Blessings
"He is not here; He has risen just as He said." Matthew 28:6
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Good Morning~
Call to Worship and Prayer
Hymn “Christ the Lord Has Risen Today”
Tithes and Offerings
Doxology
Hymn “My Tribute”
Praise and Prayer
Responsive Reading: Easter People, We Cling
Leader: This first Easter day, the Christians’ new Sabbath, opens with a living Jesus - not a resuscitation, a resurrection! Jesus with an eternal body. The bonds of the grave are torn asunder and the burst of a new life emerges.
All: Having lived our earthly life with us for over thirty years and having tasted death for us, he brings to life a new thing, a first, a resurrection. He awakens not as he fell asleep in death, he awakens clothed with eternity.
Leader: We’ll follow the story. We’ll follow those disciples who obey and go to Galilee, to the place Jesus tells them to go.
Narrator: Then the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain where Jesus had told them to go. When they saw him, they worshiped him; but some doubted. (Matthew 28:16-17)
Leader:. Like some of them, we may have doubts. But we still go looking where he said he would be. He comes close to us because we take the risk of obedience and follow him.
All: The obedience may be slow in coming, owing to our own unreadiness at first, or our uncertainty, or our doubt. But then, sooner or later, a peace comes, and then an awakening. We’re now ready to meet our calling from Jesus:
Narrator: Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age. (Matthew 28:19-20)
Leader: Thus is the calling of every disciple of Jesus, every person who claims to be a Christian. Every follower of Jesus, in one way or another, follows him into the world, whether that world is as close as the neighbors on our street or as far away as the other side of the globe. We are all sent into the world to act like and speak for the living Christ.
All: We are Christ’s awakeners, called to lead the awakening wherever we live our lives. We heed the call:
Narrator: “Wake up, sleeper! Get up from the dead, and Christ will shine on you.” (Ephesians 5:14b)
Leader: We are bearers of the light-revealing Light of the world. We are driven by the same question on the minds of the two women: “Where has Jesus gone?”
All: We, like they, really want to find the living Lord. We set out in faith, and on the way of our obedience he appears, and as we love him and worship him, the way before us begins to become clear. So does our calling as his awakeners.
Leader: Our lives, our words, become a wake-up call and an invitation to those we meet along the way. This is the fulfillment of our lives.
Special Music: “He’s Alive” by Don Francisco
Sermon: Easter People
Hymn “Crown Him With Many Crowns”
Benediction
Prayer
Mary Sherwood, Jim and Donna Glenn, Unspoken prayers, Don Baker’s African Mission, Roger and Pat Polsley, Larry and Betty Moyer, Beth Lueth, Bev Powles, Phyllis Layman, Crystal and Andrew
Praise for all the children at church on Palm Sunday. Thank you Mary Zach for all your efforts on their behalf.
Monetary donations are being accepted for the new stove; please write “stove’ on check. Collected already about $265.
May 1st: Pastor Donna invites the ladies to a Tea Party in Malvern.
May 12th: Mothers Day Brunch, service around the tables
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Palm Sunday
Our Sunday School class led our congregation in praising Jesus this Palm Sunday. They waved palm branches in the opening procession. Then they sang "I've Got the Joy, Joy, Joy, Joy Down in my Heart." We are so happy to have the children and their families worship with us. ~ Mary Zach
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Thank you to Jan Zach for taking pictures for us to enjoy.
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Old churches must not simply stand as monuments to the past but as spiritual grandparents that have invested in the future by passing on their life to others and releasing their offspring to form new congregations. ~ unknown
Today's Sunday Church Share..
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Percy's Tidbit
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