soloist sings "Jesus" walks around the sanctuary. By the time the soloist finishes singing "Jesus" stands before the cross. During thirty seconds of silence, "Jesus" simulates a posture on the cross.
Pastor: Slowly and deliberately reads the Seven Last Words from the cross. Someone offstage and out of sight will pound nails into a piece of wood. After the Seventh Word, thirty seconds of silence.
Pastor: Jesus walked that lonesome alley; Jesus faced that awful cross. (Thirty seconds of silence.) Wait a minute! Have you heard the rumor? Have you? He is not dead! He is risen! He is alive! He is with us, here! Now! And all the people said, "Yay!"
Second soloist: Sings "Allelu," Ray Repp, from Workers Quarterly: Hymns for Now. (See Appendix I for address.) Use all the choirs and instrumentalists to sing and play the refrain. "Jesus" remains on the cross until the musicians sing the line, "The Lord has risen it is true." Then he is seated.
Pastor: Following the hymn, I invite us, I call us, I urge us to celebrate the Presence and Power of this Christ who was dead, deader-than-a-doornail, but now who is alive forever more! (During the hymn, turn on all the lights.)
Easter Meditation
"The stone was moved, not to let Jesus out, but to let the disciples in."
Declaration Of Our Joyful Expectations -- Fulfilled!
Pastoral Invitation
Pastor and Ministers
R.S. = Right Side; L.S. = Left side
P:
God loves the world, even that part that we do not nurture.
R.S.: Alleluia!
L.S.:
Hurray!
P:
God calls us to celebrate the good news of Christ.
R.S.: Alleluia!
L.S:
Hurray!
P:
Glorious things God has done for us, to us, with us.
R.S.: Alleluia!
L.S.
Hurray!
P:
Joy belongs to us, because we belong to Christ!
All:
Alleluia! (3 times) Hurray! (3 times)
Hymn of Praise
"Lord of the Dance," Sydney Carter, 1963; American Shaker melody. Use all choirs and instruments. (Before singing, point out that this hymn summarizes the life of Jesus.)
Prayer of Praise
Here we are through Lent, God. It's Easter, but that's not how we act. We act as if -- well, as if that's over for another year, as though we're still living on the B.C. side of life. God, help us to rejoice and be glad; to experience the reality and wonder of the resurrection with our whole being; to be able to mean "Hallelujah!" as we express our shouts of joy when we discover a truth and understand it; and, when someone cares; when work we've done is appreciated; and, when we cheer our team to victory. Grant that the reality of Easter will awaken this depth of feeling and reality and commitment in all of our life and lives, so we will look at life and death and shout "Hurray!" "Alleluia!" Amen. In the power of the risen Christ!
Celebrating The Act Of Forgiveness
Introduction to the Act of Recognizing Our Humanity
Pastor
How do we come, and what do we bring to this act of worship, a.k.a. the confession of sin. Today, I want to read a free-verse poem by Andrew Blackwood, Jr., which appeared in Presbyterian Life some years ago. (Have a guitarist play background music while you are reading.)
"Jesus, what have you done to us?/ we wanted a pet kitten/ and you turned into a tiger/ we liked you the way you were/ why couldn't you leave us alone?/ we wanted you to show up when we want you/ to make us feel good/ we wanted a pretty church for weddings/ and baptisms and funerals/ we wanted the cute Easter bunny hopping/ around the lawn/ we thought religion is good for the kiddies/ now all of a sudden you've turned against/ us/ we wanted peace and you brought us a/ sword; things were going along all right/ then you got interested in the poor people/ now they're strutting around like they are/ going to inherit the earth/ now all of a sudden you tell us to love/ our enemies/ do you know what will happen if we do?/ they'll nail our hide to the wall/ and what will we do then?/ keep on praying for them?/ we liked you when you were a little baby/ gentle meek and mild/ cooing in your cradle/ all those nice shepherds and angels/ and we felt just awful about King Herod/ look at all we did for you/ we made a national holiday in your honor; we built big industries around it/ Christmas cards, toy machine guns for the/ kiddies/ all those fancy gift-wrapped whiskey bottles/ we built pretty churches in your honor/ stained glass, organs, the works/ and when the people moved away from/ the riffraff/ the church followed them/ straight out into the suburbs/ look at all we've done for you, Jesus,/ why can't you leave us alone?/ we've got enough troubles now/ why do you keep poking us in the conscience?/ what do you want, our hearts?"2 (One minute of silence.)
Prayer Response to the Meditation
Lord, we admit that too often we live on the surface of life. We are afraid of the depths, though we do our best to hide many things deeply inside of us. We are also lazy and often unkind, judging others by outward appearances, by our standards. We are troubled, when we take the time, by the thought that you see through us, and within us. And we find it hard to believe that you accept us as we are. But the risen Christ has shown us that it is true, and we trust him. By your Spirit, cause us to live in the reality of this truth. (Silence for thirty seconds.)
Introduction to the Act of Receiving New Life
Pastor and Ministers
P: No need to get stuck in our sin, not if Christ lives; and indeed, Christ lives! I invite each of us to allow him full reign in our lives. So, I say to you, "You people of God, why do you sit around looking gloomy and dismal? Wake up!" (You may want to set off an alarm clock at this point.) You are alive and God has proclaimed you free!
M: Free? But what about all those things we confessed? Do you mean that God will not hold us accountable?
P: Those things are a part of you, but God has accepted them, and you too. You are a forgiven people, accepted, received and loved as you are. Rise up, then, as living persons!
Response to the Assurance
"Christ the Lord is Risen Today!" Charles Wesley, 1739; alt. Robert Williams, 1817; harm. David Evans, 1927.
Celebrating The Word
Message with the Children of All Ages
(If possible bring an egg and a recently-hatched chick.) An egg looks like something dead. But we certainly enjoy the lively little chicks that hatch from the egg. In a way, that's similar to the resurrection. Maybe you can think of other symbols that will help us to understand what happened to Jesus. The awakening of spring also illustrates the resurrection miracle.
Dramatizing the Scripture
Have your acting group dramatize one or both of the texts.
Proclamation of the Good News
Because people have heard, or think they have heard, the message so often, give them some new, yes, even startling, insight. Consider beginning with something similar to this: Either Jesus the Christ died for the world, the whole world, even that part that we hate, and toward which we are indifferent, or he didn't. If he didn't, what are you doing here today? If he did, what difference does this make in your daily experiences? And if today it makes no difference, starting today it can. This story, told originally by a French bishop, was retold by D. S. Niles of Ceylon. Three university students of Paris were walking along the road one Good Friday afternoon. They noticed crowds of people going to the churches to make their confession. The students began to discuss this custom of the "unenlightened," and spoke in rather cynical terms about the survival of religion which they described as superstition. Suddenly two of the students turned to the third, and told him to tell the priest what they had been saying to each other. "Sure, I will," he said and he went in. He stood in the line of those who were going into their confession, and when his turn came, he looked at the priest and said, "Father, I have come here merely to tell you that Christianity is a dying institution and that religion is a superstition." The priest looked at the young man keenly and said, "Why did you come here, my son, to tell me this?" The student told him of his conversation with his friends. The priest listened carefully, and then said, "All right, I want you to do one thing for me before you go. You accepted the challenge of your friends and came here; now accept my challenge to you. Walk up the chancel and you will find there a large wooden cross and on it the figure of Jesus crucified. I want you to stand before the cross and say these words: 'Jesus died for me and I don't care a damn.' " The student looked puzzled, but to save face, he agreed. He went up and stood before that cross and said, "Jesus died for me and I don't care a damn." He came back to the priest and said, "I have done it." "Do it once more," said the priest. "After all it means nothing to you." The student went back and looked at the cross for some time, and the figure on it, and then he stammered it out: "Jesus died for me and I don't care a damn." He returned to the priest and said, "I have done it; I am going now." The priest stopped him. "Once more, just once more and you can go." The young man walked up to the chancel and looked at that cross again, and at the crucified Jesus. He stood there for a long time. Then he came back to the priest and said, "Father, can I make my confession now?" The bishop concluded the story with these words: "And, my dear people, that young man was myself."3 (I weep every time I hear that story.)
Response to the Proclamation
"See and Come Running," Richard Avery and Don Marsh, from The Second Avery and Marsh Songbook. (See Appendix I for address.)
Celebrating Our Gifts
Stewardship Challenge
How do we live out the stewardship of the resurrection in our daily walk? A pastor noticed a church sign which read, "Church of the Heavenly Rest." No way! Not yet! This is the church of the earthly struggle, of responsible mission in a troubled world, as we wrestle with sin and self, as we serve and agonize. We are the church of the washbasin, water, towel, and cross, the empty cross.
Response
Use a doxology which your congregation has never before used.
Celebrating Our Departure
Charge to the Congregation
We have celebrated the earthly life and death of Jesus, and the new life of the resurrected Christ. The Risen One continues to offer us life-giving power today and every day. How do we permit the power of the Christ to raise us from the dead, from dead ideas, from dead routines, from dead behavior, from dead relationships, today? Now?
Hymn of Obedience
"Hail Thee, Festival Day!" Venantius Honorius Fortuatus, c. 530-609; trans. Lutheran Book of Worship, 1978; Ralph Vaughan Williams, 1906.
Meditation
We are here today, and every Sunday that we can crawl out of bed, because God has called us. Because God has taken us seriously and joyously, every day is Easter. In that great truth, we live and love. In Christ's strength, we receive our strength. The writer of the book of Revelation gives us our reason for being. "Do not be afraid. I am the first and the last, the living one. I am he who was dead, and now you see me alive for timeless ages." Alleluia! Tah-dah! Amen.
Music Possibilities In Addition To Those Already Suggested
Music for Preparation: Good Friday hymns for that section of worship. Easter hymns for the Easter section; or, "St. Anne Fugue," J. S. Bach.
Hymn of Praise: "Jesus Christ Is Risen Today," stanzas 1-3, Lyra Davidica, 1708; stanza 4, Charles Wesley, 1740; adapted from The Compleat Psalmodist, 1749; desc. Hymns Ancient and Modern, 1955; or, any of the resurrection hymns.
Response to the Gospel Reading: (Choirs) "Sing Praises, Ye Faithful," J. S. Bach.
Hymn of Obedience: "The Strife Is Over," Latin, c. 1695; trans. Francis Pott, 1861; Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, 1591; adapt. William Henry Monk, 1861.
Offertory: "Rejoice, Ye Christians," J. S. Bach.
Response to the Charge: "Every Morning is Easter Morning," Richard Avery and Don Marsh, from The Avery and Marsh Songbook. (See Appendix I for address.)
Music for Dismissal: Medley of Easter hymns. Invite the people to stick around and sing, if possible, for the whole afternoon. Because if Easter is now over for them, it never began.
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1. Reprinted by permission, title of article unknown, in Pulpit Digest, January 1970. Copyright 1970 by Logos Productions.
2. Poem, "Jesus, What Have You Done To Us?" appeared in the January 15, 1969 issue of Presbyterian Life, published by the United Presbyterian Church. This poem, by Andrew W. Blackwood, Jr., is reprinted by permission of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), 100 Witherspoon Street, Louisville, Kentucky 40202-1396.
3. Reproduced from Preaching The Gospel of the Resurrection, by Daniel T. Niles, pp. 92-93. Published in the USA by the Westminster Press, 1954. Used by permission of Westminster John Knox Press. Published in England by James Clarke and Co., Ltd., The Lutterworth Press. Published by permission for nonexclusive World English language rights.
Gospel: Luke 24:1-12 or John 20:1-18
Theme: Resurrection of the Christ; The Disciples' and Mary's Responses. What is your response? And how does your response direct your life from the womb to the tomb?
A Return To Good Friday, Which, For All Practical Purposes, Appeared Bad
We return to Good Friday to remind folks, both church members and nonmembers, that we cannot have Easter without Good Friday, resurrection without crucifixion, life without death, death to our old ways of thinking and speaking and behaving. (Have the sanctuary dark as people arrive.)
Meditation to be Read Silently
"Probably the biggest hang-up of most of the churches today is their obsessive preoccupation with survival -- survival of the traditions, the ideas, and the life of the established institution. Our churches are afraid to die. They really don't believe in the 'Way of the Cross,' because they have no faith that God could raise up out of their dead bones a new and more meaningful life for those who faithfully have served God and God's Spirit of love in Christ"1
Music for Preparation
Medley of Good Friday hymns.
Invitation to the Good Friday Event
Pastor and Ministers
Pastor: For a few minutes, we return to Good Friday, because the Bible clearly states that we will not participate in Christ's resurrection and life unless we first participate in Christ's crucifixion and death. I invite you to put yourselves in the scene of the first Good Friday. (Silence for thirty seconds.)
Soloist: Hums "Jesus Walked This Lonesome Valley." Then he/she sings the three stanzas, and hums it one more time. As the soloist sings "Jesus" walks around the sanctuary. By the time the soloist finishes singing "Jesus" stands before the cross. During thirty seconds of silence, "Jesus" simulates a posture on the cross.
Pastor: Slowly and deliberately reads the Seven Last Words from the cross. Someone offstage and out of sight will pound nails into a piece of wood. After the Seventh Word, thirty seconds of silence.
Pastor: Jesus walked that lonesome alley; Jesus faced that awful cross. (Thirty seconds of silence.) Wait a minute! Have you heard the rumor? Have you? He is not dead! He is risen! He is alive! He is with us, here! Now! And all the people said, "Yay!"
Second soloist: Sings "Allelu," Ray Repp, from Workers Quarterly: Hymns for Now. (See Appendix I for address.) Use all the choirs and instrumentalists to sing and play the refrain. "Jesus" remains on the cross until the musicians sing the line, "The Lord has risen it is true." Then he is seated.
Pastor: Following the hymn, I invite us, I call us, I urge us to celebrate the Presence and Power of this Christ who was dead, deader-than-a-doornail, but now who is alive forever more! (During the hymn, turn on all the lights.)
Easter Meditation
"The stone was moved, not to let Jesus out, but to let the disciples in."
Declaration Of Our Joyful Expectations -- Fulfilled!
Pastoral Invitation
Pastor and Ministers
R.S. = Right Side; L.S. = Left side
P:
God loves the world, even that part that we do not nurture.
R.S.: Alleluia!
L.S.:
Hurray!
P:
God calls us to celebrate the good news of Christ.
R.S.: Alleluia!
L.S:
Hurray!
P:
Glorious things God has done for us, to us, with us.
R.S.: Alleluia!
L.S.
Hurray!
P:
Joy belongs to us, because we belong to Christ!
All:
Alleluia! (3 times) Hurray! (3 times)
Hymn of Praise
"Lord of the Dance," Sydney Carter, 1963; American Shaker melody. Use all choirs and instruments. (Before singing, point out that this hymn summarizes the life of Jesus.)
Prayer of Praise
Here we are through Lent, God. It's Easter, but that's not how we act. We act as if -- well, as if that's over for another year, as though we're still living on the B.C. side of life. God, help us to rejoice and be glad; to experience the reality and wonder of the resurrection with our whole being; to be able to mean "Hallelujah!" as we express our shouts of joy when we discover a truth and understand it; and, when someone cares; when work we've done is appreciated; and, when we cheer our team to victory. Grant that the reality of Easter will awaken this depth of feeling and reality and commitment in all of our life and lives, so we will look at life and death and shout "Hurray!" "Alleluia!" Amen. In the power of the risen Christ!
Celebrating The Act Of Forgiveness
Introduction to the Act of Recognizing Our Humanity
Pastor
How do we come, and what do we bring to this act of worship, a.k.a. the confession of sin. Today, I want to read a free-verse poem by Andrew Blackwood, Jr., which appeared in Presbyterian Life some years ago. (Have a guitarist play background music while you are reading.)
"Jesus, what have you done to us?/ we wanted a pet kitten/ and you turned into a tiger/ we liked you the way you were/ why couldn't you leave us alone?/ we wanted you to show up when we want you/ to make us feel good/ we wanted a pretty church for weddings/ and baptisms and funerals/ we wanted the cute Easter bunny hopping/ around the lawn/ we thought religion is good for the kiddies/ now all of a sudden you've turned against/ us/ we wanted peace and you brought us a/ sword; things were going along all right/ then you got interested in the poor people/ now they're strutting around like they are/ going to inherit the earth/ now all of a sudden you tell us to love/ our enemies/ do you know what will happen if we do?/ they'll nail our hide to the wall/ and what will we do then?/ keep on praying for them?/ we liked you when you were a little baby/ gentle meek and mild/ cooing in your cradle/ all those nice shepherds and angels/ and we felt just awful about King Herod/ look at all we did for you/ we made a national holiday in your honor; we built big industries around it/ Christmas cards, toy machine guns for the/ kiddies/ all those fancy gift-wrapped whiskey bottles/ we built pretty churches in your honor/ stained glass, organs, the works/ and when the people moved away from/ the riffraff/ the church followed them/ straight out into the suburbs/ look at all we've done for you, Jesus,/ why can't you leave us alone?/ we've got enough troubles now/ why do you keep poking us in the conscience?/ what do you want, our hearts?"2 (One minute of silence.)
Prayer Response to the Meditation
Lord, we admit that too often we live on the surface of life. We are afraid of the depths, though we do our best to hide many things deeply inside of us. We are also lazy and often unkind, judging others by outward appearances, by our standards. We are troubled, when we take the time, by the thought that you see through us, and within us. And we find it hard to believe that you accept us as we are. But the risen Christ has shown us that it is true, and we trust him. By your Spirit, cause us to live in the reality of this truth. (Silence for thirty seconds.)
Introduction to the Act of Receiving New Life
Pastor and Ministers
P: No need to get stuck in our sin, not if Christ lives; and indeed, Christ lives! I invite each of us to allow him full reign in our lives. So, I say to you, "You people of God, why do you sit around looking gloomy and dismal? Wake up!" (You may want to set off an alarm clock at this point.) You are alive and God has proclaimed you free!
M: Free? But what about all those things we confessed? Do you mean that God will not hold us accountable?
P: Those things are a part of you, but God has accepted them, and you too. You are a forgiven people, accepted, received and loved as you are. Rise up, then, as living persons!
Response to the Assurance
"Christ the Lord is Risen Today!" Charles Wesley, 1739; alt. Robert Williams, 1817; harm. David Evans, 1927.
Celebrating The Word
Message with the Children of All Ages
(If possible bring an egg and a recently-hatched chick.) An egg looks like something dead. But we certainly enjoy the lively little chicks that hatch from the egg. In a way, that's similar to the resurrection. Maybe you can think of other symbols that will help us to understand what happened to Jesus. The awakening of spring also illustrates the resurrection miracle.
Dramatizing the Scripture
Have your acting group dramatize one or both of the texts.
Proclamation of the Good News
Because people have heard, or think they have heard, the message so often, give them some new, yes, even startling, insight. Consider beginning with something similar to this: Either Jesus the Christ died for the world, the whole world, even that part that we hate, and toward which we are indifferent, or he didn't. If he didn't, what are you doing here today? If he did, what difference does this make in your daily experiences? And if today it makes no difference, starting today it can. This story, told originally by a French bishop, was retold by D. S. Niles of Ceylon. Three university students of Paris were walking along the road one Good Friday afternoon. They noticed crowds of people going to the churches to make their confession. The students began to discuss this custom of the "unenlightened," and spoke in rather cynical terms about the survival of religion which they described as superstition. Suddenly two of the students turned to the third, and told him to tell the priest what they had been saying to each other. "Sure, I will," he said and he went in. He stood in the line of those who were going into their confession, and when his turn came, he looked at the priest and said, "Father, I have come here merely to tell you that Christianity is a dying institution and that religion is a superstition." The priest looked at the young man keenly and said, "Why did you come here, my son, to tell me this?" The student told him of his conversation with his friends. The priest listened carefully, and then said, "All right, I want you to do one thing for me before you go. You accepted the challenge of your friends and came here; now accept my challenge to you. Walk up the chancel and you will find there a large wooden cross and on it the figure of Jesus crucified. I want you to stand before the cross and say these words: 'Jesus died for me and I don't care a damn.' " The student looked puzzled, but to save face, he agreed. He went up and stood before that cross and said, "Jesus died for me and I don't care a damn." He came back to the priest and said, "I have done it." "Do it once more," said the priest. "After all it means nothing to you." The student went back and looked at the cross for some time, and the figure on it, and then he stammered it out: "Jesus died for me and I don't care a damn." He returned to the priest and said, "I have done it; I am going now." The priest stopped him. "Once more, just once more and you can go." The young man walked up to the chancel and looked at that cross again, and at the crucified Jesus. He stood there for a long time. Then he came back to the priest and said, "Father, can I make my confession now?" The bishop concluded the story with these words: "And, my dear people, that young man was myself."3 (I weep every time I hear that story.)
Response to the Proclamation
"See and Come Running," Richard Avery and Don Marsh, from The Second Avery and Marsh Songbook. (See Appendix I for address.)
Celebrating Our Gifts
Stewardship Challenge
How do we live out the stewardship of the resurrection in our daily walk? A pastor noticed a church sign which read, "Church of the Heavenly Rest." No way! Not yet! This is the church of the earthly struggle, of responsible mission in a troubled world, as we wrestle with sin and self, as we serve and agonize. We are the church of the washbasin, water, towel, and cross, the empty cross.
Response
Use a doxology which your congregation has never before used.
Celebrating Our Departure
Charge to the Congregation
We have celebrated the earthly life and death of Jesus, and the new life of the resurrected Christ. The Risen One continues to offer us life-giving power today and every day. How do we permit the power of the Christ to raise us from the dead, from dead ideas, from dead routines, from dead behavior, from dead relationships, today? Now?
Hymn of Obedience
"Hail Thee, Festival Day!" Venantius Honorius Fortuatus, c. 530-609; trans. Lutheran Book of Worship, 1978; Ralph Vaughan Williams, 1906.
Meditation
We are here today, and every Sunday that we can crawl out of bed, because God has called us. Because God has taken us seriously and joyously, every day is Easter. In that great truth, we live and love. In Christ's strength, we receive our strength. The writer of the book of Revelation gives us our reason for being. "Do not be afraid. I am the first and the last, the living one. I am he who was dead, and now you see me alive for timeless ages." Alleluia! Tah-dah! Amen.
Music Possibilities In Addition To Those Already Suggested
Music for Preparation: Good Friday hymns for that section of worship. Easter hymns for the Easter section; or, "St. Anne Fugue," J. S. Bach.
Hymn of Praise: "Jesus Christ Is Risen Today," stanzas 1-3, Lyra Davidica, 1708; stanza 4, Charles Wesley, 1740; adapted from The Compleat Psalmodist, 1749; desc. Hymns Ancient and Modern, 1955; or, any of the resurrection hymns.
Response to the Gospel Reading: (Choirs) "Sing Praises, Ye Faithful," J. S. Bach.
Hymn of Obedience: "The Strife Is Over," Latin, c. 1695; trans. Francis Pott, 1861; Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, 1591; adapt. William Henry Monk, 1861.
Offertory: "Rejoice, Ye Christians," J. S. Bach.
Response to the Charge: "Every Morning is Easter Morning," Richard Avery and Don Marsh, from The Avery and Marsh Songbook. (See Appendix I for address.)
Music for Dismissal: Medley of Easter hymns. Invite the people to stick around and sing, if possible, for the whole afternoon. Because if Easter is now over for them, it never began.
____________
1. Reprinted by permission, title of article unknown, in Pulpit Digest, January 1970. Copyright 1970 by Logos Productions.
2. Poem, "Jesus, What Have You Done To Us?" appeared in the January 15, 1969 issue of Presbyterian Life, published by the United Presbyterian Church. This poem, by Andrew W. Blackwood, Jr., is reprinted by permission of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), 100 Witherspoon Street, Louisville, Kentucky 40202-1396.
3. Reproduced from Preaching The Gospel of the Resurrection, by Daniel T. Niles, pp. 92-93. Published in the USA by the Westminster Press, 1954. Used by permission of Westminster John Knox Press. Published in England by James Clarke and Co., Ltd., The Lutterworth Press. Published by permission for nonexclusive World English language rights.
