Praise Songs
“Now In This Moment” CCS 96
Now in this Moment
“Great and Marvelous Are Thy Works” CCS 118
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Welcome and Invitation to Worship
“Christ is Risen! Thus, we believe that God is God of life, not of death. By faith we share in eternal life even now. In Christ, God’s love finally will overcome all that demeans and degrades the creation, even death itself. We believe the Holy Spirit will transform all creation to share in the glory of God. Today, our focus is on how we, as Easter People, believe and share our witness with our world.”
Announcements
Sharing our Joys and Concerns
Prayer for those in need
Call to Worship: 1 John 3: 1-3
“See what great love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! And that is what we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know him. Dear friends, now we are children of God, and what we will be has not yet been made known. But we know that when Christ appears, we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is. All who have this hope in him purify themselves, just as he is pure.”
*Opening Hymn “All Hail the Power of Jesus’ Name!” CCS 105
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*Invocation
Lighting the Candle of Peace
Prayer for Peace - Responsive Reading
- Leader: Creator God, we come to this place to worship You, but we also come to find peace.
- People: Open our hearts to You.
- Leader: Still our spirits and free our minds to hear Your voice.
- People: May this flame of peace warm each of us to Your spirit of blessing, to Your calming presence, and to Your healing love.
- Leader: May this sacred time together prepare us to be peacemakers in our homes, schools, workplaces, cities, countries, and world.
- All: Make us one, loving God, through Your peace. Amen.
Disciples’ Generous Response
“Beloved Community of Christ, do not just speak and sing of Zion. Live, love, and share as Zion: those who strive to be visibly one in Christ, among whom there are no poor or oppressed.”
— Doctrine and Covenants 165: 6a
Collection of Offering
Prayer over Offering
“God of rejoicing, we share our gifts joyfully and with thanksgiving in response to the generous gifts You have given us. May the offerings we share bring joy, hope , love and peace into the lives of others so they might experience Your mercy and grace. Amen.”
Hymn “Now Sing to Our God” CCS 108
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Morning Message
*Closing Hymn “Lift Your Glad Voices” CCS 475
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*Benediction
*Sending Forth
“The resurrected Jesus appears to disciples, turning their fear to joy and their disbelief to wonder. Jesus’s appearance comforts and reassures them and us that it is always God’s intention to bring peace, love, compassion, grace, and mercy to a sinful world. And through our witness of Christ’s presence among us, may it be so!
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