This Week at COS Easter Sunday, March 27

8:30 am Easter Worship 9:30 am Easter Breakfast Buffet 10:15 am Easter Egg Hunt 10:45 am Easter Worship

Monday, March 28 7:00 am Men’s Breakfast Bible Study 9:00 am Preschool 4’s 9:15 am Preschool 3’s 7:00 pm COS Women’s Book Club

Tuesday, March 29 9:00 am Preschool 4’s 9:15 am Preschool 3’s 7:00 pm Facility Q & A Make-Up Meeting 7:30 pm GVSU Campus Ministry*

Wednesday, March 30 9:00 am Preschool 4’s 9:15 am Preschool 3’s 5:30 pm Supper 6:00 pm Catechism Classes 6:00 pm Genesis Adult Bible Class

Thursday, March 31 7:00 pm Worship

Friday, April 1

Saturday, April 2

Sunday, April 3 8:30 am Worship 9:45 am Sunday School Toddler Time Middle School Bible Study High School Bible Study Adult Bible Class 10:45 am Worship 6:00 pm Youth Center

Christ Our Savior Lutheran Church 4610 Belding Road NE | Rockford MI 49341 | 616.866.1881 cosrock.org WELS

WORSHIP NOTES Welcome to Easter worship at COS. Today we celebrate the most important event in all of history, the Resurrection of Jesus Christ from the grave. Because it happened, it will happen for you too. Because it happened, everything he’s told us is true. These are the things that Easter is really about. Without his resurrection and his Word, we’d be lost. But with them his victory becomes ours through the gift of faith.

Christ is risen. He is risen indeed! Alleluia!

You are welcome to take family pictures in the chancel up to ten minutes before the start of the worship services and any time after their conclusion. COS mem-bers are asked to send them to cosrock_staffminister@hotmail.com so that the online directory can be updated.

Nursery care is offered during the 10:45 am Sunday service in Room 101. You can drop off your children either before the start of worship or after the children’s message. Children are welcome to stay in the service too. Quiet Bags and Chil-dren’s Bulletins are available at the Welcome Center.

K-4th grade Kids’ Church will not be held today in order to accommodate the seating for the Easter Breakfast Buffet.

The sanctuary is equipped with Williams Hearing Assist technology. Personal re-ceivers are at the AV console in the rear of the sanctuary.

If you provided flowers for the chancel planter, thank you! You may take yours home after the 10:45 am service or after worship next weekend. If you can’t remember what you ordered, a list is available at the Welcome Center.

PERSONAL PRAYER BEFORE WORSHIP O living Lord, you are risen from the dead! By your resurrection you have defeated Satan, broke death’s hold on us, and destroyed the power of sin. As we worship you this morning help us to see our forgiveness, our victory, and the hope of our own res-urrections in the Good News of your triumphant rising from the grave.

PRESERVICE CHOIR I Will Rise

WELCOME

HOLY GOSPEL Luke 24:1-12

L: Christ is risen! C: He is risen indeed! Alleluia!

EASTER SUNDAY 8:30 am & 10:45 am March 27, 2016

Christ Our Savior Lutheran Church

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HYMN: JESUS CHRIST IS RISEN TODAY

CONFESSION & ABSOLUTION

L: Christ is risen! C: He is risen indeed, Alleluia!

L: In the waters of Holy Baptism God liberates us from the power of sin and death, forever joining us to the death and resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ. May God’s promise of everlasting life be renewed in us as we remem-ber our baptisms.

C: Most merciful God, we confess to you all of the sins with which we have ever offended you. We are deserving of your punishment, and beg your forgiveness. For the sake of Jesus Christ alone, do not forsake us.

L: Jesus Christ our Savior gave himself for us, redeeming us from all sin and cleansing us to be people who are eager to do what is good.

Through the water of rebirth and the outpouring of the Holy Spirit, God saves us, renews us in grace, and bestows on us eternal life. C: Amen. CHOIR Because He Lives

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Q & A Meeting For those unable to attend last week, there will be make-up Q & A meeting at 7:00 pm Tuesday, March 29 about the facility ex-pansion project. Bring your questions!

Catechism Classes Schedule The 6-8 Grade Catechism classes have re-sumed their usual Wednesday 6:00-7:00 pm meeting times in their regular rooms. They will not meet on April 6 due to Spring Break vacation.

Genesis Adult Bible Study The Genesis Adult Bible Study has resumed meeting 6:00-7:00 pm on Wednesdays. You’re invited to jump in. However, it will not meet on April 6 due to Spring Break.

Preschool Enrollments Our preschool has begun enrolling for Fall 2016. It could use your help! Do you have friends, relatives, neighbors, or acquaint-ances with preschool aged children (2-4 yrs)? Tell them about the outstanding preschool your church operates. There are still openings in the 4’s Tu-Th class and both 3’s classes. Contact Linda Gauger, the preschool director, for more information (lindagauger@live.com).

Youth Fund Donations Help send a COS teen to this summer’s WELS International Youth Rally in Colorado by making a designated gift to our Youth Fund. Your gift will subsidize the expense and provide direct financial aid to a stu-dent otherwise unable to attend. Label your gift “Youth.”

OWLS Meeting The COS group for those 55 + yrs old, OWLS (aka “Outrageously Wise Lutheran Seniors”) meets on Monday, April 11 at 1:00 pm at church. The WELS Evangelism produced “My Son My Savior” about the coming, life and ministry of Jesus from Mary’s perspective will be shown and dis-cussed. Light refreshments will be served.

VBS Registration COS Vacation Bible School is 9:30 am - 12:00 pm Monday, June 20 - Thursday, June 23. It’s for students entering K-5 in the Fall. Paper registration forms are avail-able at the Welcome Center. The pre-ferred method of registering is online at the church website, cosrock.org.

Go to Church on Spring Break Check out the church locator at wels.net for the nearest WELS congregations to where you are vacationing for Spring Break. Your sisters and brothers in the faith would love to have you join them for next Sunday’s continuing celebration of our Lord’s resurrection.

Time to Register for Summer Camp at Camp Lor-Ray! Camp Lor-Ray is the Summer Camp in West Michigan affiliated with our congregation. Located near Michigan’s Adventure Amusement & Water Park, the camp has served our district congregations for dec-ades. Kids Camp is its main summer minis-try. Daily schedule includes outdoor games, swimming and canoeing in a pri-vate lake, campfires, fellowship, Bible Stud-ies, and devotions. The theme for this summer is "Two Kingdoms.”

Staff and counselors are also needed. Ap-ply and register online at camplor-ray.org! See bulletin board for more info.

Youth Center Spring Meeting Schedule The Youth Group at COS is for 8-12 grad-ers. It often meets in the lower level Youth Center, which will be open April 3, April 17, May 1, and then we will skip May 15 because May 22 is going to be the Seventh Grade Youth Group Welcome Night. As usual all Youth Center events will be an-nounced in church and posted online and in the bulletin.

Announcements

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PRAYER OF THE DAY L: O God, you gave your only Son to suffer death on the cross for our redemption, and by his glorious resurrection you delivered us from the power of death. Make us die every day to sin, so that we may live with him forever in the joy of the resurrection; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. C: Amen. SECOND LESSON 1 Corinthians 15:12-22 C:

OLD TESTAMENT LESSON Exodus 15:1-11 CHILDREN’S MESSAGE [10:45 am] HYMN: I KNOW THAT MY REDEEMER LIVES!

SERVING IN GOD’S HOUSE TODAY

8:30 am

Lector Cleve Kasper Acolyte Brady Doletzky Ushers Kurt Holzhueter Dave Perry Glen Beers

10:45 am Lector Bil Rowe Acolyte Brooke Dahlke Ushers Ken Berry Alex Berry Mark Becker Bill Marquis Jason Baldwin Nursery Kristy Sullivan Keziah Herman Visitor Follow Up Nick Eubank Ed & Liz Harris Jake Weihrauch

Organist Rachel Schlicht Choir Director Cleve Kasper Percussion Steve Duyck Brass Kevin Splese, Megan Baird, Bill Bobbitt, Micah Selves, Jeff Sweers, Aiden Fayhee Offering Counters Cleve & Kathy Kasper Altar Guild Rebekah Becker, Jill Weber, Ruth Getzen

SERMON APOSTLES’ CREED L: Living together in trust and hope, we confess our faith. All: I believe in God, the Father, the Almighty, maker of heaven and earth. 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 de-scended into hell. The third day he rose again from the dead. He ascended into heaven and is seated at the right hand of God the Father Almighty. From there 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 everlasting. Amen. OFFERING PRAYERS OF THE CHURCH LORD’S PRAYER All: Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name, your kingdom come, your

will be done on earth as in heaven. Give us today our daily bread. Forgive us our sins as we forgive those who sin against us. Lead us not into

temptation, but deliver us from evil. For the kingdom, the power, and the glory are yours now and forever. Amen.

BENEDICTION L: The Lord bless you and keep you. The Lord make his face shine on you and be gracious to you. The Lord look on you with favor and + give you peace.

L: Christ is risen! C: He is risen indeed. Alleluia!

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HALLELUJAH! CHORUS

Christ Our Savior Lutheran Church is a member of the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod (WELS).