Gathering as the Body of Christ
Welcome and Sharing of Announcements
Call to Worship
Liturgist: Happy Easter Season! Today is the first day of the week.
People: The joy of Easter still sings in our hearts.
Liturgist: Breathe the breath of new life in your spirits!
People: We open our hearts to all the wondrous work God has for us to do.
Liturgist: Welcome to worship this glorious day!
People: Let our lives be testimony to God’s redeeming love! AMEN.
Opening Prayer
Breathe the breath of new life into us, O Lord, that we may fully feel the power of your love and the awesome glory of the resurrection of your Son Jesus Christ. Prepare us to receive your blessing and then to go from this place to be a blessing to others in your name. AMEN.
(Ministry Matters, 2019)
Opening Hymn
“Up From the Grave He Arose”
UMH #322
Pastoral Prayer and Lord’s Prayer
Prayer Response
“Come and Fill Our Hearts”
TFWS #2157 (two times)
Come and fill our hearts with your peace
You alone, O Lord, are holy
Come and fill our heart with your peace
Alleluia!
Scripture Reading
John 20:19-29
When it was evening on that day, the first day of the week, and the doors of the house where the disciples had met were locked for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them and said, “Peace be with you.” After he said this, he showed them his hands and his side. Then the disciples rejoiced when they saw the Lord. Jesus said to them again, “Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, so I send you.” When he had said this, he breathed on them and said to them, “Receive the Holy Spirit. If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven them; if you retain the sins of any, they are retained.” But Thomas (who was called the Twin), one of the twelve, was not with them when Jesus came. So the other disciples told him, “We have seen the Lord.” But he said to them, “Unless I see the mark of the nails in his hands, and put my finger in the mark of the nails and my hand in his side, I will not believe.” A week later his disciples were again in the house, and Thomas was with them. Although the doors were shut, Jesus came and stood among them and said, “Peace be with you.” Then he said to Thomas, “Put your finger here and see my hands. Reach out your hand and put it in my side. Do not doubt but believe.” Thomas answered him, “My Lord and my God!” Jesus said to him, “Have you believed because you have seen me? Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have come to believe.”
Message
"Unlocked and Opened"
Pastor Seok-Hwan
Message in Music
“Now the Green Blade Riseth”
(Trad. French carol, text by J. M. C. Crum)
Mark and Jane Beatty
Offertory Prayer
Here, Lord, we put our love into practice. These gifts we offer came from your love for us. Now, let them express our love for you, as they reach out to others with your love for them. Amen.
(Robert D. Ingram)
Closing Hymn
“Because He Lives”
UMH #364
The Blessing and Sending Forth
Sisters and brothers, we are not dismissed. Christ sends us! Go home. Make welcome the stranger in your midst! Go work. Create spaces of justice and mercy! Go learn. Sharpen the talents God has given you! Go play. Rejoice in the wonder of God’s creation! Go in the power of the Spirit to love and serve the Lord. Go to help and heal in all you do. Christ sends us. Thanks be to God!
(Worship in Daily Life, Disciple Resources in UMC)
Servers
Liturgists: Ishmael T and Veronica V
Video: Mark Beatty
