SUNDAY, APRIL 5, 2026 RESURRECTION OF OUR LORD
CHRIST THE KING LUTHERAN CHURCH
PASTOR: Rev. Harry M. Krolus
CHURCH: 410-356-3400 CELL: 410-707-7663
Church email: ctklclcms@yahoo.com
Church Web Site: ctklchurch.org
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WELCOME to everyone who is worshiping with us today. We are glad that you are here! We pray that your worship experience here at Christ The King is spiritually uplifting and rewarding. If you are visiting, please sign our guest book and introduce yourself to Pastor Harry.
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A SERVICE OF EASTER CELEBRATION
THE WELCOME
THE HANDSHAKE OF CHRISTIAN PEACE
THE INVOCATION
P. We begin this Holy Day in the name of the Father, of the risen Son, and of the Holy Spirit.
C. AMEN.
HYMN: 457 “Jesus Christ Is Risen Today”
THE EASTER VERSICLES
P. If Christ had not risen,
C. Then our preaching and our faith would be in vain.
P. But the Father has raised Christ from the dead!
C. He will also bring life to our mortal bodies.
P. Jesus said, “I am the resurrection and the life;
C. He who believes in me, even though he dies, shall live.
P. Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has begotten us again through the resurrection of Jesus Christ.
C. God, we have seen how you worked our salvation through the suffering, death, and resurrection of your Son. As he has suffered the trials, sorrows, and death that was ours through sin, teach us to glory in the joy of the resurrection that is ours through your mercy. We ask this for the sake of Jesus our risen and reigning Lord. AMEN.
P. Christ is risen!
C. He is risen indeed!
P. This is the day the Lord has made.
C. Let us rejoice and be glad in it.
P. This is the feast of victory for our God.
C. ALLELUIA!
A HYMN OF PRAISE: (171)
This is the feast of victory for our God. Alleluia. Worthy is Christ, the Lamb who was slain, whose blood set us free to be people of God. Power and riches and wisdom and strength, and honor and blessing and glory are his. This is the feast of victory for our God. Alleluia.
Sing with all the people of God, and join in the hymn of all creation: Blessing and honor and glory, and might be to God and the Lamb forever. Amen. This is the feast of victory for our God. For the Lamb who was slain has begun his reign. Alleluia. Alleluia.
AN EASTER PSALM: Psalm 114
P. When Israel came out of Egypt, the house of Jacob from a people of foreign tongue,
C. Judah became God’s sanctuary, Israel his dominion.
P. The sea looked and fled, the Jordan turned back;
C. the mountains skipped like rams, the hills like lambs.
P. Why was it, O sea, that you fled, O Jordan, that you turned back,
C. you mountains, that you skipped like rams, you hills, like lambs?
P. Tremble, O earth, at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the God of Jacob,
C. who turned the rock into a pool, the hard rock into springs of water.
THE CELEBRATION OF HOLY BAPTISM
Judah Malachi Krolus
HYMN: 601 “All Who Believe And Are Baptized
THE OPENING ADDRESS
Pastor: In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.
People: Amen.
Pastor: Who brings this child to be baptized?
Parent(s): We do.
Pastor: Listen now to the Word of God concerning baptism.
Our Lord commanded baptism saying to his disciples in the last chapter of Matthew: “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given unto me. Therefore, as you are going, make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit; and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely, I will be with you always, to the very end of the age.”
The Holy Apostles of the Lord have written: “The promise is for you and your children.” and, “Baptism now saves you.”
We also learn from the Word of God that we are conceived and born sinful and are in need of forgiveness. We would be lost forever unless delivered from sin, death, and everlasting condemnation. But the Father of all mercy and grace has sent his Son, Jesus Christ, who died for the sin of the world, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
PASTOR TO THE CHILD BEING BAPTIZED
Receive the sign of the cross both upon your forehead and upon your heart to mark you as one redeemed by Christ the crucified.
PASTOR
Hear how our Lord Jesus Christ has opened the kingdom of God to little children. People were bringing little children to Jesus to have him touch them, but the disciples rebuked them. When Jesus saw this
he was very angry and said to them; “Let the little children come to me, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these. I tell you the
truth, anyone who will not receive the kingdom of God like a child will never enter it.”
People: Praise to you, O Christ.
PASTOR TO THE PARENTS
As Christian parents it is not only your task to provide for the physical well-being of your children, but also for their Christian upbringing and education. After this child has been baptized, do you promise to provide for him Christian education, providing opportunity to study God’s Word and to participate in his Holy Church?
Parent: Yes, with the help of God.
PASTOR
I ask you now, parents, relatives, and friends to profess your faith in Christ Jesus, reject sin, and confess the faith of the Church, the faith in which we baptize. Do you renounce all the forces of evil, the devil, and all empty promises?
People: I do.
Pastor: Do you believe in God the Father?
People: Yes, I believe in God the Father Almighty, maker of heaven and earth.
Pastor: Do you believe in Jesus Christ, the Son of God?
People: Yes, I believe in Jesus Christ, his only Son our Lord, who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died and was buried. He descended into hell, the third day he rose again from the dead. He ascended into heaven and sits at the right hand of God the Father Almighty. From thence he shall come to judge the living and the dead.
Pastor: Do you believe in the Holy Spirit?
People: Yes, I believe in the Holy Spirit, the Holy Christian Church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and life everlasting.
THE BAPTISM
Pastor: Judah Malachi Krolus, I baptize you in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.
People: Amen.
Pastor: Now may the Lord who has given you new birth through the water and the Spirit, and who has forgiven all your sins, strengthen you with his grace to life everlasting.
Assistant: (After having lit the baptismal candle from the Christ candle.)
Receive this burning light, live always by the light of Christ. And let your light so shine before others that they may see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven.
THE PARENTS PRAYER
THE INTRODUCTION
Pastor: Through baptism, God has added Judah to his own people to declare the wonderful deeds of our Savior who has called us out of darkness into his marvelous light.
People: Amen.
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THE FIRST LESSON: Isaiah 65:17-25
“Behold, I will create new heavens and a new earth. The former things will not be remembered, nor will they come to mind. But be glad and rejoice forever in what I will create, for I will create Jerusalem to be a delight and its people a joy. I will rejoice over Jerusalem and take delight in my people; the sound of weeping and of crying will be heard in it no more. “Never again will there be in it an infant who lives but a few days, or an old man who does not live out his years; he who dies at a hundred will be thought a mere youth; he who fails to reach a hundred will be considered accursed. They will build houses and dwell in them; they will plant vineyards and eat their fruit. No longer will they build houses and others live in them, or plant and others eat. For as the days of a tree, so will be the days of my people; my chosen ones will long enjoy the works of their hands. They will not toil in vain or bear children doomed to misfortune; for they will be a people blessed by the LORD, they and their descendants with them. Before they call I will answer; while they are still speaking I will hear. The wolf and the lamb will feed together, and the lion will eat straw like the ox, but dust will be the serpent’s food. They will neither harm nor destroy on all my holy mountain,” says the LORD.
THE SECOND LESSON: 1 Corinthians 15:19-26
If only for this life we have hope in Christ, we are to be pitied more than all men.
But Christ has indeed been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep. For since death came through a man, the resurrection of the dead comes also through a man. For as in Adam all die, so in Christ all will be made alive. But each in his own turn: Christ, the firstfruits; then, when he comes, those who belong to him. Then the end will come, when he hands over the kingdom to God the Father after he has destroyed all dominion, authority and power. For he must reign until he has put all his
enemies under his feet. The last enemy to be destroyed is death.
THE GOSPEL LESSON: Luke 24:1-12
On the first day of the week, very early in the morning, the women took the spices they had prepared and went to the tomb. They found the stone rolled away from the tomb, but when they entered, they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus. While they were wondering about this, suddenly two men in clothes that gleamed like lightning stood beside them. In their fright the women bowed down with their faces to the ground, but the men said to them, “Why do you look for the living among the dead? He is not here; he has risen! Remember how he told you, while he was still with you in Galilee: ‘The Son of Man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men, be crucified and on the third day be raised again.’” Then they remembered his words.
When they came back from the tomb, they told all these things to the Eleven and to all the others. It was Mary Magdalene, Joanna, Mary the mother of James, and the others with them who told this to the apostles. But they did not believe the women, because their words seemed to them like nonsense. Peter, however, got up and ran to the tomb. Bending over, he saw the strips of linen lying by themselves, and he went away, wondering to himself what had happened.
THE SERMON HYMN: 480 “He’s Risen, He’s Risen”
THE SERMON: “Victory”
Text: Luke 24:1-5
THE OFFERTORY (192)
Create in me a clean heart, O God,
And renew a right Spirit within me.
Cast me not away from Thy presence,
And take not thy Holy spirit from me.
Restore unto me the joy of Thy salvation,
And uphold me with Thy free Spirit.
THE OFFERING
AN OFFERING SONG (783)
Take my life, that I may be consecrated, Lord, to thee;
Take my moments and my days; let them flow in ceaseless praise.
Take my silver and my gold, not a mite would I withhold;
Take my intellect, and use every pow’r as thou shalt choose.
THE PRAYER
P. That our sins may be buried in the tomb of Christ, and that our lives, forgiven and renewed, may shine with the brightness of Christ’s resurrection, let us call upon our triumphant King.
C. Lord, have mercy. Hear our prayer.
P. That all God’s people everywhere may rise to walk before him in newness of life, let us call upon our triumphant King.
C. Lord, have mercy. Hear our prayer.
P. That the dawn of everlasting peace and hope may shine in every corner of this darkened world, let us call upon our triumphant King.
C. Lord, have mercy. Hear our prayer.
P. For all who need the hope this day affords, especially the sick and sorrowing, the burdened and troubled, and those to whom death draws near, let us call upon our triumphant King.
C. Lord, have mercy. Hear our prayer.
P. That this congregation and all who worship here may glow with the splendor of the resurrection, let us call upon our triumphant King.
C. Lord, have mercy. Hear our prayer.
P. That with the faithful who enjoy eternal Easter in the presence of the Lord, we too may be united when all earthly strife is done, let us call upon our triumphant King.
C. Lord, have mercy. Hear our prayer.
THE 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 forever and ever. Amen.
CELEBRATING THE LORD’S SUPPER
We invite to the Lord’s Table all who have been baptized, accept the Bible as God’s authoritative Word, and believe that the body and blood of the risen Christ are really present in the bread and wine; given for the forgiveness of our sins. If you prefer the individual cup, please extend one index finger as your hands are folded on the altar railing. This will alert the communion assistants of your preference. Also, if for some medical reason you are not able to consume alcohol, grape juice is available in the individual cups. The grape juice is “red” while the wine is “white”.
THE WORDS OF INSTITUTION
THE INVITATION
P. The gifts of God for the people of God.
C. AMEN.
THE DISTRIBUTION
HYMNS: 743 “Jesus, Priceless Treasure”
636 “Soul, Adorn Yourself With Gladness”
580 “The Gospel Shows The Father’s Grace”
531 “Hail, Thou Once Despised Jesus”
THE POST-COMMUNION CANTICLE “Now The Silence” (910)
Now the silence, Now the peace, Now the empty hands uplifted;
Now the kneeling, Now the plea, Now the Father’s arms in welcome;
Now the hearing, Now the power, Now the vessel brimmed for pouring;
Now the body, Now the blood, Now the joyful celebration;
Now the wedding, Now the songs, Now the heart forgiven leaping;
Now the Spirit’s visitation, Now the Son’s epiphany,
Now the Father’s blessing. Now. Now. Now.
CLOSING SENTENCES
P. Christ is risen!
C. He is risen indeed!
P. Christ is alive! Christ is among us!
C. He lives, all glory to his name!
P. He said, I am the resurrection and the life, he who believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live;
C. And whoever lives and believes in me shall never die.
P. Do you believe this?
C. Yes, Lord; I believe that you are the Christ, the Son of God, he who is coming into the world.
ALL: Thanks be to God who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ!
THE BLESSING
P. May the Lord of life, who was raised from the dead and who gives us life, be your strength and your guide now and always.
C. AMEN.
P. Our Lord Jesus Christ has risen from the dead.
C. He is risen indeed! Alleluia!
THE CLOSING HYMN: 461 “I Know That My Redeemer Lives” (1,2,7,8)
