Fifth Sunday of Easter
PRELUDES
- Interlude – Henry Purcell , ed. S. Drummond Wolf
- Prelude in B minor – J. S. Bach, ed. Paul Thomas
- Come You Faithful Raise the Strain ‘Gaudeamus pariter’-arr. Jan Bender
LIGHTING THE CHRIST CANDLE & RINGING OF THE BELL
CALL TO WORSHIP:
One: God whispers to each of us: you are my beloved, created in love for love.
ALL: My spirit answers: Here I am, Lord. Speak to me anew.
One: God breathes on us the Holy Spirit, knitting many members into one body, the body of Christ.
ALL: Together we answer: Here we are Lord. Come, Holy Spirit.
One: God has yet more vision for the people. Who will work for God to extend God’s kingdom into our hurting world?
ALL: Here we are Lord. Empower us for your work.
One: God calls the small, ALL: and helps them do great things.
God calls the weak, ALL: and reveals their hidden gifts.
God calls the rejected, and opens their eyes to their worth.
ALL: Here we are Lord, humble and waiting.
One: Then let us gather, old and young, small and great, to dream God’s dreams, receive God’s power, and do God’s deeds.
ALL: Here we are Lord. Shine the light of your love on us. Kindle your Spirit within us. Work your redeeming will in us, that all the world may be one through the power of your love.
🎵 OPENING PRAISE: God is Here
WELCOME & ANNOUNCEMENTS
MINISTRY MINUTE: WHAM Team’s Art Reach
OPENING PRAYER
ASSURANCE OF FORGIVENESS
🎵 PRAISE OF PREPARATION : Be Still
CHILDREN HEAD TO CHURCH SCHOOL
SCRIPTURE Acts 3:1-10
SERMON
🎵 PRAISE OF RESPONSE: Open our Eyes
PASTORAL PRAYER & 🎵SUNG LORD’S PRAYER
JOYFULLY SHARING OUR GOD-GIVEN ABUNDANCE
Invitation to the Offering
🎵ANTHEM Behold the Beauty of the Lord – W. H. Anderson
🎵Doxology & Dedication of the Offering
🎵 CLOSING PRAISE: #717 We Cannot Own the Sunlit Sky
CHARGE & BENEDICTION
🎵SUNG 3-FOLD AMEN
🎵 POSTLUDE: The Kingship of Christ – arr. Eugene Butler
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