PRELUDE
"Prelude in Classic Style"
Darlene Skinner
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SILENCE
Set a timer for 5 minutes and use a breath prayer.
On the inhale, mentally say: “Why are you troubled?”
On the exhale: "It is I."
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OPENING WORD (Luke 24:38-39)
Jesus said to them, “Why are you troubled, and why do doubts rise in your minds? Look at my hands and my feet. It is I myself! Touch me and see; a ghost does not have flesh and bones, as you see I have.”
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OPENING HYMN
"Ask Ye What Great Thing I Know"
Torin Wright & Darlene Skinner
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Ask ye what great thing I know, that delights and stirs me so?
What the high reward I win? Whose the name I glory in? Jesus Christ, the crucified.
Who defats my fiercest foes? Who consoles my saddest woes?
Who revives my fainting heart, healing all its hidden smart? Jesus Christ, the crucified.
Who is life in life to me? Who the death of death will be?
Who will place me on his right, with the countless hosts of light? Jesus Christ, the crucified.
This is that great thing I know; this delights and stirs me so:
faith in him who died to save, him who triumphed o’er the grave: Jesus Christ, the crucified.
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SPECIAL MUSIC
“Panis Angelicus"
Nancy Eaton & Darlene Skinner
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OFFERING
Jesus came to give us peace and to clothe us in God’s power from on high. We are humbled to receive such miraculous gifts. Out of gratitude for all God has given us, we in turn give back to God’s world around us.
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SECOND SONG
“O For a Thousand Tongues to Sing/Sing His Praise"
the Connections Praise Band
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SCRIPTURE LESSON
Luke 24:36-49
While they were still talking about this, Jesus himself stood among them and said to them, “Peace be with you.”
They were startled and frightened, thinking they saw a ghost. He said to them, “Why are you troubled, and why do doubts rise in your minds? Look at my hands and my feet. It is I myself! Touch me and see; a ghost does not have flesh and bones, as you see I have.”
When he had said this, he showed them his hands and feet. And while they still did not believe it because of joy and amazement, he asked them, “Do you have anything here to eat?” They gave him a piece of broiled fish, and he took it and ate it in their presence.
He said to them, “This is what I told you while I was still with you: Everything must be fulfilled that is written about me in the Law of Moses, the Prophets and the Psalms.”
Then he opened their minds so they could understand the Scriptures. He told them, “This is what is written: The Messiah will suffer and rise from the dead on the third day, and repentance for the forgiveness of sins will be preached in his name to all nations, beginning at Jerusalem. You are witnesses of these things. I am going to send you what my Father has promised; but stay in the city until you have been clothed with power from on high.”
MESSAGE
"Believing is Seeing"
by Pastor David
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CLOSING HYMN
"Hymn of Promise"
Torin Wright & Darlene Skinner
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In the bulb there is a flower; in the seed, an apple tree;
In cocoons, a hidden promise: butterflies will soon be free!
In the cold and snow of winter there's a spring that waits to be,
Unrevealed until its season, something God alone can see.
There's a song in every silence, seeking word and melody;
There's a dawn in every darkness, bringing hope to you and me.
From the past will come the future; what it holds, a mystery,
Unrevealed until its season, something God alone can see.
In our end is our beginning; in our time, infinity;
In our doubt there is believing; in our life, eternity,
In our death, a resurrection; at the last, a victory,
Unrevealed until its season, something God alone can see.
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CLOSING PRAYER
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For Courage to do Justice”
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O Lord,
open our eyes that we may see the needs of others;
open our ears that we may hear their cries;
open our hearts that they need not be without succor;
let us not be afraid to defend the weak because of the anger of the strong,
nor afraid to defend to poor because of the anger of the rich.
Show us where love and faith and hope are needed,
and use us to bring them to those places.
And so open our eyes and our ears
that we may this coming day be able to do some work of peace for thee.
Amen.
- Alan Paton, South Africa, 20th cent., United Methodist Hymnal 456
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