PRELUDE/ENTRANCE
GREETING/ANNOUNCEMENTS
*OPENING SONG
"Christ the Lord Is Risen Today" UMH 302
*CALL TO WORSHIP
Liturgist: The tomb is dark, but empty. People: The one you are looking for has overcome the darkness. Liturgist: The stone has been rolled away. People: The one you are looking for has overcome death. Liturgist: The burial clothes are put aside. People: The one you are looking for is alive! Liturgist: Christ is Risen! ALL: Christ is Risen Indeed! Let us worship our Risen Savior! Written by Rev. Mindi on her Rev-o-lution blog, http://rev-o-lution.org/. Re-posted on the re:Worship blog at https://re-worship.blogspot.com/2014/04/easter-call-to-worship.html.
OPENING PRAYER (Together)
Liturgist: “Christ is Risen!” ALL: “He is risen indeed!”
ALL: We repeat our Easter shouts of surprise and joy again and again, for news of your victory over powers of death and evil is news so startling, so amazing so different from the news that bombards us day by day. Beyond our comprehension you startle us again and again with resurrection Life, bringing grace and hope and joy.
You, in your risen power, are shaping all our days, and so we praise you, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Amen.
Written by Christine Jerrett, and posted on Christine Jerrett: Reflections on being the Church in God’s new creation. http://christinejerrett.wordpress.com/tag/prayer/. Re-posted on the re:Worship blog at https://re-worship.blogspot.com/2014/04/a-prayer-for-easter-sunday.html.
PRAYER OF CONFESSION
WORDS OF ASSURANCE
SHARING GOD’S PEACE
JOYS AND CONCERNS
PROCLAMATION AND RESPONSE
A TIME FOR CHILDREN
SPECIAL MUSIC
FIRST SCRIPTURE Acts 10:34-43
SECOND SCRIPTURE Mark 16:1-8
MESSAGE “Who Will Roll Away the Stone?”
RESPONSE TO THE WORD
*SONG OF RESPONSE
"Up from the Grave He Arose" UMH 322
PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE
THE LORD’S PRAYER
*OFFERING OF OURSELVES
*”Jesus Loves Me” UMH 191
*DOXOLOGY UMH 95
*PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING
SENDING FORTH
*SONG OF DISMISSAL
"He Lives!" UMH 310
*BENEDICTION
*PEACE “God Be with You til We Meet Again” UMH 672
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