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April 14, 2024 Third Sunday of Easter 10:30 A. M.
Announcements
Prelude Lighting of the Candles
Easter Greeting:
Leader: Alleluia! Christ is risen! People: He is risen indeed! Alleluia!
*Opening Prayer Pastor
*Call to Worship Responsive Reading
Leader: God has set apart the faithful for his service. The Righteous God hears us when we call to him.
All: God puts gladness in our hearts and minds. Because of Him, we will lie down in safety and sleep in peace.
Leader: Beloved, we are now God’s children. What we will be has not yet been revealed, but we trust in God’s faithfulness.
All: As we remember what Jesus has done for us, our faith strengthens us for each day’s living. We receive healing in his name. We trust God, whose children we are. We look forward to what God will reveal to us.
*The Hymn “Glory to His Name” No. 382
(All Verses)
Call to Confession
Unison Prayer of Confession
Merciful God, we confess that we have sinned against you in thought, word, and deed. We have not loved you with our whole heart, mind, and strength. We have not loved our neighbors as ourselves. We forget what it means to be children of God. In your mercy, forgive what we have been; help us amend what we are; and direct what we shall be, so that we may delight in your will and walk in your ways, to the glory of your holy name. Amen.
Silent Prayer of Confession
Assurance of Pardon Pastor
The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, the God of our fathers, has glorified his servant Jesus. Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God. By believing and repenting, we are healed and made whole, restored to life in His name.
*Hymn of the Month “Awesome God” Insert
Our Giving to the Lord Pastor
We give with joy, according to our faith, because repentance and forgiveness of sins is to be proclaimed in the name of Jesus Christ to all nations. May our gifts enable the transformation and healing of many lives.
*Offertory, Doxology and Offertory Prayer
*The Hymn “I Love Thy Kingdom, Lord” No. 135
(All Verses)
Sharing of Blessings and Concerns, Pastoral Prayer Pastor
Followed by The Lord’s Prayer
First Scripture Reading John 20:24-31
Second Scripture Reading 1 John 3:1-7
Leader: This is the Holy Word of the Lord.
People: Thanks be to God for His Holy Word.
Sermon “Believing, Repenting, Becoming… a Child of God” Pastor
*The Hymn “O How He Loves You and Me” No. 254
(All Verses)
*Benediction
*Retrieval of the Light
Leader: The Peace of Christ be with you. People: And also with you.
*Postlude