PRELUDE/ENTRANCE/LIFE OF THE CHURCH
*OPENING SONG
"Up from the Grave He Arose" UMH 322
*CALL TO WORSHIP
Liturgist: Easter people, in the midst of our questions and doubts, Jesus answers: People: I am the way, the truth, and the life.
Liturgist: In the midst of our worry and distress, Jesus assures us: People: I am the way, the truth, and the life.
Liturgist: In the midst of misinformation, confusion, and distrust, Jesus reminds us: People: I am the way, the truth, and the life.
Liturgist: In the midst of dead ends and impossible challenges, Jesus shows us: People: I am the way, the truth, and the life.
Liturgist: Come, let us worship as we learn to follow Christ, our way, our truth, and our life. ALL: Come, let us worship! Thanks be to God! Amen.
Written by Dr. Lisa Hancock, Discipleship Ministries, October 2025.
*Opening Prayer
Ever-gracious, Way-Making God, we celebrate the gifts of your Spirit. You have not fed us a diet of shame or shrinking, but with the milk of your truth, you have made us strong and faithful servants of Christ. You call us to take up the mantle of justice and to follow wherever faith leads us. You fill us with strength and hope, and you invite us to share in the cost and joys of discipleship. You promise us splendor and beauty in this life and in the world to come. Meet us here, we pray, that your word will be fulfilled in our hearing and that your Spirit will fill us with courage. Amen.
Written by Rev. Elizabeth Dilley on the Worship Ways (United Church of Christ) website at https://www.ucc.org/worship-way/easter_5_may_10/.
PRAYER OF CONFESSION
WORDS OF ASSURANCE
SHARING GOD’S PEACE
JOYS AND CONCERNS
PROCLAMATION AND RESPONSE
A TIME FOR CHILDREN
SPECIAL MUSIC
EPISTLE LESSON 1 Peter 2:2-10
*GOSPEL LESSON John 14:1-14
MESSAGE
RESPONSE TO THE WORD
SONG OF RESPONSE
“Christ Has Risen" TFWS 2115
*OFFERING OF OURSELVES
*DOXOLOGY UMH 95
*PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING
HOLY COMMUNION
GREAT THANKSGIVING UMH 15
THE LORD’S PRAYER
SHARING THE BREAD AND CUP
SENDING FORTH
*SONG OF DISMISSAL
“Christ the Lord is Risen Today” UMH 302
*BENEDICTION
*PEACE
“God Be with You till We Meet Again” UMH 672
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