The Worship of God
Enter with Reverence
Leave to Share God’s Love and Serve Others
Easter Sunday, April 24, 2011 – 10:30 A.M.

Opportunities and Greeting                    Henry Green

Prelude                         Heritage Orchestra
“Christ the Lord Is Risen Today”

+Hymn No. 207                                              Christ Arose
“Low in the Grave He Lay”

Responsive Reading of Psalm 118:1, 14, 24  
Leader: Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good;
Congregation: his love endures forever.
Leader: The Lord is my strength and my song;
Congregation: he has become my salvation.
Leader: This is the day the Lord hath made;
Congregation: let us rejoice and be glad in it.

Invocation                                      Dub Pool

Risen This Day                               Heritage Choir
“Risen This Day”
“Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!”
“Out of Love, He Broke the Bread”
“He Chose the Cross”

The Pastoral Prayer and Lord’s Prayer                               
The Giving of Tithes and Offerings

“Come and Crucify”
“Amazing Love”

+The Gospel Lesson                                         John 20:1-18

The Heritage Pulpit
“A Sure and Certain Hope”
The Easter Story Links our Lives with Assurance of God’s Love
The Easter Story Liberates Us for God’s Purpose
The Easter Story Gives Us a Certain Hope

+Hymn No. 605                                                          Sagina
“And Can It Be”

Introductions

“He Is Risen”

+Hymn No. 194                                    Easter Hymn
“Christ the Lord Is Risen Today”

+Benediction

Postlude          “Come Ye Faithful”        Ellen Welker

+Congregation Standing
We ask that you please turn off, or put on silent mode, all cell phones and other electrical devices.  Additionally, please no food or drinks in the sanctuary.

The choral music and some selected readings used throughout the service today are taken from the musical “Risen This Day: A Cantata for Easter” by Benjamin Harlan with original words by John Parker and narration by Mark Cabaniss.

Heritage Baptist Church Adult Choir
Ralph Manuel, Director
Eleanor Sturgis, Pianist
Bill Sturgis, Trumpet

John Kirby and Judy Heise, Narrators
John Henry and Donna Pool, Sound Technicians

Sopranos
Anne Cameron, Isabelle Fenner, Mary Ann Fulford,
Irene Green, Miriam Johnson, Connie Pope, Pat Wilson

Altos
Cindy Busch, Marilyn Jackson, Donna Manuel,
Heather Merritt, Kristen Page-Kirby,
Ruth Anne Shiplette, Edie Stucker, Jane Willingham

Tenors
Don Briggs, Norman Hatfield, Bill Sturgis

Basses
Bob Caldwell, Clement Gimbert, Thad Jackson, Pat Pope,
Zachary Pope, Jack Sturgis

Flowers for Easter
Thank you to our flower committee for the beautiful work they always do to enhance our worship.  Today, we express our appreciation to the flower committee and to the following:

Esther Carr in memory of Virgil H. Carr Jr. and Emilee Faith Baldwin

Jean and Bill Darnell in memory of Jean and Bill’s parents and son, Tom

The Green Family in honor of Paul and Mayrene Bobbitt; and in memory of Willie and Iris Green

Florence Haney in memory of my beloved husband, George

Judy Heise in honor of my mom, Nadine, my brother, Bobby and my sister and brother-in-law, Shari and Anthony Forcina; and in memory of my father, Robert Heise

Dave and Lib Kiefer in honor of Honey Kimball; and in memory of Jack Kimball, Rita Rose Kiefer and Jerry Kiefer

John Kirby and Kristen Page-Kirby in memory of H.L. Kirby and Max C. Page

Patty Maddocks in memory of husband, parents, and sisters

Faye and Pete Mager in honor of children and grandchildren

Ralph and Donna Manuel in memory of Ivan and Effie Acker; and
Cliff and Lillie Jo Manuel

Heather Merritt in honor of Clyde and Frankie Morehead and Miriam Merritt; and in memory of Phillip Merritt

Clair and Sally Morehead in honor of our children and grandchildren; and in memory of our parents
Connie and Pat Pope in honor of our children and grandchildren

Vicki Robertson and Family in memory of MC “Bill” and Mickey Jones, Charles and Esther Jones and Rodger and Miriam Jones

Ida Russell in memory of John T. Russell and Mildred and Ben Bausum

Catherine Taylor, Teresa, Steve and Brock Bromley in memory of Alice Remington Hurd, mother, grandmother and great grandmother

Pat and Bill Wilson in honor of our children, Rick, Ron, Laurie and five grandchildren; and in memory of Katherine Fishpaw and Ernest Bell and William and Irene Wilson, parents
Opportunities

Wednesday’s dinner will be potluck style.  Fried Chicken will be served.  You are asked to bring a salad, vegetable or dessert.

The youth will have their 30-Hour Famine Lock-In this weekend.

On May 1st, Heritage Baptist Church will celebrate its 108th Anniversary (actual date May 3rd).  Please invite former members and friends to worship with us that Sunday.  Following the morning service, birthday cake and punch will be served in the fellowship hall.  Then plan to attend the Earth – Water – Faith Festival at the Annapolis Towne Centre from 1:00-3:30.  As part of our commitment to the stewardship of a clean and healthy environment, HBC is a partner in this event.

April 24-30

Today            9:15 am    - Sunday School
10:30        - Morning Worship         
Monday         6:00 pm     - TOPS
Tuesday                     11:30 am    - Lunch Bunch
6:30 pm    - ESL
8:30         - Alcoholics Anonymous
Wednesday         5:45 pm    - Potluck Dinner
6:15        - Birthdays
6:30        - Bible Study
- Children’s Time
7:15        - Adult Choir
Thursday        6:30 pm    - ESL
Friday               8:30 pm    - Alcoholics Anonymous
Friday-Saturday            - Youth 30-Hour Famine
The Mission of
Heritage Baptist Church

As followers of Christ, we share God’s love and serve others.

PASTOR:                             Henry Green
MINISTER OF MUSIC:                         Ralph Manuel
DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION:              Everett Golihew
MINISTER TO SENIOR ADULTS:         Charles Barnes
YOUTH DIRECTOR:                     Patricia Welker
ORGANIST:                                 Eleanor Sturgis
ASSISTANT ORGANISTS:                 Ruth Anne Shiplette
Ellen Welker
LEARNING CENTER DIRECTOR:         Helen Holmboe
SECRETARY:                         Sally Morehead
FINANCIAL SECRETARY:                 Edie Stucker
FACILITIES MANAGER:                      Clair Morehead
RELIEF CUSTODIAN:                     Clyde Morehead
NURSERY COORDINATOR:                 Amy Henry

Prayer Concerns
People of Japan, our military and civilian personnel, their families, and leaders; Cindy Busch, Kay Atkins, Honey Kimball’s Family, Patty Maddocks, Vicki Robertson, Charles and Laura Barnes, Joe Lee, Fred Wagner, Adele Stockett, Hamilton Nunnally, Rachel Hall, Ed and Hilda Copeland, Faye Smith, Milton Jernigan, Tena Quesada, Joan Sumner, Violet Zalewski, Doug Marks, Kaeleigh Beld, Ron Winters, Mario Vidotto, Ben Winstead, Kelley Miller, Esther Settembrini, Brad Carter, Cheryl Lijewski, Andrew Patterson, David Cook, Dana Killendenz, Bob Long, Mary Pearce, Joan Blandford, Ellie McCabe, Bill Snyder, Bruce Fullerton, Daniella Bornisen, Mary Catherine Furr, Joe Smith, Paul Bobbitt, Jimmy Hurd, Caitlyn Jones, Jonathan Pickett, Evelyn Cabral, Cynthia Worley, Renee Mattison, Edgar Weedon, Bud Windham, Charlotte Tarman, Chuck Smith, Kathryn George, Anne Bajus, Sandra Harrsen, Margie MacClay, Emily Gibson, Betty Rounsaville, Jack Clydesdale, Morgan Creek.

Easter Sunday, April 24, 2011

Early on the first day of the week, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene went to the tomb and saw that the stone had been removed from the entrance.  So she came running to Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one Jesus loved, and said, “They have taken the Lord out of the tomb, and we don’t know where they have put him!”
So Peter and the other disciple started for the tomb.  Both were running, but the other disciple outran Peter and reached the tomb first.  He bent over and looked in at the strips of linen lying there but did not go in.  Then Simon Peter came along behind him and went straight into the tomb. He saw the strips of linen lying there, as well as the cloth that had been wrapped around Jesus’ head. The cloth was still lying in its place, separate from the linen.  Finally the other disciple, who had reached the tomb first, also went inside. He saw and believed.  (They still did not understand from Scripture that Jesus had to rise from the dead.)  Then the disciples went back to where they were staying.
Now Mary stood outside the tomb crying. As she wept, she bent over to look into the tomb and saw two angels in white, seated where Jesus’ body had been, one at the head and the other at the foot.
They asked her, “Woman, why are you crying?”
“They have taken my Lord away,” she said, “and I don’t know where they have put him.”  At this, she turned around and saw Jesus standing there, but she did not realize that it was Jesus.
He asked her, “Woman, why are you crying? Who is it you are looking for?”
Thinking he was the gardener, she said, “Sir, if you have carried him away, tell me where you have put him, and I will get him.”
Jesus said to her, “Mary.”
She turned toward him and cried out in Aramaic, “Rabboni!” (which means “Teacher”).
Jesus said, “Do not hold on to me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father. Go instead to my brothers and tell them, ‘I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.’”
Mary Magdalene went to the disciples with the news: “I have seen the Lord!” And she told them that he had said these things to her.

John 20:1-18, NIV