PRELUDE/ENTRANCE/LIFE OF THE CHURCH
*OPENING SONG
"O God, Our Help in Ages Past" UMH 117
*CALL TO WORSHIP
Liturgist: Easter people, Christ has completed the work of salvation, reconciling us to God so that we may know eternal life. People: Through Christ, we are made one with God.
Liturgist: In life, death, and Resurrection, Christ guides us into eternal life with God here and now. People: Through Christ, we are made one in God.
Liturgist: Through prayer and teaching, healing and serving, Christ draws us together as the people of God, diverse members of the one body. People: Through Christ, we are made one with God and one another.
Liturgist: So, come; let us worship God who saves us into eternal life with God and one another! ALL: Thanks be to God! Amen.
Written by Dr. Lisa Hancock, Discipleship Ministries, October 2025.
*Opening Prayer
Almighty God, through your only Son you overcame death and opened to us the gate of everlasting life. Grant that we, who celebrate our Lord's resurrection, by the renewing of your Spirit, arise from the death of sin to the life of righteousness; through the same Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
(GELASIAN SACRAMENTARY, 5TH CENT., ALT.)PRAYER OF CONFESSION
WORDS OF ASSURANCE
SHARING GOD’S PEACE
GOD SIGHTINGS AND INTERCESSIONS
THE LORD’S PRAYER
PROCLAMATION AND RESPONSE
A TIME FOR CHILDREN
SPECIAL MUSIC
*GOSPEL LESSON John 17:1-11
EPISTLE LESSON 1 Peter 4:12-14; 5:6-11
MESSAGE Jane O’Connell
RESPONSE TO THE WORD
SONG OF RESPONSE
“God Will Take Care of You" UMH 130
*OFFERING OF OURSELVES
*THE APOSTLES CREED UMH 881
*DOXOLOGY UMH 95
*PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING
SENDING FORTH
*SONG OF DISMISSAL
”Stand By Me” UMH 512
*BENEDICTION
*PEACE
“God Be with You till We Meet Again” UMH 672
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