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9:00AM/10:30AM Services

April 27, 2025

SERVICE FOR THE LORD’S DAY

Sunday, April 27, 2025 9:00AM & 10:30AM PLEASE SILENCE OR PLACE YOUR CELL PHONE ON VIBRATE.

GATHERING

PRELUDE

WORDS OF WELCOME

MINUTE FOR MISSION Chaplaincy for the Homeless, Mission Breakfast Rick Weber

*CALL TO WORSHIP (Romans 10:9-10)

Leader: If you confess with your mouth, People: “Jesus is Lord,” Leader: And believe in your heart, People: That God raised Him from the dead, Leader: You will be saved. For it is with your heart People: That you believe and are justified, Leader: And it is with your mouth, People: That you confess and are saved.

Leader: Let us worship Christ as Lord and Savior, and turn to Him in prayer.

*PRAYER OF INVOCATION

*HYMN Rejoice the Lord Is King

*AFFIRMATION OF FAITH (Apostles’ Creed)

I believe in God the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth, And in Jesus Christ, His only Son, our Lord, who was conceived by the Holy Ghost, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, dead, and buried; He descended into hell; the third day He rose again from the dead; He ascended into heaven, and sitteth on the right hand of God the Father Almighty; from thence He shall come to judge the quick and the dead. I believe in the Holy Ghost, The holy catholic church, The communion of saints, The forgiveness of sins, The resurrection of the body, And the life everlasting. Amen.

*GLORY BE TO THE FATHER

PRAYER OF CONFESSION

Like so many others, Lord, there are times when we sing Your praises, but follow from a distance. We welcome You as long as You fit our expectations and answer our every whim. We are quick to point out the shortcomings of others, so as to excuse our own faults. Forgive us, Lord, and help us to become true disciples of Christ. Amen.

ASSURANCE OF PARDON (2 Corinthians 5:17)

Leader: If anyone is in Christ, they are a new creation; the old has passed away. Behold, the new has come. Therefore, let us assure one another of God’s pardon. All: In Jesus Christ, we are forgiven. Thanks be to God.

PRAYER OF ILLUMINATION

Spirit of God, speak once again through the Words of Scripture that our listening ears may hear Your voice. Help us to place Your Word in our minds, treasure it in our hearts, choose it with our wills, and live it through our bodies. In Christ’s name we pray. Amen.

SCRIPTURE

1 Corinthians 15:20-28 Page 1640 Pew Bible

Leader: This is the word of the Lord.

All: Thanks be to God!

PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE

THE LORD’S PRAYER

Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be Thy name. Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For Thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory forever. Amen.

*HYMN

Up from the Grave He Arose

OFFERTORY

I’ve Just Seen Jesus

Susan Reed and Patti Windes

We knew He was dead

It is finished, He said

We had watched as His life ebbed away

Then we all stood around

‘Til the guards took Him down

Joseph begged for His body that day

It was late afternoon

When we got to the tomb

Wrapped His body

And sealed up the grave

So I know how you feel

His death was so real

But please listen and hear what I say

I’ve just seen Jesus

I tell you He’s alive

I’ve just seen Jesus

My precious Lord alive

And I knew, He really saw me too

As if till now, I’d never lived

All that I’d done before

Won’t matter anymore

I’ve just seen Jesus

And I’ll never be the same again

No I’ll never be the same again

It was just before dawn

I was running along

Barely able to see where to go

For the tears in my eyes

And the dusky sunrise

Seemed to cloud up my vision so

It was His voice I first heard

Those kind gentle words

Asking what was my reason for tears

And I sobbed in despair

My Lord is not there

He said child it is I, I am here

I’ve just seen Jesus

I tell you He’s alive

I’ve just seen Jesus

My precious Lord alive

And I knew, He really saw me too

As if till now, I’d never lived

All that I’d done before Won’t matter anymore

I’ve just seen Jesus

And all that I’ve done before Won’t matter anymore

I’ve just seen Jesus

And I’ll never be the same again

*DOXOLOGY

OLD HUNDREDTH

*PRAYER OF DEDICATION

SCRIPTURE

1 Corinthians 15:29-34 Page 1641 Pew Bible

SERMON “Living in the Light and Hope of the Resurrection” Rev. Brett Everett

GOING

*BENEDICTION & RESPONSE Now unto Him

*POSTLUDE

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