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Sola Publishing – Alternate Prayers for Easter
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These alternate prayers are provided for those who would like to use liturgical petitions and responses specific to the season of Easter. Permission is granted to active subscribers of the Sola Online Worship Resource Site to print, cut and paste, and reproduce these prayers for local congregational use.
Confession and Forgiveness
P: Christ is risen!
C: He is risen indeed! Alleluia.
P:  Blessed are those who call on the strong name of the risen Lord! 
    As we gather in the victorious name of Christ, let us open our hearts to him and confess the ways in which we have failed to follow his will, and the ways in which we simply neglected our calling as his disciples.
   (Silence for self-reflection and examination)

P:  Lord of heaven and earth, of the living and of the dead,
C:  We come before you confessing our sins, asking for your gracious mercy. By our human nature we are sinful and unclean; we have sinned against you in thought, word, and deed. By your lovingkindness, we implore you to grant us forgiveness and restore us to your salvation, that we might live holy lives here and now, and be with you in the final resurrection. Amen.
P: Through the gift of the Holy Spirit, God declares to all who believe and confess their sins, that we are forgiven and restored to a right relationship through Jesus Christ. We have been redeemed and renewed by Christ, our Passover Lamb. In the name of the Father, and of the Son, + and of the Holy Spirit, let us walk in newness of life, following our Lord Jesus in holy obedience. 
C: Amen.
Greeting
P: Christ is Risen! 
C: He is risen, indeed! Alleluia!
P: The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lamb of God who went to the cross for our sake; the love of the Father who put an end to the power of death through the resurrection of Christ; and the promised Holy Spirit who gathers us together, be with you all. 
C: And also with you.
Offertory Prayer
P: Generous God, you have given us treasures too numerable to count. Grant us faith to be generous with all that you have first given us: our time, our resources, and our possessions. May we boldly trust that your providence, presence, and care are a never-ending reality in our lives. 
C: Amen.
Post-Communion Prayer
P: Gracious God, you have fed us at this holy meal with the bread of life and the cup of salvation. We praise you for the glorious resurrection of Christ which is a sign of your great love for your people. You have forgiven us through this sacrament and restored us to new and everlasting life.
C: Amen.
Blessing & Dismissal
P: If then you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is seated at the right hand of God. You have died and your life is hidden with Christ in God. Go with the blessing of the Father, Son, + and  Holy Spirit. (Colossians 3: 1, 3)
C: Amen.

P: Go in peace. Christ is Risen! 
C: He is risen, indeed! Alleluia! Thanks be to God!