2026 Order of Service
Call to Worship
Minister: Jesus said, “I have come that they may have life, and may have it to the full.” Alleluia! Christ is risen!
Congregation: He is risen indeed! Alleluia!
Song: Resurrection Hymn
See what a morning gloriously bright
With the dawning of hope in Jerusalem
Folded the grave-clothes tomb filled with light
As the angels announce Christ is risen
See God's salvation plan wrought in love
Borne in pain paid in sacrifice
Fulfilled in Christ the Man for He lives
Christ is risen from the dead
See Mary weeping where is He laid
As in sorrow she turns from the empty tomb
Hears a voice speaking calling her name
It's the Master the Lord raised to life again
The voice that spans the years
Speaking life stirring hope bringing peace to us
Will sound till He appears
For He lives Christ is risen from the dead
One with the Father Ancient of Days
Through the Spirit who clothes faith with certainty
Honour and blessing glory and praise
To the King crowned with pow’r and authority
And we are raised with Him
Death is dead love has won Christ has conquered
And we shall reign with Him
For He lives Christ is risen from the dead
CCLI Song # 4108797
Keith Getty | Stuart Townend
© 2003 Thankyou Music Ltd
For use solely with the SongSelect® Terms of Use. All rights reserved. www.ccli.com
CCLI Licence No. 2151705
Reading and Explanation of Baptism
What shall we say, then? Shall we go on sinning so that grace may increase? By no means! We are those who have died to sin; how can we live in it any longer? Or don’t you know that all of us who were baptised into Christ Jesus were baptised into his death? We were therefore buried with
him through baptism into death in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too may live a new life. For if we have been united with him in a death like his, we will certainly also be united with him in a resurrection like his.
Romans 6:1-5
Address
Express of Intention
Testimonies
Prayer
Questions
Affirmation of Faith
Congregation: I believe in God, the Father almighty, creator of heaven and earth. I believe in Jesus Christ, God's only Son, our Lord. He was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate. He was crucified, died and was buried. He descended to the dead. On the third day he rose again. He ascended into heaven, and is seated at the right hand of the Father. He will come to judge the living and the dead. I believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy catholic Church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and the life everlasting.
Baptism
Welcome
Minister: In the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, the Head of the Church, and by authority of the Kirk Session, I welcome you and admit you to the full privileges of the children of God and to the responsibilities of membership within this congregation of the holy catholic and apostolic Church. May your sharing in our life together bring blessing to you and to us all. People of God, will you welcome them and uphold them in their faith?
Congregation: With the help of God, we will.
Sung Aaronic Benediction
Congregation: The Lord bless you and keep you; the Lord make His face to shine upon you and be gracious unto you; the Lord lift up His countenance upon you and give you peace.
Song: In Christ Alone
In Christ alone my hope is found
He is my light my strength my song
This Cornerstone this solid Ground
Firm through the fiercest drought and storm
What heights of love what depths of peace
When fears are stilled when strivings cease
My Comforter my All in All
Here in the love of Christ I stand
In Christ alone who took on flesh
Fullness of God in helpless babe
This gift of love and righteousness
Scorned by the ones He came to save
Till on that cross as Jesus died
The wrath of God was satisfied
For every sin on Him was laid
Here in the death of Christ I live
There in the ground His body lay
Light of the world by darkness slain
Then bursting forth in glorious Day
Up from the grave He rose again
And as He stands in victory
Sin's curse has lost its grip on me
For I am His and He is mine
Bought with the precious blood of Christ
No guilt in life no fear in death
This is the power of Christ in me
From life's first cry to final breath
Jesus commands my destiny
No power of hell no scheme of man
Can ever pluck me from His hand
Till He returns or calls me home
Here in the power of Christ I'll stand
CCLI Song # 3350395
Keith Getty | Stuart Townend
© 2001 Thankyou Music Ltd
For use solely with the SongSelect® Terms of Use. All rights reserved. www.ccli.com
CCLI Licence No. 2151705
Benediction
Minister: “I am the resurrection and the life,” says the Lord. May Christ’s rising lift your spirits and gladden your hearts.
Congregation: Alleluia! Amen.
Minister: May you pass with Christ from death to life.
Congregation: Alleluia! Amen.
Minister: May Almighty God—Father, Son, and Holy Spirit—bless you now and forever.
Congregation: Alleluia! Amen.
Minister: Christ is Risen.
Congregation: He is Risen Indeed.
Minister: Jesus said, “I have come that they may have life, and may have it to the full.” Alleluia! Christ is risen!
Congregation: He is risen indeed! Alleluia!
Song: Resurrection Hymn
See what a morning gloriously bright
With the dawning of hope in Jerusalem
Folded the grave-clothes tomb filled with light
As the angels announce Christ is risen
See God's salvation plan wrought in love
Borne in pain paid in sacrifice
Fulfilled in Christ the Man for He lives
Christ is risen from the dead
See Mary weeping where is He laid
As in sorrow she turns from the empty tomb
Hears a voice speaking calling her name
It's the Master the Lord raised to life again
The voice that spans the years
Speaking life stirring hope bringing peace to us
Will sound till He appears
For He lives Christ is risen from the dead
One with the Father Ancient of Days
Through the Spirit who clothes faith with certainty
Honour and blessing glory and praise
To the King crowned with pow’r and authority
And we are raised with Him
Death is dead love has won Christ has conquered
And we shall reign with Him
For He lives Christ is risen from the dead
CCLI Song # 4108797
Keith Getty | Stuart Townend
© 2003 Thankyou Music Ltd
For use solely with the SongSelect® Terms of Use. All rights reserved. www.ccli.com
CCLI Licence No. 2151705
Reading and Explanation of Baptism
What shall we say, then? Shall we go on sinning so that grace may increase? By no means! We are those who have died to sin; how can we live in it any longer? Or don’t you know that all of us who were baptised into Christ Jesus were baptised into his death? We were therefore buried with
him through baptism into death in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too may live a new life. For if we have been united with him in a death like his, we will certainly also be united with him in a resurrection like his.
Romans 6:1-5
Address
Express of Intention
Testimonies
Prayer
Questions
Affirmation of Faith
Congregation: I believe in God, the Father almighty, creator of heaven and earth. I believe in Jesus Christ, God's only Son, our Lord. He was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate. He was crucified, died and was buried. He descended to the dead. On the third day he rose again. He ascended into heaven, and is seated at the right hand of the Father. He will come to judge the living and the dead. I believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy catholic Church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and the life everlasting.
Baptism
Welcome
Minister: In the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, the Head of the Church, and by authority of the Kirk Session, I welcome you and admit you to the full privileges of the children of God and to the responsibilities of membership within this congregation of the holy catholic and apostolic Church. May your sharing in our life together bring blessing to you and to us all. People of God, will you welcome them and uphold them in their faith?
Congregation: With the help of God, we will.
Sung Aaronic Benediction
Congregation: The Lord bless you and keep you; the Lord make His face to shine upon you and be gracious unto you; the Lord lift up His countenance upon you and give you peace.
Song: In Christ Alone
In Christ alone my hope is found
He is my light my strength my song
This Cornerstone this solid Ground
Firm through the fiercest drought and storm
What heights of love what depths of peace
When fears are stilled when strivings cease
My Comforter my All in All
Here in the love of Christ I stand
In Christ alone who took on flesh
Fullness of God in helpless babe
This gift of love and righteousness
Scorned by the ones He came to save
Till on that cross as Jesus died
The wrath of God was satisfied
For every sin on Him was laid
Here in the death of Christ I live
There in the ground His body lay
Light of the world by darkness slain
Then bursting forth in glorious Day
Up from the grave He rose again
And as He stands in victory
Sin's curse has lost its grip on me
For I am His and He is mine
Bought with the precious blood of Christ
No guilt in life no fear in death
This is the power of Christ in me
From life's first cry to final breath
Jesus commands my destiny
No power of hell no scheme of man
Can ever pluck me from His hand
Till He returns or calls me home
Here in the power of Christ I'll stand
CCLI Song # 3350395
Keith Getty | Stuart Townend
© 2001 Thankyou Music Ltd
For use solely with the SongSelect® Terms of Use. All rights reserved. www.ccli.com
CCLI Licence No. 2151705
Benediction
Minister: “I am the resurrection and the life,” says the Lord. May Christ’s rising lift your spirits and gladden your hearts.
Congregation: Alleluia! Amen.
Minister: May you pass with Christ from death to life.
Congregation: Alleluia! Amen.
Minister: May Almighty God—Father, Son, and Holy Spirit—bless you now and forever.
Congregation: Alleluia! Amen.
Minister: Christ is Risen.
Congregation: He is Risen Indeed.