Order of Worship

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GATHERING MUSIC                                                                            Mallory Pickering

SPECIAL MUSIC                                                                                                    The Choir

                        Medley …. “Easter Song” and “Up From the Grave He Arose”

 WELCOME and ANNOUNCEMENTS                              Miriam Malone, Lay Leader

* SHARING THE PEACE                                                                   The Congregation

CENTERING MUSIC                                                                         Mallory Pickering

CONNECTING                                                                                             Rev. Beth Miller

BRINGING IN THE LIGHT OF CHRIST                                                   The Acolytes

*HYMN OF PRAISE                        Christ the Lord Is Risen Today           UMH No. 302

GREETING                                                                                                      Miriam Malone

            In fact Christ has been raised from the dead, the first fruits of those who have died.

PRAYER       Almighty God, through Jesus Christ you overcame death and opened to us the gate of everlasting life. Grant that we, who celebrate the day of our Lord’s resurrection, may, by the renewing of your Spirit arise from the death of sin to the life of righteousness; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

*AFFIRMATION OF FAITH, THE APOSTLES’ CREED                           UMH No. 881

*GLORIA PATRI                  GLORY BE TO THE FATHER                       UMH No. 70

EPISTLE LESSON             1 Corinthians 15:19-26                                       Chris Todd

CONGREGATIONAL PRAYER and THE LORD’S PRAYER                    The Pastor

*HYMN OF PREPARATION         In the Garden                                        UMH No. 314

THE OFFERING OF OUR GIFTS and TITHES

            OFFERTORY PRAYER                                                    Rev. Percy Campbell

            * DOXOLOGY          Praise God, from Whom All Blessing Flow           UMH 94

SPECIAL MUSIC                 Mallory Pickering and Miriam Malone                        Duet

GOSPEL LESSON                          Luke 24: 1-12

SERMON                                         Amazed                                          Rev. Beth Miller

* HYMN OF RESPONSE               Up from the Grave He Arose              UMH No. 322  

BENEDICTION   The Lord bless you and keep you; the Lord make his face to shine upon you, and be gracious to you; the Lord lift up his countenance upon you, and give you peace.

                                                                                                                                                                Numbers 6: 24-26

* RECESSIONAL MUSIC              Seek Ye First                                    UMH No. 405

POSTLUDE

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“O God, our Father, at Easter time we remember the great hope of eternal life which you have set before us, and we feel within our hearts the longings for goodness and for you. Grant that nothing may hinder the hope of eternal life from coming true, and the desire for goodness and for you from being realized.” (From Prayers for the Christian year by William Barclay, and also from A Guide to Prayer for Ministers and Other Servants, p.146)