GREETING AND ANNOUNCEMENTS
PRELUDE........................................ “IN
CHRIST ALONE”1..................... ARR.
BY LLOYD LARSON
INTROIT.................................... “I
WILL BLESS THE LORD”1.............................. CHANCEL
CHOIR
OPENING
TIME OF CENTERING PRAYER
Leader: Easter people, Jesus chose you and calls
you friend!
People: We abide in Christ
because Christ abides in us.
Leader: Jesus made a home among us to show us how
to love like him.
People: We abide in God’s love because God’s love
abides in us.
Leader: Jesus invites us in and beckons us to
come to the Table to know the joy
that comes when we love one
another the way God loves us.
People: We abide in the joy of the Lord because the
joy of the Lord abides
with us.
Leader: Easter people, Jesus welcomes you into
his loving presence!
All: We come to make our home with God
and one another, bound together
by love and enlivened by joy.
AMEN.
**HYMN #327 (UMH)............................................................... “CROWN
HIM WITH MANY CROWNS”
We, who so often take your wonders for granted, welcome the opportunity to make a
joyful noise before you, O God. We come here this morning to worship and to praise
you, glad that we live in this country filled with such diversity and beauty and blessings.
Yet, joyful noises are not easy for everyone to make, as we come from differing situations
and lifestyles. Some are burdened with the stresses of daily living and all that involves;
some are wearied from tasks of serving others; some are worried over the state of the
world and where that is all leading us. Speak to us all, O God, in the stillness of this
time and remind us of Jesus’s willingness to take our burdens upon himself and to
learn from him - to experience his gentleness and steadfast love for all. Confident in
Christ, we offer this time of worship to you, praying that it may reflect our praise and
thanksgiving for all that Jesus has done for us. This we pray in his name. AMEN.
MUSICAL OFFERING....... “JESUS CHANGES
EVERYTHING”1........................ CHANCEL
CHOIR
**RESPONSE #2108 (TFWS).......................................................... “O
HOW HE LOVES YOU AND ME”
SERMON....................................... “A
TRUE FRIEND”........................................ REV.
ERIC WARNER
Up from the grave he
arose, with a mighty triumph o’er his foes;
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
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.
APOSTLES’
CREED AND INVITATION TO HOLY COMMUNION (UMH PAGE 7-8)
GREAT
THANKSGIVING (UMH PAGE 15)
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.
Holy Communion will be served at the chancel rail this morning. At the direction of the
ushers, you will be invited forward. You may kneel or stand at the kneelers. You will then
receive a piece of bread from a communion server. After eating the bread, you will receive
the juice and after drinking the juice, you will be dismissed by the pastor to return to your seat.
If you are unable to come forward for Holy
Communion servers will serve you in your seat.
**HYMN #526 (UMH).............................................................. “WHAT
A FRIEND WE HAVE IN JESUS”
Beloved, may God bless you with the strength to love one another as God loves each and
every one of you, that you may find the complete, total, and everlasting joy that comes when
we abide together with God who is love. 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.
Flowers on the altar are given in memory of Mom and Dad Barnes, both born in May,
and
flowers on the organ are given in honor of all the musicians in our family
by Anne
& Paul Humphrey
Flowers in the Hospitality Area are given in honor of Robert Bunnell on what would have been his 96th
birthday today.
Happy Birthday Dad.
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**Indicates the
congregation should stand if able
