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Sunday April 7

Second Sunday of Easter - Low Sunday

Notices
Opening Hymn: I Will Sing The Wondrous Story
Sentence of the Day
Collect of the Day
Lesson: Acts 4:32-35
Epistle: 1 John 1:1 - 2:2
Gradual Hymn: Alleluia, Alleluia! Give Thanks To The Risen Lord
Gospel: John 20:19-31
Sermon
Prayers & Intercessions
Anthem: This Joyful Eastertide
Closing Hymn: Love Divine, All Loves Excelling

Notices

Fisherfolk Newsletter & Pew Sheet for Sunday April 7

Opening Hymn: I Will Sing The Wondrous Story

Sentence of the Day

"Peace be with you," says the Lord, "As the Father has sent me, so I send you."
John 20:21

Collect of the Day

God you are the first light
cutting through the void.
You are the final light
which we shall enjoy forever.
Help us to welcome the light and walk in it always.
This we ask through Jesus Christ our Redeemer.
Amen.

Lesson

Acts 4:32-35

³²All the believers were one in heart and mind. No one claimed that any of their possessions was their own, but they shared everything they had. ³³With great power the apostles continued to testify to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus. And God’s grace was so powerfully at work in them all ³⁴that there were no needy persons among them. For from time to time those who owned land or houses sold them, brought the money from the sales ³⁵and put it at the apostles’ feet, and it was distributed to anyone who had need.

Epistle

1 John 1:1 - 2:2

1 That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked at and our hands have touched—this we proclaim concerning the Word of life. ²The life appeared; we have seen it and testify to it, and we proclaim to you the eternal life, which was with the Father and has appeared to us. ³We proclaim to you what we have seen and heard, so that you also may have fellowship with us. And our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son, Jesus Christ. ⁴We write this to make our joy complete.

⁵This is the message we have heard from him and declare to you: God is light; in him there is no darkness at all. ⁶If we claim to have fellowship with him and yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do not live out the truth. ⁷But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, purifies us from all sin.

⁸If we claim to be without sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us. ⁹If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness. ¹⁰If we claim we have not sinned, we make him out to be a liar and his word is not in us.

2 My dear children, I write this to you so that you will not sin. But if anybody does sin, we have an advocate with the Father—Jesus Christ, the Righteous One. ²He is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not only for ours but also for the sins of the whole world.

Gradual Hymn: Alleluia, Alleluia! Give Thanks To The Risen Lord

Gospel

John 20:19-31

¹⁹On the evening of that first day of the week, when the disciples were together, with the doors locked for fear of the Jewish leaders, Jesus came and stood among them and said, “Peace be with you!” ²⁰After he said this, he showed them his hands and side. The disciples were overjoyed when they saw the Lord.

²¹Again Jesus said, “Peace be with you! As the Father has sent me, I am sending you.” ²²And with that he breathed on them and said, “Receive the Holy Spirit. ²³If you forgive anyone’s sins, their sins are forgiven; if you do not forgive them, they are not forgiven.”

²⁴Now Thomas (also known as Didymus), one of the Twelve, was not with the disciples when Jesus came. ²⁵So the other disciples told him, “We have seen the Lord!”

But he said to them, “Unless I see the nail marks in his hands and put my finger where the nails were, and put my hand into his side, I will not believe.”

²⁶A week later his disciples were in the house again, and Thomas was with them. Though the doors were locked, Jesus came and stood among them and said, “Peace be with you!” ²⁷Then he said to Thomas, “Put your finger here; see my hands. Reach out your hand and put it into my side. Stop doubting and believe.”

²⁸Thomas said to him, “My Lord and my God!”

²⁹Then Jesus told him, “Because you have seen me, you have believed; blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed.”

³⁰Jesus performed many other signs in the presence of his disciples, which are not recorded in this book. ³¹But these are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name.

Sermon by the Rev. Lynda Whitwell

Last week Stuart shared Mark’s account of Resurrection Day. He talked about the women who were the first to find out that the tomb where Jesus had been laid was empty. It left them bewildered, afraid and wondering what had happened. They had not anticipated this. Their whole world had been turned upside down and they had no clear understanding then as to what had happened. Only a message from the young man in white telling them that Jesus had risen from the dead and they were to tell the disciples, and Peter, that Jesus would go ahead of them to meet them all in Galilee... Read more...

Prayers & Intercessions

Prayers of the People for April 7

Anthem: This Joyful Eastertide

Closing Hymn: Love Divine, All Loves Excelling