Worship Service

 

April 27, 2025

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Welcome/Announcements
Prelude

*All standing in body or spirit

Centering Words: Let all creation proclaim and rejoice: Christ is risen. Overcoming death, he is the Alpha and Omega, the powerful beginning and end of all things, the one who is and was and is to come.

 

*Call to Worship (congregation reads bold):
With trumpet sounds and singing hearts,

we come to praise the Lord.

As faithful witnesses of Christ’s grace and love,

we come to praise the Lord.

Coming here with our doubts and our faith,

we come to praise the Lord.

*Opening Prayer:
God of mystery and miracles, breathe your peace upon us. Reveal your presence, as we look for you each day. Strengthen our faith and our trust, as we pray for miracles for one another and for all of your creation. Amen

*Call to Confession:
Loving Christ, you welcomed Thomas’ questions, even his doubts. Welcome us, too, with your grace and your love. Offer your hand of forgiveness and show us the truth of your presence. Fill us with the power of your love, that your grace, forgiveness, and love may flow freely to others. In gratitude and joy, we pray. Amen.
 

*Prayer of Confession (in unison):
Answer us, O God, as we turn to you for mercy and strength. Listen to the yearnings of our hearts and the regrets of our lives. Comfort us in our distress and pour your grace into our lives. Redeem us with your love, that we might rise with Christ, newborn and vibrantly alive. Grant us the confidence to witness to your life-giving love. Amen.

*Words of Assurance:
In grace, we are forgiven. In love, we are freed. In Christ, peace and assurance are ours.  

 

*Hymn: Easter People Raise Your Voices #304

*Gloria Patri #70

Scripture Reading: Acts 5: 27-32

Children’s Sermon

Gospel Lesson:  John 20: 19-31

Sermon

Hymn:  Because He Lives #364
 

God Moments

Prayer Concerns
Pastoral Prayer
Silent Prayer

The Lord’s Prayer (in unison)  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. Amen.

Offertory:  (The offering plate is in the back of the sanctuary)
*Doxology                         #95                          

*Offering Prayer

*Hymn:  He Lives #310

*Benediction
*Response: Let There Be Peace on Earth #431
Postlude