The Order of Worship for the Lord’s Day
The Second Sunday of the Resurrection + April 28, 2019
The Third Sunday of the Resurrection + May 5, 2018
The Fourth Sunday of the Resurrection + May 12, 2018
The Fifth Sunday of the Resurrection + May 19, 2018
The Sixth Sunday of the Resurrection + May 26, 2018
The Seventh Sunday of the Resurrection + June 2, 2018
GATHERING
Gathering Music:
Welcome & Announcements
Entrance Song: “Christ Has Risen While Earth Slumbers” (verse 1) ——/231
Call to Worship
The time is fulfilled,
the Kingdom of God has drawn near,
Repent, and believe the good news. Mark 1:15
Opening Prayer
God of grace:
unto whom all hearts are open,
from whom no secrets are hid,
cleanse the thoughts of our hearts
by the inspiration of your Holy Spirit
that we may perfectly love you
and worthily magnify your holy name.
Amen.
Prayer of the Day
4/28
Almighty and eternal God,
the strength of those who believe
and the hope of those who doubt:
may we who have not seen,
have faith and receive
the fullness of Christ’s blessing,
who is alive and reigns with you
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
One God, now and forever.
Amen.
5/5
Almighty God:
through your only Son you over came death
and opened to us the gate of everlasting life.
Grant that we who celebrate our Lord’s resurrection.
may. through the renewing of your Spirit,
arise from the death of sin to the life of righteousness;
through the same Jesus Christ our Lord,
who lives and reigns with you
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
One God, now and forever.
Amen.
5/12
Almighty God:
you sent Jesus, our Good Shepherd,
to gather us together.
May we not wander from his flock,
but follow where he leads us,
listening for his voice and staying near him,
until we are safely in your fold,
to live with you forever;
through Jesus Christ our Lord,
who lives and reigns with you
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
One God, now and forever.
Amen.
5/19
O God:
form the minds of our faithful into a single will.
Make us one what you command
and desire what you promise,
that, amid all the changes of this world,
our hearts maybe fixed where true joy is found;
through Jesus Christ our Lord,
who lives and reigns with you
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
One God, now and forever.
Amen.
5/26
O God:
you have prepared for those who love you
joys beyond our understanding.
Pour into our hearts such love for you,
that, love you above all else,
we may obtain your promises,
which exceed all that we can desire;
through Jesus Christ our Lord,
who lives and reigns with you
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
One God, now and forever.
Amen.
6/2
O God:
your Son, Jesus,
prayed for his disciples,
and sent them into the world
to proclaim the coming of your Kingdom.
By your Holy Spirit,
hold the church in unity,
and keep it faithful to your Word,
so that, breaking bread together,
we may be one with Christ
in faith and love and service,
now and forever.
Amen.
Filling the Baptismal Font
Do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus
were baptized into his death?
Therefore we have been buried with him by baptism into death,
so that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father,
so we too might walk in newness of life. Romans 6:3, 4
In baptism God claims us
and seals us to show that we belong to God.
God frees us from sin and death,
uniting us with Jesus Christ
in his death and resurrection.
By water and the Holy Spirit
we are gathered into the church, the body of Christ,
and sent out into the world
with the good news of Christ’s love, peace, and justice.
Remember your baptism, and be thankful!
*Hymn:
4/28 “Jesus Shall Reign Where’er the Sun” 423/265
5/5 “Bring Many Names” ——/760
5/12 “The Strife Is O’er” 119/236
5/19 “That Easter Day with Joy Was Bright” 121/254
5/26 “Because You Live, O Christ” 105/249
6/2 “Come, Christians, Join to Sing” 150/267
Prayer for Wholeness
4/28
O Christ our God:
You defeat death by death!
We clam up and say nothing.
You deliver us from death to life!
We scoff in disbelief.
You reveal the truth of your love for us!
We want proof.
You give us wings!
We crawl around in the dirt.
You make us whole!
We prefer the sour security
of our fear, shame, and anger.
You make all things new!
We want things to be the way they used to be.
You make us one in you!
We would rather have competitors and enemies.
You set us free from sin and death!
But we like it here in this familiar tomb.
You roll away the stone crushing our hearts!
Open our eyes to your saving presence.
You call us out of the darkness, into your light!
May we respond with joy and delight,
risking all to dance in the glory of your love!
5/5 , 5/12, 5/19, 5/26
Great God of life:
you give us the key to new life,
you open us up to a new way of being.
Reform us, O God;
reveal our true nature.
After the time of our disintegration;
after all the losses and closings;
after all the cutbacks and costs:
You reassemble us according to the pattern of Christ:
the true Human and the true God.
You reveal our destiny and our origin
as people made in your Image.
What we used to be is gone forever,
and that is good!
Our true nature is emerging in us!
Who we will be is far greater than we can imagine!
6/2
God of Love and welcome:
you give us the “highest” and most inclusive vision of all.
In Christ we see our unity with all of life and all people.
In Christ we see that there are no “others,”
just different manifestations of blessing and glory.
In his Ascension he does not go away, but within.
He does not abandon us, but makes us participants in your nature.
Therefore, in Christ, we are people of compassion and empathy,
all suffering is our suffering,
all joy is our joy.
We cherish every life as a miracle of grace and love;
we honor every soul as a gift of light.
For in you we are one,
and we are lost in wonder, joy, and praise!
Invocation of the Trinity
God of Life and Freedom:
In raising Jesus Christ from the dead,
you show us our own true nature and destiny.
For all will be made alive in Christ!
He reveals your Image,
the True Humanity we share with him.
And, at the same time, all your fullness dwells in him.
Through him you created all things,
through him you reconcile to yourself all things,
through him you sustain us in your life.
On the cross he identifies
with all the lynched and the colonized,
the tortured and the incarcerated,
the executed and the sacrificed,
the abandoned and the disenfranchised.
But by his resurrection he defeats the power of evil,
neutralizing human violence,
delivering us from death to life eternal,
restoring your Image in each of us,
and revealing the blessing and goodness,
the joy and the beauty
at the heart of all that is.
So he reconciles us to you, to each other,
and to every creature under heaven.
We live now in faith, hope, and love,
in peace, blessing, and joy,
as he frees us to come to you,
so that you may be all in all.
Amen.
We join in the dance of the Trinity
as we stand and sing together:
“Sing we to our God above:”
*Gloria: “Jesus Christ Is Risen Today!” (verse 4) 123/232
TF *Procession of the Word
TF A child processes into the Sanctuary carrying a Bible, as the people sing the Gloria.
*The Peace
Christ is in the midst of us.
He is and ever shall be.
May the grace and peace of Christ our God be with all of you.
And also with you.
The people exchange words and signs of God’s peace.
*Response: “Halle-, Halle-, Halleluia” ——/591
Halle-, Halle-, Halleluia!
Halle-, Halle-, Halleluia!
Halle-, Halle-, Halleluia!
Halleluia!
Halleluia!
THE WORD
TF (Our young disciples depart to continue worship and learning downstairs.)
Prayer for Understanding
Enlighten our hearts and minds by your Word, O God.
Open our eyes to the truth of your saving love, revealed in Scripture,
Move our legs to walk in your way of peace.
Open our hands to do your work,
and our arms to welcome others in your name.
For you are the enlightening of our souls and bodies, O Christ our God,
and to you we give glory, now and forever.
Amen.
Hebrew Scriptures
4/28 2 Kings 7:1-16
5/5 Isaiah 61:1-3
5/12 Isaiah 53:1-6
5/19 Leviticus 19:9-18
5/26 Deuteronomy 34:1-12
6/2 2 Kings 2:1-15
Psalm
4/28 2
5/5 30
5/12 114
5/19 148
5/26 67 “O God, Show Mercy to Us” 202/341
6/2 97
New Testament
4/28 Revelation 6:1-8
5/5 Revelation 6:9-17
5/12 Revelation 7:1-17
5/19 Revelation 8:1-13
5/26 Revelation 9:1-12
6/2 Revelation 9:13-21
Sermon
*Affirmation of Faith, The Nicene Creed (Ecumenical, p. 15/p. 34)
Prayers of God’s Creation and People
Response: Living God, Hear our prayer.
We offer our prayers through Christ,
who is risen from the dead,
who lives and reigns forever,
and prays for us in heaven.
Through Christ, we pray for the church…
Let use people of joy, living witnesses
to the power of the resurrection
and the good news of your grace and peace.
Living God,
Hear our prayer.
Through Christ, we pray for the earth…
raise up your new creation,
full of beauty, wonder, and glory.
Living God,
Hear our prayer.
Through Christ, we pray for all nations…
Let the message of your saving power
spread throughout the world:
that the dominion of death is no more.
Living God,
Hear our prayer.
Through Christ, we pray for this community…
Let the doors of this church be open wide
as we go forth in love and service
and others come in to find a home.
Living God,
Hear our prayer.
Through Christ, we pray for loved ones…
Give hope to those who wait for good news.
Turn their mourning into dancing,
and their sorrow into joy.
Living God,
Hear our prayer.
Rejoicing in God’s promise of new creation,
let us pray to the Maker of heaven and earth:
Specific intercessions are added here.
Gracious God, keep us working and praying
for the coming of your holy realm of peace,
when we will share abundant life with you:
through Jesus Christ, our risen Lord.
Help, save, comfort, and defend us, gracious Lord.
In the communion of all the saints,
we commend ourselves, one another,
and our whole life to you, O Christ our God,
and to you we render glory,
now and forever.
Amen.
THANKSGIVING
Offering
The Earth is the Lords and the fullness thereof,
the world and all that dwell therein. Psalm 24:1
Offertory Music: “”
*Doxology: “Alleluia, Alleluia! Give Thanks” (verse 1) 106/240
Invitation to the Lord’s Table
According to Luke,
when our risen Lord was at table with his disciples,
when our risen Lord was at table with his disciples,
he took the bread, and blessed and broke it,
and gave it to them.
Then their eyes were opened
and they recognized him. Luke 24:30, 31
and gave it to them.
Then their eyes were opened
and they recognized him. Luke 24:30, 31
This is the Lord’s table.
Our Savior invites those who trust in him
to share in the feast
which he has prepared.
Communion Preface
Gracious God:
we lift up our hearts to you in deep gratitude.
In the resurrection of Jesus Christ
we are liberated from the bonds of sin and the fear of death
to share the glorious freedom of your children.
In his uprising you promise eternal life to all who trust and follow him.
For he makes us by grace what he is by nature:
participants in your divine and eternal life.
We praise you that as we break bread in faith,
we shall know the risen Christ with, within, and among us.
Sanctus
And so we join our voices
with those of all your people
in every time and place,
in the angels’ song of praise to you:
Holy, holy, holy Lord
God of power and might.
Heaven and earth are full of your glory
Hosanna in the highest!
Blessed is he,
O blessed is he
who comes in the name of the Lord!
Hosanna in the highest,
Hosanna in the highest!
Eucharistic Prayer & the Lord’s Prayer (Traditional, p. 16/p. 35)
God, our Creator, Redeemer, and Sustainer:
You breathed the whole universe into being.
You loved your creation so much
that you gave your only Son
so that whoever places their wholehearted trust in him
should not perish, but have eternal life.
On that last night just before he gave his life for the life of the world,
he took bread, blessed it, broke it,
and gave it to his disciples,
saying, “This is my body. Do this in remembrance of me.”
And he took the cup of wine.
After giving thanks he shared it with them,
saying, “This is the new covenant in my blood.
Whenever you drink it, remember me.”
And so we do remember him,
the One in whom true humanity is realized
once and for all.
Pour out your Holy Spirit upon us
and upon these your gifts,
making the bread we break
and the cup we bless the true and full communion
in the body and blood of Jesus Christ.
Remembering, therefore,
this command of the Savior,
we celebrate this holy Sacrament
on behalf of all and for all.
O God,
like chicks fed by a mother-bird,
so our mouths are open to receive you.
And so we are bold to pray in the words Jesus taught us,
saying: Our Father….
The Holy Communion of the People of God
With hearts trusting in an awesome God,
come to the Table.
Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord.
Receive the Body of Christ:
taste the fountain of immortality.
Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!
The people come to the Table to share in Christ’s body and blood by intinction:
taking a piece of bread, dipping it into the cup, and eating it.
(The cup contains non-alcoholic juice.)
TF Those who wish to pray with the pastor before or after communion
may meet with him to the side.
May the Body and Blood of Christ our God bring you to everlasting life. Amen.
Communion Music
Closing Prayer
O God, your life infuses us and fills us,
energizing every part of us,
empowering us to share together in your mission,
showing your love and justice in all we do.
Send us out into your world as bearers of the good news
of your saving love for the whole world.
Guide us in forming a community of peace
through which we may witness to and share your love
here and everywhere.
We have seen the True Light!
We have received the heavenly Spirit!
We have found the true Faith
in the undivided and life-giving Trinity
who has saved us!
Amen.
*Hymn:
4/28 “Hear the Good News of Salvation” 355/441
5/5 “When Peace Like a River” ——/840
5/12 “In the Bulb, There Is a Flower” ——/250
5/19 “Alleluia! Sing to Jesus” 144/260
5/26 “Will You Come and Follow Me” ——/726
6/2 “Blessing and Honor” 369/147
SENDING
*Charge
Brothers and sisters,
Be at peace among yourselves.
Encourage the faint-hearted, help the weak,
be patient with all of them.
See that none of you repays evil for evil,
but always seek to do good to one another and to all.
Rejoice always,
pray without ceasing,
give thanks in all circumstances;
for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.
Do not quench the Spirit.
Do not despise the words of prophets,
but test everything;
hold fast to what is good;
abstain from every form of evil. From 1 Thessalonians 5:12-22
*Benediction
And now may the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ,
the love of God,
and the communion of the Holy Spirit
be with you all. 2 Corinthians 13:13
*Choral Benediction: “Goodness Is Stronger Than Evil” ——/750
*Dismissal
*Postlude:
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