PRELUDE/ENTRANCE
GREETING/ANNOUNCEMENTS
*OPENING SONG
"We, Thy People, Praise Thee" UMH 67
*CALL TO WORSHIP (based on Acts 4:1-12)
Liturgist: Easter people, we have been saved by the Risen Christ, the life-giving Vine. People: We abide in Love, the life-giving Vine.
Liturgist: We are branches of the Vine—sustained, nurtured, and pruned by Love. People: We have no life apart from Love, the life-giving Vine.
Liturgist: When we make our home in the Vine, and the Vine makes a home in us, we bear the fruit of Love. People: We produce the fruit of Love, the life-giving Vine.
Liturgist: Easter people, how shall we bear the fruit of Love, the life-giving Vine? ALL: We will love and learn to love as we rest, play, work, and build community with God and one another. Amen.
Written by Dr. Lisa Hancock, Discipleship Ministries, November 2023.
OPENING PRAYER
O God, the King of glory, you have exalted your only Son Jesus Christ with great triumph to your kingdom in heaven. Do not leave us comfortless, but send us your Holy Spirit to strengthen us, and exalt us to that place where our Savior Christ has gone before; who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit one God, in glory everlasting. Amen.
(THE BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER, U.S.A., 1979, p. 226)
PRAYER OF CONFESSION
WORDS OF ASSURANCE
SHARING GOD’S PEACE
JOYS AND CONCERNS
PROCLAMATION AND RESPONSE
A TIME FOR CHILDREN
SPECIAL MUSIC Choir
FIRST SCRIPTURE John 15:1-8
SECOND SCRIPTURE Matthew 6:25
MESSAGE Jane O’Connell
RESPONSE TO THE WORD
*SONG OF RESPONSE
"Heal Me, Hands of Jesus" UMH 262
PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE
THE LORD’S PRAYER
*OFFERING OF OURSELVES
*”The Nicene Creed” UMH 880
*DOXOLOGY UMH 95
*PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING
SENDING FORTH
*SONG OF DISMISSAL
"Near to the Heart of God" UMH 472
*BENEDICTION
*PEACE “God Be with You till We Meet Again” UMH 672
Verse 1
*Please stand as you are able