Resources on easter

Resource Guide on Easter

The Easter morning service is a time of joy, celebration, and renewal. Even churches that do not customarily follow the church year celebrate this day as the culmination of all that the gospel is about. “The hopes and fears of all the years” culminate in the resurrection of Jesus Christ...

Only Women Should Speak on Easter

Claudio Carvalhaes | Day1

Scripture Meditation or Sermon, Prayer

In John 20:1-18, Claudio Carvalhaes points out that women were selected to hear and preach the resurrection first, and suggests having women today preach that truth, showing hope exists in tragedy.

John 20:1-18

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Resurrection, Justice, Women, Poor

Easter Hymns

Methodist UK

Service Outline or Song Suggestions

Easter hymn lists appropriate for each reading: Psalm 118:1-2, 14-24, Jeremiah 31:1-6, Matthew 28:1-10, John 20:1-18, Acts 10:34-43, and Colossians 3:1-4. Themes include resurrection, Jesus as Lord, and the glory of God.

Psalm 118:1-2, 14-24; Jeremiah 31:1-6 Matthew 28:1-10

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Easter, Resurrection, Lord, Glory

Sermon Resources for Easter

James C Howell | Ministry Matters

Sermon Preparation or Illustration

James C. Howell reflects on difficulties he has with preaching on Easter Sunday and provides sermon resources for Easter, specifically from Matthew 28:1-10.

Matthew 28:1-10

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Easter, Preaching, Sermon, Easter Sermon

Praise, God's Glory, and the Resurrection

Methodist UK

Service Outline or Song Suggestions

Hymns for Easter Sunday on Psalm 118:1-2, 14-24; Isaiah 25:6-9; Luke 24:1-12; John 20:1-18; Acts 10:34-43; and 1 Corinthians 15:1-11. Themes include praise, God's glory, and the resurrection.

Psalm 118:1-2, 14-24; Isaiah 25:6-9 Luke 24:1-12

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Easter, Singing, Hymn, Worship Planning

Easter

Nolan Williams Jr | The African American Lectionary

Scripture Drama or Paraphrase, Service Outline or Song Suggestions

This worship resource from the African American Lectionary offers a litany and songs that could be used for an Easter Sunday service.

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Easter, Resurrection, Worship Planning, Music

Easter Worship Resources: Very Early the First Day

Thom M Shuman | Lectionary Liturgies

Assurance of Pardon and 3 more types

Easter worship resources by Thom Shuman focusing on "Very early on the first day" from Mark 16:1-18. Includes Call to Worship, Rite of Confession, Sending, and prayers for the Day, for Offering, and for Communion.

Mark 16:1-8

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Easter, Resurrection, Lord’s Day, Sunday

Easter Traditions

Rebekah Jordan Gienapp | Ministry Matters

Article about Worship and the Sacraments, Article about Church History

An article by Rebekah Jordan Gienapp that describes Easter traditions from around the world and throughout history. Gienapp concludes by suggesting ways to help carry the joy and promise of resurrection through the entire season.

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Easter, Baptism, Resurrection, Vigils

Easter Sunday: Planning Notes

Derek Weber | Discipleship Ministries

Article about Worship and the Sacraments

Derek Weber's service planning notes for an Easter service emphasize correct attitudes in the worship planning. ...

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Easter, Worship Planning, Joy

Easter Baptism

Harvey Albert Smit | Reformed Worship

Article about Church History

Harvey Smit traces the history of Easter baptism in the church and urges Western Christians to reexamine and perhaps reform their own baptismal customs.

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Easter, Baptism

Easter Worship Ideas

Becky Getz | Faithward

Affirmation of Faith and Commitment to Christian Living and 4 more types

This worship resource by Becky Getz offers Easter worship ideas for call to worship, call to confession, assurance of pardon, prayer, Scripture passage, and songs.

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Easter, Worship, Worship Planning, Resurrection

Easter Preached! Easter Believed!

Arthur Landwehr | Arthur Landwehr Sermons

Scripture Meditation or Sermon

Arthur Landwehr's Easter sermon on Acts 10:34-43 says that Easter means not just believing in Jesus' resurrection as a past event but following Jesus in discipleship to include taking up the cross.

Acts 10:34-43

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Easter, Resurrection, Discipleship, Suffering

Easter: The Victory of Light and Life over Darkness and Death

Katharine Jefferts Schori | Day1

Scripture Meditation or Sermon

Easter celebrates the victory of light and life over darkness and death. Katharine Jefferts Schori rejoices in the Easter message and calls us to embrace God's ever-new life with every fiber of our being.

John 20:11-28

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Easter, Death, Resurrection, Light

Easter

Charles H Smith | The African American Lectionary

Sermon Preparation or Illustration, Service Outline or Song Suggestions

Worship resources and content for Easter services from the African American Lectionary. Includes homiletical structure, exegetical ideas, and worship suggestions.

Philippians 3:10

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Easter, Resurrection, Redemption

Easter

Don Darius Butler | The African American Lectionary

Sermon Preparation or Illustration and 3 more types

A collection of worship resources for Easter, including history, poems, images, songs, and other resources focusing on the theme of testimony.

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Easter, Resurrection, Testimony, Worship Planning

Easter Sunday: Preaching Notes

Discipleship Ministries

Sermon Preparation or Illustration

Preaching notes for Easter that consider how baptism portrays death and resurrection (John 20:1-18). Provides clickable links to additional resources, including planning notes, order of worship, hymn suggestions, faith formation, and graphics.

John 20:1-18

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Easter, Baptism, Death, Life

Easter Sunday Service

Leader Worship Group | Together in Worship

Benediction or Blessing

This Easter Sunday worship outlines includes song suggestions, call to worship, children's lesson, sermon starter notes, and a benediction.

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Easter, Worship, Resurrection, Service

Easter: Unconditional Surrender

Arthur Landwehr | Arthur Landwehr Sermons

Scripture Meditation or Sermon

Arthur Landwehr's sermon notes on Mark 16:1-8 see Easter as a "call to unconditional surrender" - to leave our small persons in the tomb and accept "the greater, grander life in the resurrected Lord."

Mark 16:1-8

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Easter, Resurrection, Surrender, Cross

Easter Offers "Emptiness Full of Promise"

Carolyn Arends | Preaching Today

Sermon Preparation or Illustration

Carolyn Arends' sermon illustration reveals the paradox of Easter: the world offers empty promises whereas Easter offers emptiness full of promise (e.g., empty cross, empty tomb, etc.). This illustration suits 2 Corinthians 12:9 and other passages.

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Easter, Love, Promises, Resurrection

Easter Sunrise: Planning Notes

Discipleship Ministries

Article about Worship and the Sacraments

Planning notes for an Easter sunrise service that includes a bonfire, baptism and/or re-affirmation of baptism vows. Provides clickable links to additional resources, including preaching notes, order of worship, faith formation, and graphics.

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Easter, Baptism, Renewal, Resurrection

Called By Name

David J Lose | In the Meantime

Sermon Preparation or Illustration

In John 20:1-18 David Lose finds a simple but powerful Easter message: Called by name, sent to proclaim.

John 20:1-18

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Easter, Calling, Name, World

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