Presiding: Bishop Spencer Hill
Conducting: Bishop Spencer Hill
Chorister: Sister Ava Briscoe
Organist: Sister Songhee Kwak
Opening Hymn: Hymn #199
He Is Risen!
Invocation: By invitation
Sacrament Hymn: Hymn #176
'Tis Sweet to Sing the Matchless Love
Musical Number: Testimony
Sisters Karen Moss, Olivia Tucker, Lacey Tervort, Marlynn Gardner, Kimberly Allred, Jenny Collins
Brothers: Justin Radley, Steven Russell, Scott Brown, Brent Lewis
Pianist: Sister Kelsey Hill
Musical Number: Gethsemane
Aspen 9th Ward Primary
Choristers: Sister Naomi Wagstaff and Brother Steven Russell
Pianist: Brother Sean Moss
Musical Number: When the Savior Comes Again
Sister Violet Russell and Brother Stockton Russell
Pianist: Sister Songhee Kwak
Musical Number: Peace in Christ
Brother Wes Hall and Brother Ian Hall
Pianist: Sister Bekah Ibarra
Musical Number: This Is the Christ
Friends and Family of Sister Cristina Valentini
Pianist: Sister Jenny Collins
Chorister: Sister Liz Maxfield
Musical Number: Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing, #1001
Impromptu Ward Choir
Organist: Brother William Wallace
Chorister: Sister Liz Maxfield
Congregation stand and join in verse 3
Speaker: Brother Lance Sincich
Closing Hymn: Hymn #136
I Know That My Redeemer Lives
Benediction: By Invitation
Testimony
I know that my Redeemer lives.
What comfort this sweet sentence gives!
He lives, He lives, who once was dead,
My ever-living Head.
He lives to bless me with His love,
To plead for me above.
He lives my hungry soul to feed,
To bless in time of need.
He lives to grant me rich supply.
He lives to guide me with His eye.
He lives to comfort me when faint,
To hear my soul’s complaint.
He lives to silence all my fears,
To wipe away my tears.
He lives to calm my troubled heart,
All blessings to impart.
He lives, my kind, wise heav’nly Friend.
He lives and loves me to the end.
He lives, and while He lives, I’ll sing,
My Prophet, Priest, and King.
He lives and grants me daily breath,
And I shall conquer death.
He lives my mansion to prepare,
to bring me safely there.
He lives! He lives!
Oh, sweet the joy this sentence gives!
He lives! All glory to his name,
My Savior, still the same.
Oh, sweet the joy this sentence gives,
Oh, sweet the joy this sentence gives,
Oh, sweet the joy this sentence gives:
I know that my Redeemer lives!
He lives! He lives!
Gethsemane
Jesus climbed the hill to the garden still.
His steps were heavy and slow.
Love and a prayer took Him there
To the place only He could go.
[Chorus] Gethsemane.
Jesus loves me,
So, He went willingly to Gethsemane.
He felt all that was sad, wicked, or bad,
All the pain we would ever know.
While His friends were asleep, He fought to keep
His promise made long ago.
Gethsemane.
Jesus loves me,
So, He went willingly to Gethsemane.
The hardest thing that ever was done,
The greatest pain that ever was known,
The biggest battle that ever was won—
This was done by Jesus!
The fight was won by Jesus!
Gethsemane.
Jesus loves me,
So, He gave His gift to me in Gethsemane.
Gethsemane. Jesus loves me,
So, He gives His gift to me from Gethsemane.
When the Savior Comes Again
When the Savior comes again,
He will cleanse the earth, and then in glory
He will reign as King of kings among all men.
Hate will cease and war will end;
Peace will dwell throughout the land;
The wolf shall feed together with the lamb.
Chorus:
Lift up your voice! Rejoice!
And prepare for that day!
Learn of the Lord and keep following His way.
No one knows the day and hour
when He will come again,
But He’ll return as scriptures say;
it will be a joyful day
When our beloved Savior comes again.
When that glorious day is here,
there will be no need to fear;
For Satan will be bound,
and Christ will reign a thousand years.
Death and pain will be no more;
hidden knowledge shall come forth
And ev’ry tongue confess that Christ is Lord!
Chorus
Peace in Christ
There is peace in Christ when lean of Him.
Feel the love He felt for us when He bore our sins.
Listen to His words, let them come alive.
If we know Him as he is, There is peace in Christ.
Chorus:
He gives us hope when hope is gone
He gives us strength when we can’t go on
He gives us shelter in the storms of life
When there’s no peace on earth, There is peace in Christ.
There is peace in Christ when we walk with Him
Through the streets of Galilee, to Jerusalem.
Mend the broken hearts, dry the tear-filled eyes.
When we live the way He lived,
There is peace in Christ.
Chorus
This Is the Christ
(This arrangement was sung at the Rome, Italy Temple Open House by many singing it today.)
They heard His voice, a voice so mild;
It pierced them through and made their souls to
quake;
They saw Him come, a man in white,
The Savior who had suffered for their sake.
They felt the wounds in hands and side,
And each could testify; This is the Christ;
Chorus:
This is the Christ, the holy Son of God,
Our Savior, Lord, Redeemer of mankind.
This is the Christ, the healer of our souls
Who ransomed us with love divine.
I read His words, the words He prayed
While bearing sorrow in Gethsemane;
I feel His love, the price He paid.
How many drops of blood were spilled for me?
With saints of old in joyful cry
I too can testify; This is the Christ;
Chorus
Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing
Come, Thou Fount of ev’ry blessing;
Tune my heart to sing Thy grace.
Streams of mercy, never ceasing,
Call for songs of loudest praise.
Teach me some melodious sonnet,
Sung by flaming tongues above.
Praise the mount; I’m fixed upon it:
Mount of Thy redeeming love.
Here I raise my Ebenezer;
Hither by Thy help I’m come.
And I hope, by Thy good pleasure,
Safely to arrive at home.
Prone to wander, Lord, I feel it,
Prone to leave the God I love.
Here’s my heart, O take and seal it;
Seal it for Thy courts above.
Jesus sought me when a stranger,
wand’ring from the fold of God;
He, to rescue me from danger,
interposed his precious blood.
Prone to wander, Lord, I feel it,
Prone to leave the God I love;
Here’s my heart, O take and seal it,
Seal it for thy courts above.
O to grace how great a debtor
daily I’m constrained to be!
Let thy goodness, like a fetter,
Bind my wan’dring heart to Thee.
Prone to wander, Lord, I feel it,
Prone to leave the God I love; Here’s my heart,
O take and seal it, Seal it for thy courts above.
Seal it for thy courts above.
When He suffered for our sins and weaknesses, died on the cross, and rose again, the Savior rewrote humanity’s story. Because of Him, we do not have to deal with our frailties, sins, and fears alone. Because of Him, death is not the end. Resurrection will come to all who have ever lived. Because of Him, families can be together forever. Because of Him, guilt becomes peace, regret becomes relief, and despair becomes hope. We are given second chances, clean slates, and new beginnings. Because of Jesus Christ, we celebrate Easter. And Easter is all about peace and hope.
During that first Easter season two millennia ago, the Lord suffered unspeakable agony in the Garden of Gethsemane and on the cross as He took upon Himself the sins and pains of all humankind. There in the garden bearing the Hebrew name of Gethsemane—meaning “oil press'—olives had been beaten and pressed to provide oil and food. There at Gethsemane, the Lord “suffered the pain of all men, that all ... might repent and come unto him” (Doctrine and Covenants 18:11). He took upon Himself the weight of the sins of all humankind, bearing its massive load that caused Him to bleed from every pore.
He was betrayed by the one He had called friend. He was arrested, scourged, mocked, and crucified. Upon the cross, the Savior of the world was lifted up. He gave His life as part of His atoning sacrifice. His subsequent Resurrection, His triumphant victory over the grave, is recorded in the holy scriptures: “But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the firstfruits of them that slept” (1 Corinthians 15:20).
~ President Russell M. Nelson