Bulletin
April 12, 2009
Easter Sunday
The Day of Resurrection
The Gathering of God's People
Announcements
Joys and Concerns
Greeting one another in Christian Love
Our Worship Begins
Prelude and lighting of the Altar Candles
*Call to Worship
L: Christ is risen!
P: Christ is risen indeed!
L: The bonds of sin and death are broken.
P: We are prisoners no more. In Christ we are free!
L: Praise the Lord!
P: Alleluia! Amen.
*Hymn
Joy to the World
UMH 246
Affirming our Faith
Introduction to the Affirmation of Faith ("Faith"
by Ann Weems p 55 Searching for Shalom)
Affirmation of Faith
We believe in God who created us and loved us into being.
Who continues to create and who seeks relationship with those
he has created. We believe in Jesus, lover of humankind,
who walked the earth that we might know how to live and how to
die and how to be raised to eternal life. We believe in
the Holy Spirit as God's presence which dwells within us-which
grants us wisdom, strength and comfort. We believe that
we are called to an active witness of God's love and transformation
in our lives so that others may see our lives and also be transformed.
Amen.
Preparation for Giving (Ann Weems, Searching for
Shalom)
L: O Lord, forgive our fears that so stifle our stewardship.
Forgive our giving in and our giving up instead of giving ourselves
to Christ's mission of love. Remind us that our hope is
in standing up and risking, in taking our stewardship seriously.
Help us to remember, O Lord, that the stewardship question is
not really, How much will we give? The stewardship question
is, How will we spend what we have been given? We pray
it will be faithfully and cheerfully. Amen.
Offertory
*Doxology UMH 95
Prayer of Thanksgiving:
O God, on this Easter Sunday we celebrate your resurrection
and our passing from death to life. We rejoice in your
love, in your grace, in your forgiveness. We pray O God
that you will bless these gifts, freely given; that you will
use them to build your kingdom on earth; and that you will bless
those who give. For all of this and more, we thank you
O God. Amen.
*Hymn
Up from the Grave He Arose
UMH 322
Remembering Who We Are: Caring for our Community
Prayers of the People
Lord's Prayer:
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.
Prayer Response
He Is Lord UMH 177
He is Lord, he is Lord!
He is risen from the dead and he is Lord!
Every knee shall bow, every tongue confess that
Jesus Christ is Lord.
*Hymn
Christ the Lord is Risen Today v.1-4
UMH 302 (Bazaar)
Celebrating God's Word and God's Love
Children's Time - Hokey-Pokey
Gospel Lesson - John 20:1-18 Acts 10:34-43
Sermon - Ecstasy, Can I Be Here All the Time?
*Hymn - Lord of the Dance
UMH 261
Going Forth to Serve
*Benediction
Lectionary readings for next week:
Acts 4:32-35
Psalm 133
1 John 1:1-2:2
John 20:19-31
Passages for Lectio Divina:
May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you
trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power
of the Holy Spirit. Romans 15:13
Be joyful always; pray continually; give thanks in all circumstances,
for this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus. 1 Thessalonians
5:16-18
If you obey my commands, you will remain in my love, just
as I have obeyed my Father's commands and remain in his love.
I have told you this so that my joy may be in you and that your
joy may be complete. My command is this: Love each other as I
have loved you. John 15:10-12
Is any one of you in trouble? He should pray.
Is anyone happy? Let him sing songs of praise. James
5:13
Never be lacking in zeal, but keep your spiritual fervor, serving
the Lord. Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful
in prayer. Romans 12:11-12
Then Peter began to speak: "I now realize how true it
is that God does not show favoritism but accepts those from every
nation who fear him and do what is right. Acts 10:34-35
All the prophets testify about [Jesus] that everyone who believes
in him receives forgiveness of sins through his name."
Acts 10:43
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