IDEAS for Easter Sunday (Year A)

These are the resources on offer for Easter Sunday (Year A)

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The related readings for this Sunday are:

Jeremiah 31:1-6
Psalm 118:1-2,14-24
Colossians 3:1-4
Matthew 28:1-10

We have chosen the theme: He's Alive

The second service readings for this Sunday are:

Song of Solomon 3:2-5, 8:6-7
Psalms 114, 117
Revelation 1:12-18
John 20:11-18

We have chosen the theme: Mary and the Gardener

You can buy access to all these resources for as little as £3

Worship

Introduction

	As an opening video we are offering "Led like a lamb" by Graham Kendrick - Download - Sample The backing track is copyright and distributed using PRS Licence LE-0035170 . Please do not pass it on outside the IDEAS scheme and declare its use on your CCLI report. There is also a version with words to lead congregational singing
	We are also offering "Lord, I lift your name on high" by Rick Foulds - Download - Sample. The backing track is distributed using PRS Licence LE-0035170 . Please do not pass it on outside the IDEAS scheme.
	As an opening video we are offering “Alpha and Omega” by Adrian Snell - Download - Sample The backing track is distributed using PRS Licence LE-0035170 . Please do not pass it on outside the IDEAS scheme.

Prayers:

A call to worship	A prayer of approach	The prayers in this section are also in a PDF file - Download
A prayer of praise	A prayer of confession

Songs: The following songs could be used in this part of the service

	He has risen, STF 302, SOF 753, MP 839, TS 155 Available as a video with backing track - Download - Sample The backing track is distributed using PRS Licence LE-0035170 . The words are copyright: Graham Kendrick, © 1986 Thankyou Music and used with permission. Please do not pass it on outside the IDEAS scheme and declare its use on your CCLI report.
	Low in the grave he lay, HP 202, STF 305, SOF 378, MP 453, TS 345, JP 159 Available as a video with backing track - Download - Sample The words are by Robert Lowry. The backing track is distributed using PRS Licence LE-0035170 . Please do not pass it on outside the IDEAS scheme.
	Christ the Lord is risen today, SOF 63, MP 76, HP 193, STF 298, RAS 232 Available as a video with backing track - Download - Sample The words are by Charles Wesley. The backing track is distributed using PRS Licence LE-0035170 . Please do not pass it on outside the IDEAS scheme.
	Led like a lamb to the slaughter, RAS 241, SOF 322, MP 402, TS 312, JP 151 Also available as a full video with words and music - Download - Sample The backing track is distributed using PRS Licence LE-0035170 . The words are copyright: Graham Kendrick, © 1983 Thankyou Music and used with permission. Please do not pass it on outside the IDEAS scheme and declare its use on your CCLI report.
	This joyful Eastertide away with sin, RAS 248, CP 161 Also available as a video with backing track - Download - Sample The backing track is distributed using PRS Licence LE-0035170 .The words are copyright: George Radcliffe Woodward and used with permission. Please do not pass it on outside the IDEAS scheme and declare its use on your CCLI report.

Material suitable for children

Talk

	For children there is an address using a daffodil, a twig and an egg to illustrate New Life - Download There are also a PowerPoint slide to accompany the talk - Download
	There is an all age talk that explores Matthew's version of the resurrection and then explores the evidence for the resurrection - Download There are also PowerPoint slides to accompany the talk - Download

Songs:

	Why look for the living among the dead (He has risen), John Hardwick's 34 Songs. Also available as a video with backing track - Download - Sample The backing track is distributed using PRS Licence LE-0035170 . The words are copyright: © John Hardwick and used with permission. Please do not pass it on outside the IDEAS scheme and declare its use on your CCLI report.
	The women went to Jesus' tomb (Roll the stone away), KS 337 Also available as an animated video with backing track - Download - Sample The backing track is distributed using PRS Licence LE-0035170 . The words are copyright: Paul Field, © 1991 Song Solutions Daybreak and used with permission. Please do not pass it on outside the IDEAS scheme and declare its use on your CCLI report
	Tell them Available as an animated video with words and music - Download - Sample The backing track is distributed using PRS Licence LE-0035170 . The words are copyright: Bryson Smith, Philip Percival, © 2003 Emu Music Australia Inc. Please do not pass it on outside the IDEAS scheme and declare its use on your CCLI report. Animations by Malcolm Evans
	I stood on the Isle of Patmos (The First and the Last), Words, Music Also available as a video with backing track - Download - Sample The backing track is distributed using PRS Licence LE-0035170 . The words are copyright: Dave Godfrey, © 2002 Song Solutions Daybreak and used with permission. Please do not pass it on outside the IDEAS scheme and declare its use on your CCLI report.

Word

Readings:

	Jeremiah 31:1-6 is offered as a Lectionary Video - Sample
	Matthew 28:1-10 featuring Rob Parsons reading the Street Bible version of the death and resurrection of Jesus - Download - Sample From Just Worship 2 - Christmas and Easter and used with the consent of Richard Armiger
	Matthew 28:1-10 is on Visual Bible - Matthew - Sample
	O give thanks to the Lord, for He is good (Psalm 118:1-2,14-24), Words The words are copyright: from Common Worship, © 2000, 2010 The Archbishop's Council. Please do not pass it on outside the IDEAS scheme.

Jeremiah 31:1-6	Psalm 118:1-2,14-24	This week's readings are from the NIV Reflection by Rev'd Tony Buglass BA MTh - Download Scripture taken from the HOLY BIBLE, NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 Biblica. Used by permission of Zondervan. All rights reserved.
Colossians 3:1-4	Matthew 28:1-10

Talk:

There is a sermon that examines the impact of the Resurrection on how we evaluate Jesus' ministry today - Download.

There are also PowerPoint slides to accompany the talk - Download

Drama:

Sketches:

From Sketching out the Gospel by Dave Hopwood - The Resurrection and The women come to the tomb - Two sketches covering Matthew's account of the resurrection - Download

By Ann Bossingham - Can I have my money back? - Mary returns back to the shop with the spicces she bought 3 days earlier - Download

Second Service:

	John 20:11-18 is on The Visual Bible - John - Sample
	John 20:11-18 is on The Miraclemaker - Sample
	The women coming to tomb and Mary seeing Jesus from the Street Bible on a Just Worship Video - Download - Sample
	Psalm 114 is offered as a Lectionary Video - Sample
	When Israel came out of Egypt (Psalm 114), Word The words are copyright: Common Worship, © 2000, 2010 The Archbishop's Council. Please do not pass it on outside the IDEAS scheme
	O praise the Lord, all you nations (Psalm 117), Word The words are copyright: Common Worship, © 2000, 2010 The Archbishop's Council. Please do not pass it on outside the IDEAS scheme

Song of Solomon 3:2-5, 8:6-7	Psalm 114	This week's readings are from the NIV Reflection by Rev'd Ann Bossingham - Download Scripture taken from the HOLY BIBLE, NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 Biblica. Used by permission of Zondervan. All rights reserved.
Psalm 117	Revelation 1:12-18
John 20:11-18

Talk:

There is a sermon that looks at Mary meeting Jesus at the tomb - Download.

There are also PowerPoint slides to accompany the talk - Download

Songs:

	Good Joseph had a garden, HP 195, CP 146 Also available as a video with backing track - Download - Sample The backing track is distributed using PRS Licence LE-0035170 . The words are by Alda Milner-Barry. Please do not pass it on outside the IDEAS scheme.
	See what a morning, STF 309, SOF 2020, MP 1105, TS 1494 Also available as a video with backing track - Download - Sample The backing track is distributed using PRS Licence LE-0035170 . The words are copyright: Keith Getty, Stuart Townend, © 2003 Thankyou Music and used with permission. Please do not pass it on outside the IDEAS scheme and declare its use on your CCLI report.
	When Easter to the dark world came, HP 200, STF 316, RAS 251 Also available as a video with backing track - Download - Sample The backing track is distributed using PRS Licence LE-0035170 . The words are copyright: William H. Hamilton, © Oxford University Press and used with permission. Please do not pass it on outside the IDEAS scheme and declare its use on your CCLI report.
	Walking in a garden at the close of day, RAS 334 Also available as a video with backing track - Download - Sample The backing track is distributed using PRS Licence LE-0035170 . The words are copyright: Hilary Greenwood, © Society of the Sacred Mission and is used with permission. Please do not pass it on outside the IDEAS scheme and declare its use on your CCLI report.

Response

Prayers:

A prayer for others		The prayers in this section are also in a PDF file - Download
An offering prayer	A blessing

Other Resources:

	The Introduction from At the Breaking of the Bread for Easter Season At the Breaking of the Bread is a set of PowerPoint communion liturgies to match the Methodist Worship Book created for Methodist Publishing by the Family Friendly Churches Trust. Now available as a download
	The prayer of Thanksgiving from All Included for April All Included is a set of 16 all age communion liturgies. One for each month of the year and then Christmas, Easter, Pentecost and Covenant. There is also a Baptism/Dedication service. Each service is available as PowerPoint files and also PDF booklets for printing. Also includes a Baptism/Dedication service. Now available as a download

Songs: The following songs could be used in this part of the service

	As God proclaimed His love for us, Words The words are copyright: © 2007 David R. Keeston and used with permission. Please do not pass it on outside the IDEAS scheme and declare its use on your CCLI report.
	The day of resurrection, HP 208, STF 311, RAS 246, CP 157 Also available as a video with backing track - Download - Sample The backing track is distributed using PRS Licence LE-0035170 . The words are by: St John of Damascus, tr John Mason Neale. Please do not pass it on outside the IDEAS scheme.
	Christ is alive! Let Christians sing, HP 190, STF 297, CP 140, RAS 260 Also available as a video with backing track - Download - Sample The backing track is distributed using PRS Licence LE-0035170 . The words are copyright:: Brian Wren, © Stainer & Bell Ltd, and used with permission. Please do not pass it on outside the IDEAS scheme and declare its use on your CCLI report.
	All ye (you) that seek the Lord who died, HP 188, STF 294 Also available as a video with backing track - Download - Sample The backing track is distributed using PRS Licence LE-0035170 . The words are by Charles Wesley. Please do not pass it on outside the IDEAS.

Notes

Pay as you go option

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