Worship Service - April 24, 2022

Elkton United Methodist Church

Second Sunday of Easter

Sunday, April 24, 2022

8:30 a.m. † 11:00 a.m.

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PRELUDE............................. “This Joyful Eastertide”¹ ............arr. by Michael Larkin

GREETING AND WELCOME

TIME OF CENTERING PRAYER

RESPONSE #2164 (TFWS)............................................................................................. “sanctuary”

     Lord, prepare me to be a sanctuary, pure and holy, tried and true.  With 

     thanksgiving, I’ll be a living sanctuary for you.

**CALL TO WORSHIP

         Leader:   Praise the Lord!

         People:  Praise God in the sanctuary.

         Leader:   Praise God in the vault of heaven.

         People:  Praise God in the earth and skies.

         Leader:   Sing praises to the Lord.

         People:  Shout and sing praises to God.

         Leader:   We have witnessed God’s mighty acts.

         People:  We have seen the Lord’s greatness.

         Leader:   Let everything that breathes praise the Lord.

         People:  Let everything that draws breath praise the Lord!

**HYMN #462 (UMH)................................................................. “Tis so sweet to trust in jesus”

CALL TO CONFESSION 

When we keep our faults and failures locked safely away, we have no need to confess. 

But God comes into our hearts when we least expect, so we can be filled with 

forgiveness, with hope, with peace.

PRAYER OF CONFESSION (IN UNISON) 

God of empty tombs and emptier people - when we hesitate to speak of your hope, 

forgive us and give us a voice.  When we find it difficult to love one another, forgive 

us and give us fresh compassion.  When we want to stand with the high and mighty, 

forgive us and seat us next to the poor and oppressed.  When we stay locked behind 

our fears and doubts, forgive us and send us out to share you grace.  When we cannot

believe your Word of new life, forgive us and fill us with your joy.  We pray this in 

Jesus’ name.  AMEN.

SILENT PRAYERS OF CONFESSION

WORDS OF PARDON AND ASSURANCE

Leader:   Christ comes into every shadowed corner of our lives with the light of

               Easter.  Christ comes into the locked rooms of our faults and gifts us

               with grace and hope.
People:  Christ comes to fill us with peace, so we may proclaim the good news

               of mercy and forgiveness for all.  Thanks be to God.  AMEN.

MUSICAL OFFERING............................. “Amazing Grace”¹ .......................Kelly Thompson,

                                                                                              Darrin Peters & Suzette Burgess 

NEW TESTAMENT LESSON, acts 5:27-32 (PAGE 123)

Leader: This is the Word of God for the people of God.

People: Thanks be to God!

MUSICAL OFFERING............. “Hallelujah (easter version)”¹ .........KELLY THOMPSON,

                                                                                              DARRIN PETERS & SUZETTE BURGESS 

**GOSPEL LESSON, john 20:19-31 (PAGE 115)

Leader: Christ is risen!

People: Christ is risen indeed!

**RESPONSE #349 (UMH).............................................................. “turn your eyes upon jesus”

                                                                                                                                   (completed twice)

SERMON...................................... “a surprising turnaround”............... REV. ERIC WARNER

RESPONSE #177 (UMH)................................................................................................... “he is lord”

He is Lord, he is Lord! He is risen from the dead and he is Lord! Every knee 

shall bow, every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord.

PRAYER CONCERNS/PASTORAL PRAYER

THE LORD'S PRAYER (IN UNISON)

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.

RESPONSE #2215 (TFWS)....................................................................................... “CARES CHORUS”

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.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

**HYMN #308 (UMH)....................................................................................... “thine be the glory"

**BENEDICTION

God sends us forth with songs of joy in our hearts.  We will go to sing of God’s wonder 

to all who are empty of life.  Jesus calls us to step out of our fears into lives of witness.  

We will go to share God’s peace in all the broken places around us.  The Spirit teaches 

us about God’s grace.  We will be people of grace as we go out into the world.  AMEN.

**CONGREGATIONAL RESPONSE

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. 

POSTLUDE................................................ “hymn to joy”¹........................ARR. BY laura page

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                                             Flowers on the altar are given by Judy & Joe Tanner 

                                           In Memory of Rick & Terry Nelson and Laurie Foster                         

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**Indicates the congregation should stand if able

UMH: United Methodist Hymnal (red cover)

TFWS: The Faith We Sing (black cover)

W&S:  Worship & Song (green cover)

¹Public Music performance provided for and reported to CCLI Licensing

Copyright License:  #1824650/Recording License:  CSPL148932