Worship Bulletin 4/30/23

TheWorshipofGod

Fourth Sunday of Easter

April 30, 2023 ╬ 11:00 a.m.

*We invite you to stand as you are able.

Gathering at God’s Invitation

Welcome AngelaZimmerman

Christ Jesus is risen! Christ has risen indeed! Alleluia!

CalltoWorship AngelaZimmerman

Rejoice, for God is gracious and merciful, Full of compassion and love. What can we give back to God for all the good things He has done for us?

We will lift up the cup of salvation! We will call on his name!

We will offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving! We will keep the promises we’ve made to God.

Come,peopleofGod, Let us worship together!

LightingoftheChristCandle

We light the Christ candle as a reminder that Christ is the one who has drawn us to this place, abides with us now, and is with us to the end of the age.

Prelude What A Friend We Have In Jesus

Offering Ourselves to God

CharlesC.Converse arr.MaryEllenKerrick

The Word of God for the People of God

Thanks Be to God.

PrayerofConfession PatsyRoach

Gracious God, When we remember the journey of our faith, the story that we live with you and one another, we recall all the ways we have missed the mark. We have failed to live our Christian story well. We have neglected to listen to and believe the stories of our neighbors. We have turned away from the needs of the poor. We have shied away from the suffering of our neighbors. We have valued independence over interdependence and connection. In so many ways, big and small, our lives have not demonstrated our new life in Christ. Forgive us, we pray.

Help us testify to the Good News with our voices and our lives. Amen.

AssuranceofPardon

Hear this good news: The tomb is empty. The stone is rolled away. We are forgiven, loved, and restored.

Alleluia! Thanks be to God! *Hymn#200

GivingourTithesandOfferings

OffertoryPrayer ReedFinley

Offertory Holy Spirit, Thou Art Welcome DottieRambo&David Huntsinger,arr.LuraKeiter

*Doxology(Hymn#706)

Praise God from whom all blessings flow; praise Him, all creatures here below; praise Him above, ye heavenly host, praise Father, Son and Holy Ghost. Amen.

Listening to God

TheChurchatPrayer&TheLord’sPrayer

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 trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.

For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever. Amen.

*ScriptureReading Acts2:14,36-41

AngelaZimmerman

For the Word of God in Scripture, for the Word of God among us, for the Word of God within us.

Thanks be to God

Sermon “NowWhat?”

Responding to God’s Word

DisciplineofSilence

AngelaZimmerman

To be in God’s presence is to be changed. During this moment of silent reflection, consider the change God wishes to make in you.

If you sense God calling you today, we invite you to respond during this time of invitation. If God is calling you to follow Jesus for the first time, to rededicate yourself as a Christ-follower, or as a faithful Christian, to join the fellowship of our church, we encourage you to come forward to speak to our pastor during this closing hymn.

Sending Into God’s World

Benediction

Postlude God Will Take Care of You

AngelaZimmerman

WalterS.Martin arr.CindyBerry

(Please put your nametag in the basket provided at either entrance when leaving.)

*Hymn#588 I Know Whom I Have Believed ELNATHAN