PRELUDE/ENTRANCE
GREETING/ANNOUNCEMENTS
* SONG
“Love Divine, All Loves Excelling” UMH 384
*CALL TO WORSHIP
Liturgist: Out of the shadows of grief and the weight of our burdens, Jesus calls us by name.
People: We come, trusting the One who is the Resurrection and the Life.
Liturgist: When hope feels sealed behind a stone, Christ stands before us and commands, “Take away the stone.”
People: We open our hearts to the God who brings life out of death and light out of darkness.
Liturgist: When we feel bound by fear, doubt, or despair, Jesus speaks again: “Unbind them, and let them go.”
People: We step forward in faith, ready to be freed, ready to be renewed, ready to live.
All: We worship the God who calls us from death to life, from sorrow to joy, from despair to hope. Blessed be the Lord, who makes all things new.
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OPENING PRAYER (Together)
God of life and hope, you meet us in our grief, our questions, and our waiting. Speak again your word of resurrection. Roll away the stones that weigh on our hearts, unbind us from all that keeps us from living fully, and call us into the light of your new creation. By Your Spirit, awaken our faith and draw us into the joy of your risen life. In Jesus’ name, Amen.
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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 Ezekiel 37:1-14
*SECOND SCRIPTURE John 11:1-45
MESSAGE
RESPONSE TO THE WORD
*SONG OF RESPONSE
“Breathe on Me, Breath of God” UMH 420
*OFFERING OF OURSELVES
“The Nicene Creed” UMH 880
*DOXOLOGY UMH 95
*PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING
SENDING FORTH
*SONG OF DISMISSAL
“I Want to Walk as a Child of the Light" UMH 206
*BENEDICTION
*PEACE “Shalom to You” UMH 666
*Please stand as you are able