PRELUDE/ENTRANCE
GREETING/ANNOUNCEMENTS
* SONG
“The Day of Resurrection” UMH 303
*CALL TO WORSHIP
Liturgist: Easter people, Christ is risen! People: Christ is risen indeed! Alleluia!
Liturgist: Christ is risen indeed! Yet we, like Thomas, may find questions bubbling up: How do we know? What’s the proof? Is Resurrection real? People: Within our questioning, Christ appears.
Liturgist: We may find ourselves like the other disciples, witnesses of Christ’s resurrection who struggle to understand the doubt of others. People: Within our certainty, Christ appears.
Liturgist: Whether you come to worship full of certainty or doubt, you are welcome here, for we are all participants in the story of God’s salvific work in the world, a story still unfolding all around us. ALL: We gather to worship, believing that in certainty and doubt, the resurrected Christ dwells among us! Amen.
Written by Dr. Lisa Hancock, Discipleship Ministries, September 2025.
OPENING PRAYER (Together)
God of the risen Jesus, we praise you for the great love that you have shown to redeem us by sending your Son, Jesus. Help us today to embrace the New Life that the resurrected Christ is giving us. A Life beyond our doubts, faith over fear, courage over confusion, belief over disbelief, and trust to follow your guidance. As we worship today, help us to feel the presence of resurrected Jesus in our midst, reminding us of your love and our purpose. Amen.
Written by Rev. Vinod Wesley and posted on the Worship Ways (United Church of Christ) website at https://www.ucc.org/worship-way/easter-2a-april-16/.
PRAYER OF CONFESSION
WORDS OF ASSURANCE
SHARING GOD’S PEACE
GOD SIGHTINGS AND SUPPLICATIONS
THE LORD’S PRAYER
PROCLAMATION AND RESPONSE
A TIME FOR CHILDREN
SPECIAL MUSIC
FIRST SCRIPTURE 1 Peter 1:3-9
*SECOND SCRIPTURE John 20:19-31
MESSAGE
RESPONSE TO THE WORD
*SONG OF RESPONSE
“Turn Your Eyes upon Jesus” UMH 349
*OFFERING OF OURSELVES
“The Nicene Creed” UMH 880
*DOXOLOGY UMH 95
*PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING
SENDING FORTH
*SONG OF DISMISSAL
“Love Divine, All Loves Excelling" UMH 384
*BENEDICTION
*PEACE “Shalom to You” UMH 666