MORE PEOPLE, MORE LIKE CHRIST
Address: 34605 N. Tom Darlington Rd. Scottsdale, AZ 85266
Office phone: (480) 488-3384 / Fax: (480) 488-0850
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ORDER OF WORSHIP PRELUDE
WORDS OF WELCOME
*CALL TO WORSHIP
Leader: This is the day that Christ, the Lamb of God, gave himself into the hands of those who would slay Him.
People: This is the day that Christ gathered with His disciples in the upper room for the Passover Feast.
Leader: This is also the day that Christ took a towel and washed His disciples’ feet, giving us an example that we should do to others as he has done to us.
People: This is the day that Christ our God gave us this holy feast, that we who eat this bread and drink this cup may here proclaim His holy sacrifice and be partakers of His resurrection and at the last day reign with Him in heaven.
*PRAYER OF INVOCATION
AFFIRMATION OF FAITH (from the Heidelberg Catechism)
Leader: What is your only comfort, in life and death?
People: That I belong - body and soul, in life and in death - not to myself but to my faithful Savior, Jesus Christ, who at the cost of His own blood has fully paid for all my sins and has completely freed me from the dominion of the devil; that he protects me so well that without the will of my Father in heaven not a hair on my head can fall from my head: indeed, that everything must fit His purpose for my salvation. Therefore, by His Holy Spirit, He also assures me of eternal life, makes me wholeheartedly willing and ready from now on to live for Him.
Leader: Then let us turn to the Lord in prayer.
*HYMN What Wondrous Love Is ThisPRAYER OF CONFESSION
Eternal God, we come recognizing that we share the self-centeredness, inattention and fearfulness of the disciples. We are more concerned about our own place in life than we are about the well being of others. We say and do things that hurt others. We exaggerate or belittle our own gifts from you. We feel cut off by others, by our own actions or theirs, by misunderstanding or by deliberate intent. We are reluctant to admit mistakes, ask forgiveness, or try new and better ways of caring for others. Grant us insight into understanding ourselves, others and you. Teach us to love as you have loved us. In Christ’s name we pray. Amen.
ASSURANCE OF PARDON
Leader: Even in the darkness of this night, even in the emptiness of these hours that stretch out before Easter morning, the promise of the Resurrection is still at hand.
All: “If anyone is in Christ Jesus they are a new creation, the old has passed away, behold, the new has come.”
ENTERING THE UPPER ROOM
SCRIPTURE John
NARRATOR - Rich Balestra
JESUS - Nathaniel Everett
Jesus’ Disciples:
Matthew - Smith McClure
Andrew - Tom Masles
Peter - Howard Thomas
Thomas - John Jamar
Phillip - David Mason
“Surely He Can’t Mean Me”
HOMILY COMMUNION
Pastor Jim
PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING
Modern Day Disciple 1 - Susan Constance
Modern Day Disciple 2 - Mo Mason
Modern Day Disciple 3 - Jay Budzien
Modern Day Disciple 4 - Carolyn Hallstrom
Modern Day Disciple 5 - Tonya Jones
Modern Day Disciple 6 - Bill Billard
JESUS
DEPART IN SILENCE
Join us tomorrow evening at seven o’clock as the service continues.
Why matzo for communion tonight?
Matzo for communion is deeply connected to Passover which is what Jesus was celebrating with his disciples at the Last Supper. In the Gospels of Matthew, Mark and Luke, during the Last Supper, Jesus breaks some bread-likely unleavened as matzo is-and tells his disciples to take and eat because it is His body.
Please join us as we celebrate Easter: 6:30am - Sunrise Service on the Patio 8:00am, 9:30am, and 11:00am in the Sanctuary
