April 12, 2020

Christ the Lord Is Risen Today

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He Is Jesus Our Savior video Exalted Over All

Behold Him

Prayer

Turn Your Eyes

Sermon The Power after the Passion

Luke 24:1-35 Pastor Dean Monkemeier

Crown Him with Many Crowns

The Power after the Passion Luke 24:1-35

When we truly understand the glory of the

resurrection we cannot help but want to shout.

1. The resurrection assures comfort for the sorrowing.

2. The resurrection assures hope for the hopeless.

3. The resurrection assures grace for the guilty.

M MINISTRIES

Supported by WSBC since 2007, M has three key focus areas.

• Distribution of Bibles and Christian literature at two bookshops.

• Meeting the spiritual and physical needs of refugees.

• Developing and strengthening the faith of hundreds of Christian youth at camp.

Thank you for your friendship, prayers, support, and gifts that empower us to reach and impact the lives of hundreds of young adults and children this year.

We would like to share with you our latest youth ministry update.

On January 17-18, we held the first training. In addition to the Ministry Committee, 110 counselors from nine major cities and 40 local churches participated. It was an amazing time of fellowship, worship and prayers, hearing a good message, and receiving training in informative, creative, and practical ways. We covered topics about integrity and faithfulness, steadiness, know yourself, be teachable, how to build good habits and break bad ones.

Despite the bad and harsh weather, we hosted 50 people for three days and two nights on January 24-26 for winter camp during school break between the two semesters. Many of the campers are potential leaders to whom we assigned responsibilities during the camp to equip them for the ministry field. The program was specially crafted to cope with the coastal city which included teaching (daily message, Bible studies, individual reflection time, and worship on the sea) and fun (boat rides, beach games and visits to attractions such as the aquarium) activities. The program theme was about “Our Relationship with God and its continuity.” Also, part of our program was to support and empower the local church there. They were encouraged by the group and asked us to plan for other activities with and for them during the year. It was an amazing camp and a successful new model for us to have. The experience was far more impactful and enjoyable than we had planned and expected.

Staying Connected Please plan to regularly visit our church website: wsbc.info/home and use our social media during these weeks in order to stay connected with one another, receive updates from our staff, and to continue your stewardship of giving. If you have spiritual or physical needs please communicate with us by calling the church office at: 708.246.1530, or by email at wsbc@wsbc.info or Pastor Dean at: dean@wsbc.info. I pray that you all are doing well in these strange and difficult times. “Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good; his love endures forever,” (Psalm 118).

Staying Connected in Worship We encourage you to join us for online worship beginning at 9AM, on Sunday mornings, by accessing the service on our website: https://wsbc.info/online-stream/ and Facebook: www.facebook.com/WSBCVillageChurch. You can also find the online worship stream on YouTube at: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMS-YyKr1vXptIyHQG3JhFQ. If you subscribe to our YouTube channel, you should be able to find us quickly and watch us using the YouTube App on your Smart TV, Roku, Firestick or AppleTV at home.

Please be patient with the technology. We are making the most of what we have to deliver our service to your home. There may be a delay in the start time, but the broadcast will soon appear. After the initial broadcast, the video will remain online (Website, Facebook and YouTube) to re-watch or to share with your friends and family.

Staying Connected in Prayer and Encouragement As the Church, we can practice social distancing without being relationally disconnected. Here’s how…you may continue to submit any prayer requests by telephone [708.246.1530] and email [wsbc@wsbc.info] to the church office. Our prayer warriors are praying through the weekly prayer guide on your behalf.

If you are on Facebook, be sure to join our Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/WesternSpringsBaptistChurch and

like our Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/WSBCVillageChurch/. These are great places to stay informed, connect, encourage and pray for one another. And of course, picking up the WSBC Directory to make some phone calls and write some letters of encouragement and prayer are excellent ways for you to connect, too.

Families with WSBC KIDS … be sure to visit https://wsbc.info/online-stream/ each week. We are posting Bible story and worship videos for you as well as an @Home guide for Family Discipleship. There are a couple ways for you to connect. You are invited to join our Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/WSBCFamilies/ and our texting service through Remind: https://www.remind.com/join/wsbcfams

Core Class … while the Core Class is not able to gather for lectures on Sunday mornings, all content will continue as planned throughout the semester. You can find the CC audio page here, or by typing https://wsbc.info/core-class/ into your web browser. To be added to the Core Class email list, which will provide weekly content connected to the class, please email Timothy Abbatacola at timothy@wsbc.info.

Christ The Lord Is Risen Today Pew Hymnal #217

Christ the Lord is risen today

Alleluia! Sons of men and angels say

Alleluia! Raise your joys and triumphs high

Alleluia! Sing, ye heav’ns and earth reply

Alleluia!

Love’s redeeming work is done Alleluia!

Fought the fight, the battle won Alleluia!

Death in vain forbids Him rise

Alleluia! Christ has opened Paradise

Alleluia!

Soar we now where Christ has led Alleluia!

Following our exalted Head Alleluia!

Made like Him, like Him we rise

Alleluia! Ours the cross, the grave, the skies

Alleluia!

CCLI Song # 27965 Charles Wesley © Public Domain CCLI#562080

Exalted Over All

From Heaven's throne You came to us And set Your heart upon the cross

We'll never know the sacrifice You’ve made

For all our sin and all our shame You took the nails, You took our place

No one else could do what You have done

One name is higher One name is stronger

Than any grave, than any throne Christ exalted over all

From the grave where death would die

You rose again and brought us life You're reigning now, the Savior of the world You're reigning now, the Savior of the world

One name is higher

One name is stronger Than any grave than any throne

Christ exalted over all

The only Savior Jesus Messiah

To You alone our praise belongs Christ exalted over all

We sing Your praise, sing Your praise

We sing Your praise forever We lift Your name, we lift Your name

Jesus over all

We sing Your praise, sing Your praise We sing Your praise forever

We lift Your name, we lift Your name Jesus over all

One name is higher

One name is stronger Than any grave than any throne

Christ exalted over all

The only Savior Jesus Messiah

To You alone our praise belongs Christ exalted over all

To You alone our praise belongs

Christ exalted over all

CCLI Song # 7065022 Andi Rozier, Jason Ingram, Jess Cates © 2016 One Skylight Music CCLI#562080

Behold Him

He who was before there was light Walked a cross the pages of time He who made every living thing

Behold Him

He who heard humanity’s cry Left His throne to wake as a child

He became like the least of us Behold Him

Jesus, Son of God, Messiah The Lamb, the roaring Lion Oh be still and behold Him

He who dined with sinners and saints

Healed the blind the lost and the lame Even now He is in our midst

Behold Him

He who chose a criminal’s end Paid with blood to settle out debt

Buried death as He rose to life Behold Him

Jesus, Son of God, Messiah The Lamb, the roaring Lion Oh be still and behold Him

Jesus, Alpha and Omega Our God, the risen Savior

Oh be still and behold Him

Holy, holy, holy Is the Lord God Almighty Worthy, worthy, worthy

To receive all praise

Jesus, Son of God, Messiah The Lamb, the roaring Lion Oh be still and behold Him

Jesus, Alpha and Omega Our God, the risen Savior

Oh be still and behold Him

CCLI Song # 7133698 By Paul Baloche, Mitch Wong © 2019 Integrity Worship Music CCLI#562080

Turn Your Eyes

Turn your eyes upon Jesus Look full in His wonderful face

And the things of earth will grow strangely dim In the light of His glory and grace

Turn your eyes to the hillside

Where justice and mercy embrace There the Son of God gave His life for us And our measureless debt was erased

Jesus to you we lift our eyes Jesus our glory and our prize

We adore You behold You Our Savior ever true

Oh Jesus, we turn our eyes to You

Turn your eyes to the morning And see Christ the lion awake

What a glorious dawn fear of death is gone For we carry His life in our veins

Jesus to you we lift our eyes Jesus our glory and our prize

We adore You behold You Our Savior ever true

Oh Jesus, we turn our eyes to You

Turn your eyes to the heavens Our King will return for His own

Every knee will bow every tongue will shout All glory to Jesus alone

Jesus to you we lift our eyes Jesus our glory and our prize

We adore You behold You Our Savior ever true

Oh Jesus, we turn our eyes to You

Jesus to you we lift our eyes Jesus our glory and our prize

We adore You behold You Our Savior ever true

Oh Jesus, we turn our eyes to You Oh Jesus, we turn our eyes to You

CCLI Song # 7120053 Helen Lemmel, George Romanacce, Kevin Winebarger,

Nathan Stiff, Nic Trout © 2019 Sovereign Grace Praise CCLI#562080

Crown Him With Many Crowns Pew Hymnal #234

Crown Him with many crowns

The Lamb upon His throne Hark how the heav’nly anthem drowns

All music but its own

Awake my soul and sing Of Him who died for thee

And hail Him as thy matchless King Through all eternity

Crown Him the Lord of life

Who triumphed o'er the grave Who rose victorious to the strife

For those He came to save

His glories now we sing Who died and rose on high

Who died eternal life to bring And lives that death may die

Crown Him the Lord of heav’n

One with the Father known One with the Spirit through Him giv’n

From yonder glorious throne

To Thee be endless praise For Thou for us hast died

Be Thou O Lord through endless days Adored and magnified

CCLI Song # 23938 by Matthew Bridges, George J. Elvey © Public Domain CCLI# 562080