Easter Sunday Service, April 17, 2022, 8am - Easter Sunday Service with Holy Communion - Dean Boden will be the preacher. Register in advance through this link for the 8am service. Easter Sunday Service, April 17, 2022, 11am - Easter Festival Service with Holy Communion - Dean Boden will be the preacher. Free "tickets" though this link for the 11am service. For those unable to attend in person, this service will be live streamed on the ORL YouTube page available through this link. *All persons, including members of the broader community, are welcome to attend this event if they are fully vaccinated against Covid-19 if over age 12. Registration is required for contact tracing purposes. Starting March 14, 2022, face coverings will be optional in most University spaces, with some exceptions. Details may be found in the Safe Practices section.
The bulletin for the 11am service is below. Princeton University Chapel, Easter Festival Service, A Service of Holy Communion, April 17, 2022 Please stand for those parts of the service marked with an asterisk*. Prelude - Resurrection by Larry King (1932-1990); Organ Concerto Op. 7, no. 3 HWV 308 by George Frideric Handel (1685-1759); Sarabande for the Morning of Easter by Herbert Howells (1892-1983) Introit - Now Is the Hour of Darkness Past by Daniel Pinkham (1923-2006) - Now is the hour of darkness past; Christ hath assumed his reigning power. Behold the great accuser cast down from the skies, to rise no more. Alleluia. ‘Twas by thy blood, immortal Lamb, thine armies trod the tempter down; ‘twas by thy word and powerful name they gained the battle and renown. Alleluia. Rejoice ye heavens! Let every star shine with new glories round the sky! Saints, while ye sing the heavenly war, raise your Redeemer’s name on high. Alleluia. - Isaac Watts (1674-1748) *Hymn - Christ the Lord Is Risen Today (Easter Hymn) *Call to Worship One - This is a great and joyous festival day. Come to celebrate the amazing good news. All - We gather for worship in awe and wonder. The tomb is empty; death is not the last word. One - Sing songs of praise, for God is good. God’s steadfast love endures forever. All - God has answered our prayers with salvation. Jesus Christ is alive and we, too, shall live. One - Open your hearts and minds to the risen Christ. You are greeted by name and welcomed here. All - This is the day that our God has made. Let us rejoice and be glad in it. *Invocation First Reading - Acts 10:34-43 - Then Peter began to speak to them - ‘I truly understand that God shows no partiality, but in every nation anyone who fears God and does what is right is acceptable to God. You know the message God sent to the people of Israel, preaching peace by Jesus Christ—he is Lord of all. That message spread throughout Judea, beginning in Galilee after the baptism that John announced - how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power; how he went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, for God was with him. We are witnesses to all that he did both in Judea and in Jerusalem. They put him to death by hanging him on a tree; but God raised him on the third day and allowed him to appear, not to all the people but to us who were chosen by God as witnesses, and who ate and drank with him after he rose from the dead. He commanded us to preach to the people and to testify that he is the one ordained by God as judge of the living and the dead. All the prophets testify about him that everyone who believes in him receives forgiveness of sins through his name.’ Anthem - O filii et filiae by Volckmar Leisring (1588-1637) - O sons and daughters, the King of heaven and glory has risen from death today. Alleluia! In this most holy feast, let there be praise and jubilation, let us bless the Lord. Alleluia! - Jean Tisserand, OFM (d. 1494) Second Reading - John 20:1-18 - Early on the first day of the week, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene came to the tomb and saw that the stone had been removed from the tomb. So she ran and went to Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one whom Jesus loved, and said to them, “They have taken the Lord out of the tomb, and we do not know where they have laid him.” Then Peter and the other disciple set out and went toward the tomb. The two were running together, but the other disciple outran Peter and reached the tomb first. He bent down to look in and saw the linen wrappings lying there, but he did not go in. Then Simon Peter came, following him, and went into the tomb. He saw the linen wrappings lying there, and the cloth that had been on Jesus’ head, not lying with the linen wrappings but rolled up in a place by itself. Then the other disciple, who reached the tomb first, also went in, and he saw and believed; for as yet they did not understand the scripture, that he must rise from the dead. Then the disciples returned to their homes. But Mary stood weeping outside the tomb. As she wept, she bent over to look into the tomb; and she saw two angels in white, sitting where the body of Jesus had been lying, one at the head and the other at the feet. They said to her, “Woman, why are you weeping?” She said to them, “They have taken away my Lord, and I do not know where they have laid him.” When she had said this, she turned around and saw Jesus standing there, but she did not know that it was Jesus. Jesus said to her, “Woman, why are you weeping? Whom are you looking for?” Supposing him to be the gardener, she said to him, “Sir, if you have carried him away, tell me where you have laid him, and I will take him away.” Jesus said to her, “Mary!” She turned and said to him in Hebrew, “Rabbouni!” (which means Teacher). Jesus said to her, “Do not hold on to me, because I have not yet ascended to the Father. But go to my brothers and say to them, ‘I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.’” Mary Magdalene went and announced to the disciples, “I have seen the Lord”; and she told them that he had said these things to her. Sermon - “Defeating the Power of Death” by Dean Boden *Hymn - Now the Green Blade Rise (Noël Nouvelet) Pastoral Prayer Lord’s Prayer - Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy Name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever and ever. Amen. *Exchange of the Peace One - The peace of God be always with you. All - And also with you. Offertory Sentence Music at the Offering - Psalm 118 - Alleluia, This Is the Day! by Brad Croushorn *Doxology - Lasst uns erfreuen - Praise God from whom all blessings flow, praise God all creatures here below, alleluia, alleluia. Praise God above ye heavenly hosts, Creator, Christ, and Holy Ghost, Aaleluia, alleluia, alleluia, alleluia, alleluia! *Communion Invitation to Communion Kyrie - Text - Ancient Greek; Music - Russian Orthodox tradition One - This is the joyful feast of the people of God. All - Let us rejoice and be glad. Gloria - Music - Pablo Sosa. 1988 (Cueca dance rhythm) One - Creator God, We bless you and praise you, you spoke and the Earth was formed. You drew a breath and the sea rose. All - All of creation sings your praises. Sanctus - Text and music - Anon, Argentina One - From the dust of the Earth, you created our bodies. You gave us our senses and blessed us with the power of reason and love. Yet we turned against you and one another. All - Have mercy on us, mighty God. One - And so you sent us Jesus, the incarnate one, to show us how to love you. He announced good news to the poor, release to the captive, sight to the blind, and freedom to the oppressed. All - Through all his life and death, He reconciled us to you and to one another. Agnus Dei - Music - Kirchenordnung, Braunschweig, 1528 One - Witnessing to that reconciliation, on the night he was arrested, in company with his good friends, Jesus took bread. After giving thanks, he broke it and