Easter Acclamation
P	Alleluia! Christ is risen!
C	He is risen indeed! Alleluia!

The sign of the cross may be made by all in remembrance of their Baptism.

In the name of the Father and of the T Son and of the Holy Spirit.
Amen.

In the morning, O Lord, You hear my voice;
in the morning I prepare a sacrifice for You and watch.

My mouth is filled with Your praise,
and with Your glory all the day.

O Lord, open my lips,
and my mouth will declare Your praise.

Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit;
as it was in the beginning, is now, and will be forever. Amen.

Proper	Psalm 118:13–14, 17–18, 29; antiphon: v. 17
17I will not die but live and tell what the LORD has done.
13You pushed hard to make me fall, but the LORD helped me. 
14The LORD is my strength and song; He has saved me..
17I will not die but live and tell what the LORD has done. 
18 The LORD sharply corrected me but didn't let me die.
29Thank the LORD because He is good and merciful forever!
Glory be to the Father and | to the Son*
	and to the Holy | Spirit;
as it was in the be- | ginning,*
	is now, and will be forever. | Amen.
17I will not die but live and tell what the LORD has done.

A hymn, canticle, or psalm may be sung or spoken.

485 Long before the World Is Waking

Text: © 1984 Hope Publishing Co. Used by permission: LSB Hymn License no. 110003440
Tune: Public domain

Reading	Acts 3:13–15, 17–19
	13The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, the God of our fathers, has glorified His Servant Jesus, Whom you delivered and denied before Pilate when he had decided to let Him go. 14You denied the holy and righteous One and asked to have a murderer given to you. 15You killed the Author of life. But God raised Him from the dead — we're witnesses of that. . . . .
	17“And now, fellow Jews, I know that like your rulers you didn't know what you were doing, 18but in this way God did what He predicted by all the prophets — His Christ had to suffer. 19Repent then, and turn, to have your sins wiped out that a time may come when the Lord refreshes you

Reading	Colossians 3:1–7
Put on the New Self
	1Now if you were raised with Christ, be eager for the things that are above, where Christ is sitting at the right of God. 2Keep your mind on things above, not on earthly things. 3You see, you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God. 4When Christ, your Life, appears, then you, too, will appear with Him in glory. 5Kill, then, what is earthly in you: sexual sin, uncleanness, passion, evil lust, and greed, which is idol worship; 6these are bringing down God's anger.7Once you also practiced them when you lived in them. 

Reading	John 21:1–14
Jesus Appears to Seven Disciples
After this, Jesus showed Himself again to the disciples at the Sea of Tiberias.k This is how He showed Himself. 2Simon Peter, Thomas (called Twin), Nathanael from Cana in Galilee, Zebedee's sons, and two other disciples of Jesus were together. 3Simon Peter said to the others, "I'm going fishing." “We're going with you,” they told him.
They went out and got into the boat. But that night they caught nothing. 4When morning came, Jesus stood on the shore. But the disciples didn't know it was Jesus. 5“Lads, you don't have any fish, do you?” Jesus asked them. They answered Him, "No." 6"Drop the net on the right side of the boat," He told them, “and you will find some.” So they dropped it. And now they couldn't pull it in, there were so many fish. 7The disciple whom Jesus loved said to Peter, “It is the Lord.” When Simon Peter heard him say, “It is the Lord,” he put on the coat he had taken off, fastened it with his belt, and jumped into the lake. 8But the other disciples, who were not far from the shore, only about 100 yards, came in the small boat, dragging the net full of fish.
9As they stepped out on the shore, they saw burning coals there with fish lying on them, and bread.
10“Bring some of the fish you just caught,” Jesus told them. 11Simon Peter got into the small boat and pulled the net on the shore. It was filled with 153 big fish. Although there were so many, the net wasn't torn. 12“Come, have breakfast,” Jesus told them. None of the disciples dared to ask Him, “Who are you?” They knew it was the Lord. 13Jesus came, took the bread, and gave it to them, and also the fish. 14This was the third time Jesus showed Himself to the disciples after He rose from the dead.

Sermon

Apostles’ Creed
C	I believe in God, the Father Almighty,
     maker of heaven and earth.

And 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 will come to judge the living and the dead.

I believe in the Holy Spirit,
     the holy Christian Church,
          the communion of saints,
     the forgiveness of sins,
     the resurrection of the body,
     and the life T everlasting. Amen.

Lord’s Prayer
C	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.

A	O Lord,
C	have mercy.
A	O Christ,
C	have mercy.
A	O Lord,
C	have mercy.
A	Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God,
C	hear us.
A	Paschal Lamb, who was offered for us and has taken away the sin of the world,
C	have mercy on us.
A	Who was crucified for our transgressions and raised for our justification,
C	have mercy on us.
A	Who foretold Your passion saying, “The Son of Man must be crucified and on the third day rise again,”
C	have mercy on us.
A	Who destroyed death by dying, and by rising to life again brought life and immortality to light,
C	have mercy on us.
A	Whose resurrection was first announced by an angel to the women,
C	have mercy on us.
A	Who appeared to Mary Magdalene and was worshiped by her,
C	have mercy on us.
A	Who revealed Yourself to the two disciples on the Emmaus road and made Yourself known to them in the Scriptures and in the breaking of the bread,
C	have mercy on us.
A	Who appeared to the disciples, bestowing on them Your peace and Your Spirit,
C	have mercy on us.
A	Who showed Your wounded hands and side to the apostle Thomas that he too might believe,
C	have mercy on us.
A	Who appeared to seven disciples on the Sea of Tiberias, bringing a miraculous catch of fish,
C	have mercy on us.
A	Who appeared to Peter and to the Twelve, to over 500 disciples, to James and to all the apostles, and to Paul on the Damascus road,
C	have mercy on us.
A	Who commissioned Your Church to make disciples of all nations by baptizing and teaching them,
C	have mercy on us.
A	By Your glorious resurrection from the dead,
C	good Lord, deliver us.
A	By Your victory over sin and death,
C	good Lord, deliver us.
A	By the majesty of Your risen body,
C	good Lord, deliver us.
A	We poor sinners implore You
C	to hear us, Lord Jesus.
A	That we may daily die and rise with You in our Baptism and walk in the freedom of Your forgiveness,
C	grant us, good Lord.
A	That we may set our minds on things above and not on earthly things, serving others as we have been served by You,
C	grant us, good Lord.
A	That we may dwell with You forever in the new creation as citizens of the heavenly Jerusalem, together with all the saints,
C	grant us, good Lord.
A	Christ, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world,
C	have mercy on us.
A	Christ, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world,
C	have mercy on us.
A	Christ, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world,
C	grant us Your peace.
A	O Lord,
C	have mercy.
A	O Christ,
C	have mercy.
A	O Lord,
C	have mercy. Amen.

Concluding prayers:
Almighty God, by the glorious resurrection of Your Son, Jesus Christ, You destroyed death and brought life and immortality to light. Grant that we who have been raised with Him may abide in His presence and rejoice in the hope of eternal glory; through the same Jesus Christ, our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever.
Almighty God, merciful Father, who created and completed all things, on this day when the work of our calling begins anew, we implore You to create its beginning, direct its continuance, and bless its end, that our doings may be preserved from sin, our life sanctified, and our work this day be well pleasing to You; through Jesus Christ, our Lord.
Amen.

I thank You, my heavenly Father, through Jesus Christ, Your dear Son, that You have kept me this night from all harm and danger; and I pray that You would keep me this day also from sin and every evil, that all my doings and life may please You. For into Your hands I commend myself, my body and soul, and all things. Let Your holy angel be with me, that the evil foe may have no power over me. Amen.

Let us bless the Lord.
Thanks be to God.

Easter Acclamation
P	Alleluia! Christ is risen!
C	He is risen indeed! Alleluia!

Benediction (Pauline)
P	The grace of our Lord T Jesus Christ and the love of God and the communion of the Holy Spirit be with you all.
C	Amen.

Acknowledgments
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