April 4, 202
Brief In-person Service of Holy Communion – 9:45 a.m.
– at St. Paul’s, 50 Plumstead Avenue, Lansdowne –
Sunday Service
10:30 am Online Service
Sunday’s Sermon and Scripture:
“YOUR BEST EASTER EVER”
Music: “Christ the Lord Is Risen Today”; “O Sons and Daughters of the King” (lyrics below); “Crown Him with Many Crowns”
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Today’s Scripture
John 20:1-18
New International Version
The Empty Tomb
20 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. 2 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!”
3 So Peter and the other disciple started for the tomb. 4 Both were running, but the other disciple outran Peter and reached the tomb first. 5 He bent over and looked in at the strips of linen lying there but did not go in. 6 Then Simon Peter came along behind him and went straight into the tomb. He saw the strips of linen lying there, 7 as well as the cloth that had been wrapped around Jesus’ head. The cloth was still lying in its place, separate from the linen. 8 Finally the other disciple, who had reached the tomb first, also went inside. He saw and believed. 9 (They still did not understand from Scripture that Jesus had to rise from the dead.) 10 Then the disciples went back to where they were staying.
Jesus Appears to Mary Magdalene
11 Now Mary stood outside the tomb crying. As she wept, she bent over to look into the tomb 12 and saw two angels in white, seated where Jesus’ body had been, one at the head and the other at the foot.
13 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.” 14 At this, she turned around and saw Jesus standing there, but she did not realize that it was Jesus.
15 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.”
16 Jesus said to her, “Mary.”
She turned toward him and cried out in Aramaic, “Rabboni!” (which means “Teacher”).
17 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.’”
18 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.
Announcements
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GROWTH GROUPS
Evangelism/Discipleship Group –
Wednesday, April 14 at 7:00 on Zoom – “The Renewal of the Local Congregation.”
Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86589493548
Culture, Diversity, and Relationships in Christ’s Church
Thursday, April 15 at 7:00 on Zoom –
We discuss “The Consequences of Caste,” from Caste by Isabel Wilkerson with Pastor Nate Goodson of Prayer Chapel Church of God in Christ. Information: Art Tung
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www.stpaulslansdowne.org or
https://www.bhpcud.com/loving-our-neighbors
You are welcome to contact Pastor Tung directly for pastoral needs.
Tel. 610.246.8240 • Email – arttung@gmail.comPastors Nancy Haigh Ross and LoisAnn Furgess-Oler are also assisting in visitation. Pastor Ross: 267.254.0187 pastor.nancy@yahoo.com • Pastor Furgess-Oler: 410.239.1515 lafodav@aol.com
Prayer List
| Roberta Neill Hollie Law, Muirin Brian Callaghan Phyllis Van Arsdale Linda Wisham Ann & Tom Shiffer Jeff and Toni Kathan Family of Tim Collver Kevin Lucia Chris Cohen and Family Erin, Jayne; Edwin in San Antonio Family of Frank Dieter Reggie Martina and Family | Family of William Haslett Kyle and Family in Colorado Don Van Krieken Becky Reilly Lisa’s friend Heidi Mary & Maurice Hopper Jeanne Grace’s niece Molly, friend Mary John and Leanne Ashley/Greg Young, Isaac (Sandhoff Disease) Peter Bridgins Mae Smith BHPC Session St. Paul’s Congregation Council |
| The Opioid Crisis The Unemployed, Underemployed Borough of Lansdowne Upper Darby Township | The COVID-19 Pandemic Nursing Homes William Penn School District Upper Darby School District |
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, SE Pennsylvania Synod
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), Presbytery of Philadelphia
Community of Believers in Christ Pentecostal Church
Week 13 Prayer Guide Missions research; Central African Republic, Canada
The Liturgical Week
SECOND SUNDAY OF EASTER – APRIL 11
9:45 a.m. – In-Person Brief Service of Holy Communion – at St. Paul’s –
10:30 a.m. – Morning Worship
“IT’S STILL EASTER”
St. John 20.19-31
Pastor Tung preaching
Brief In-person Service of the Eucharist is now scheduled for the second and fourth Sundays of each month.
Roberta Neill reports that she had a nice birthday and is doing well. She thanks St. Paul’s for all the well wishes and birthday cards!