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Music: Howard Hughes @1973, 1979 GIA Publications
Reprinted with Permission under One License # A-737632
*THE PEACE
Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God.
The peace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. And also with you!
TIME WITH YOUNG DISCIPLES
LORD’S PRAYER
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 debts, as we forgive our debtors; and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory, forever. Amen.
SENDING HYMN Go, My Children, with My Blessing GtG 547
Go, my children, with my blessing, never alone.
Waking, sleeping, I am with you, you are my own.
In my love’s baptismal river, I have made you mine forever.
Go, my children, with my blessing, you are my own.
Words - ©1983 Concordia Publishing House # 110843
Contributors: Jaroslav J Vajda, Welsh traditional; arr. Ralph Vaughan Williams
Reprinted with Permission under One License # A-737632
PRAYER FOR ILLUMINATION
SCRIPTURE 1 John 3:1–7
Holy wisdom, holy word. Thanks be to God!
CHORAL ANTHEM I Speak Peace Words and Music by Sarah Moore
. (Sanctuary Choir) (ASCAP)
SCRIPTURE Luke 24:36b–48
This is the good news
which we have received,
in which we stand,
and by which we are saved.
Thanks be to God.
MESSAGE Have You Anything to Eat? Pastor Karen
*HYMN I Danced in the Morning PH 302
I danced in the morning when the world was begun,
And I danced in the moon and the stars and the sun,
And I came down from heaven and I danced on the earth;
At Bethlehem I had My birth
Refrain:
Dance then wherever you may be;
I am the Lord of the Dance said He,
And I'll lead you all, wherever you may be,
And I'll lead you all in the dance said He.
I danced for the scribe and the Pharisee,
But they would not dance and they wouldn't follow Me;
I danced for the fishermen, for James and John;
They came with Me and the dance went on. (Refrain)
I danced on the Sabbath and I cured the lame
The holy people said it was a shame.
They whipped and they stripped and they hung Me high,
And they left Me there on a Cross to die. (Refrain)
I danced on a Friday when the sky turned black;
It's hard to dance with the devil on your back.
They buried My body and they thought I'd gone:
But I am the dance and I still go on. (Refrain)
They cut Me down and I leapt up high;
I am the life that will never, never die.
I'll live in you if you'll live in Me:
I am the Lord of the Dance, said He. (Refrain)
Contributors: Sydney Carter
Tune: Adapt. by Carter; © 1963, Stainer & Bell, Ltd., London, England. (admin. by Hope Publishing Co.)
Text: (c) 1963 Stainer & Bell Ltd. (admin. Hope Publishing Co.)
*AFFIRMATION OF FAITH Adapted from the Confession of 1967, 9.26.
Life in Christ is life eternal.
The resurrection of Jesus is the sign
that God will consummate the work
of creation and reconciliation beyond death
and bring to fulfillment
the new life begun in Christ.
SHARING JOYS AND CONCERNS
PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE
In the blessed hope of the resurrection,
we pray to the Lord of endless life, saying:
By your grace, O God, raise us from death to life.
Life-giving God, we pray for the church . . .
By your grace, O God, raise us from death to life.
Life-giving God, we pray for the world . . .
By your grace, O God, raise us from death to life.
Life-giving God, we pray for this community . . .
By your grace, O God, raise us from death to life.
Life-giving God, we pray for loved ones . . .
By your grace, O God, raise us from death to life.
Eternal God, show forth in us and in our world
the good news of your saving power and love,
so that all may believe and have life in you;
through Jesus Christ, who is risen indeed. Amen.
INVITATION TO THE OFFERING
OFFERTORY Improvisation by Dr. Pablo Lavandera
(Organ Solo)
*HYMN OF RESPONSE Rejoice, Ye Pure in Heart! PH 145 (Refrain only)
Rejoice! rejoice!
Rejoice, give thanks, and sing!
Contributors: Public Domain
Tune: Attr. John F. Wade (1711-1786) Text: Edward H. Plumptre (1821-1891), alt.
*PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING/DEDICATION
Eternal God, take and use these gifts
for your purpose in the world—
giving food to the hungry,
hope to the despairing,
and new life to the dead.
Teach us to live each day for you,
so that future generations
will know your goodness
and praise your glory;
in the name of Christ our Lord. Amen.
*HYMN Though I May Speak PH 335
Though I may speak with bravest fire,
And have the gift to all inspire,
And have not love, my words are vain;
As sounding brass, and hopeless gain.
Though I may give all I possess,
And striving so my love profess,
But not be given by love within,
The profit soon turns strangely thin.
Come, Spirit, come, our hearts control,
Our spirits long to be made whole.
Let inward love guide every deed;
By this we worship and are freed.
Contributors: Hal H Hopson
Tune: © 1972, Hope Publishing Company Text: © 1972, Hope Publishing Company
*CHARGE/BENEDICTION
CHORAL BENEDICTION May the Love of the Lord GtG 549
(Sanctuary Choir)
POSTLUDE O God of Love, O God of Peace by Henry Williams Baker
from Cantica Spiritualia 1860; alt. 1987
(Violin and Organ)
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