April 2, 2021 Good Friday Service:
Prelude
Welcome:
Service of Lessons and Hymns (2 verses each).
Reading from John 18:1 – 19:42 (pgs. 1133-1136) New King James
Organist is Whitney Augustine; Vocalist is Aaron Noake
Opening Prayer
Opening Hymn #224 When I Survey the Wondrous Cross
Scripture Lessons:
John 18:1-14 Jesus Arrested Rev. Ted
John 18:15-27 Peter’s Denials Rev. Laura
Hymn # 554 The Old Rugged Cross
John 18:28-40 Jesus before Pilate Rev. Ted
John 19:1-16 Jesus Sentenced Rev. Laura
Hymn # 407 Beneath the Cross of Jesus
John 19:17-27 The Crucifixion Rev. Ted
John 19:28-37 The Death of Jesus Rev. Laura
John 19: 38:42 The Burial of Jesus Rev. Ted
Pastoral Prayer Rev. Laura
Hymn # 228 Were You There
Commissioning and Benediction Rev’s Ted and Laura
Postlude
April 4th., 2021
Order of Service
Prelude: Christ is Risen Today
Opening Prayer
Hymn: # 232 (Praise) Christ Arose
Pastoral Prayer
Hymn: # 173 (VU) Thine is the Glory
Commissioning and Benediction
Postlude
NOTE: Piano/Organ Music by Whitney Augustine
Sermon: "Easter Questions"
Scriptures
Psalm reading; Psalm 118: 1-2, 14-24
God is my strength and song
Book of Acts: Acts 10: 34-43
Peter preaches "God shows no partiality"
Gospel Lesson: Mark 16: 1-8
Mary and the empty tomb
Theme: If we leave here today the same people we were as when we came we've missed the point of this day. Easter isn't the annual remembrance and celebration of an event in history. It's a new way of being, it's a new way of living. Easter is less a noun and more a verb.
April 11th., 2021
Order of Service
Prelude:
Opening Prayer
Hymn: # 53 (Praise) Joyful, Joyful We Adore Thee
Pastoral Prayer
Hymn: # 37 (Black) We Shall Go Out with Hope And Resurrections
Commissioning and Benediction
Postlude
NOTE: Piano/Organ Music by Whitney Augustine
Sermon: "Unlocking The Doors"
Scriptures
Psalm reading; Psalm 133
The blessing of living together in unity
Book of Acts: Acts 4: 32-35
The Believers share their possessions
Gospel Lesson: John 20: 19-31
Jesus appears to the disciples and Thomas
Theme: Jesus did not unlock the doors for the disciples . They would have to do that for themselves, and so do you and I. No one else, not even Jesus can open the doors I've locked. That's for you and me to do. That's our Easter life, and you and I already hold in our hands the key.
April 18th., 2021
Order of Service
Prelude:
Opening Prayer
Hymn: # 78 (Praise)How Sweet the Name of Jesus Sounds
Pastoral Prayer
Hymn: # 375 (Praise) All the Way My Savior Leads Me
Commissioning and Benediction
Postlude
NOTE: Piano/Organ Music by Whitney Augustine
Sermon: "The Resurrected Life"
Scriptures
Psalm reading; Psalm 4
Answer me when I call, O God
Book of Acts: Acts 3: 12-19
Peter preaches in Solomon's Portico
Gospel Lesson: Luke 24: 36b-48
Jesus invites the disciples to touch his hands and feet.
Theme: The resurrection life reveals that the all creation and everyone of us are filled with God, holiness, divinity. Nothing can bind or suspend the grace that is given us through resurrection: unconditional love, unconditional forgiveness, unconditional life.
April 25th., 2021
Order of Service
Prelude:
Opening Prayer
Hymn: # 412 (Praise) What a Friend We Have in Jesus
Pastoral Prayer
Hymn: # 419 (Praise) Tell it to Jesus
Commissioning and Benediction
Postlude
NOTE: Piano/Organ Music by Whitney Augustine
Sermon: "The Good Shepherd"
Scriptures
Psalm reading; Psalm 23
The Lord is My Shepherd
Book of Acts: Acts 4: 5-12
Peter & John before the Jewish religious leaders
Gospel Lesson: John 10: 11-18
Jesus the Good Shepherd
Theme: It would be easy to divide this Gosple into good characters and bad characters. Let's not do that. Let's just hear this story as information about our lives, without making a judgement or a conclusion, but simply as an opening to the abundant life.
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