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April 28, 2024 Fifth 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 from 1 John 4:7-19
Leader: Let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. God is love.
All: This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him.
Leader: Dear friends, since God loved us so much, we also ought to love one another.
All: No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God lives in us.
Leader: We know that we live in him and he in us because he has given us his Spirit. We have seen and testify that the Father has sent his Son to be Savior of the world.
All: We love because he first loved us. God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in him, and love is made complete among us.
*The Hymn “The Church’s One Foundation” No. 115
(All Verses)
Call to Confession
Unison Prayer of Confession
Merciful God, you know when we are afraid to love; you know when we are too cowardly to show mercy. Remind us again that perfect love casts out such fear. Strengthen us with your perfect love in the face of our imperfections. Fill us with a love so strong, that we may cast aside selfishness and pride and embrace your vision and power. In Jesus’ name, Amen.
Silent Prayer of Confession
Assurance of Pardon Pastor
God is love. He loved us so much that he sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins. If anyone acknowledges that Jesus is the Son of God, God lives in him and he in God. In this way, love is made complete among us, and we will have confidence on the day of judgement.
*Hymn of the Month “Awesome God” Insert
Our Giving to the Lord Pastor
Jesus calls us to remain connected to him, bearing much fruit for the glory of God. May our offerings today show us to be true disciples, glorifying God by the fruit of our labors.
*Offertory, Doxology and Offertory Prayer
*The Hymn “Footprints of Jesus” No. 467
(All Verses)
Sharing of Blessings and Concerns, Pastoral Prayer Pastor
Followed by The Lord’s Prayer
First Scripture Reading Acts 8:26-40
Second Scripture Reading John 15:1-8
Leader: This is the Holy Word of the Lord.
People: Thanks be to God for His Holy Word.
Sermon “Bearing Fruit: The Mundane, the Messy, and the Glorious” Pastor
*The Hymn “I Have Decided to Follow Jesus” No. 427
(All Verses)
*Benediction
*Retrieval of the Light
Leader: The Peace of Christ be with you. People: And also with you.
*Postlude