GREETING AND ANNOUNCEMENTS
PRELUDE....................................... “BLESSED ASSURANCE”1................... ARR. BY MARK HAYES
INTROIT........................... “ALLELUIA, ALLELUIA! GIVE THANKS”1.............. CHANCEL CHOIR
OPENING
TIME OF CENTERING PRAYER
Leader: Easter people, we have been saved by the
Risen Christ, the life-giving Vine.
People: We abide in Love, the
life-giving Vine.
Leader: When we make our home in the Vine, and the
Vine makes a home in us, we
bear the fruit of Love.
People: We produce the fruit of Love, the life-giving
Vine.
Leader: Easter people, how shall we bear the fruit
of Love, the life-giving Vine?
All: We will love and learn to love as we
rest, play, work, and build community
with God and one another. AMEN.
**HYMN #2220 (TFWS).................................................................................. “WE
ARE GOD’S PEOPLE”
If anyone sins, we have someone who pleads
with the Father on our behalf—Jesus
Christ, the righteous one. And Christ himself is the means by which our sins are
forgiven, and not our sins only, but also the sins of the whole world. (I John 2:1-2)
Let us confess our sins before God and one another…
SILENT PRAYERS OF CONFESSION
Leader: Christ is the vine. We are his branches. If we abide in Christ, Christ’s
words will abide in us. Ask for whatever you wish in Christ’s name and
it
will be granted. In the name of Christ, you who seek
forgiveness are
forgiven!
People: In the name of Christ, you who seek forgiveness are forgiven! AMEN.
MUSICAL OFFERING............ “O JESUS, I HAVE PROMISED”1....................... HANDBELL CHOIR
MUSICAL OFFERING............ “HE WILL HOLD ME FAST”1............................... CHANCEL CHOIR
SERMON.................................... “ABIDING IN CHRIST” .................................. REV. ERIC WARNER
He arose a victor from the dark domain, and he lives forever, with his saints to reign.
He arose! He arose! Hallelujah! Christ arose!
PRAYER CONCERNS/PASTORAL 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
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.
I cast all my cares upon you, I lay all of my burdens down at your feet, and anytime that
I don't know what to do, I will cast all my cares upon you.
**HYMN #664 (UMH)................................................................ “SENT FORTH BY GOD’S BLESSING”
Branches of the Vine, go from this place blessed by God’s love to work in love with your family,
your friends, your neighbors, and strangers who will become friends, bearing the fruit of the life-
giving Vine, Jesus Christ, as you cultivate an abundant life in him wherever you go. AMEN!
Bind us together, Lord, bind us together with cords
that cannot be broken.
Bind us together, Lord, bind us together, bind us
together in love.
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Flowers
on the altar are dedicated to the glory of God in memory of loved ones
given by
Cheryl and Hank Fehlman
Flowers
on the organ are in honor of George Leathrum’s 90th birthday
given by his
family
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