Order of Worship

Second Sunday of Easter

BOLD indicates congregational SPEAKING participation

GATHERING AS THE BODY OF CHRIST

Prelude

  “Siciliano” 

   by Johann Sebastian Bach

Bruce Goody & Matt Cron 

Welcome and Sharing of Announcements

A Time to Make Connections

Introit

     “Song Without Words”  

   by Felix Mendelssohn

Bruce Goody & Jonathan Moretz  

Call to Worship

Liturgist: We gather in the name of the risen Lord.

People: Christ is risen! Alleluia!

Liturgist: We gather as sisters and brothers of the resurrected one.

People: Christ is risen! Alleluia!

Liturgist: We gather to share our faith and to worship God.

People: Christ is risen! Alleluia!

Liturgist: We gather to proclaim the good news of Easter!

People: Christ is risen! Alleluia!

Opening Prayer

God of the resurrection, we gather this morning as a community of believers. We come with joy to greet one another and to tell again and again the amazing news: Christ is risen! Love is victorious over death! You have given us new life in the name of your Son! May our singing, praying, listening, and proclaiming be a testimony to the power of your love to make us a new creation as a community of faith. We pray in the name of the risen Christ. Amen.   

Opening Hymn

     “Because He Lives” 

     UMH #364     

Special Music

  “Andante in C Major” 

  by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 

 Bruce Goody & Jonathan Moretz

Communion

Invitation

Pastor Seok-Hwan

The Lord be with you.

And also with you.

Lift up your hearts.

We lift them to the Lord.

Let us give thanks to our God.

It is right to give our thanks and praise.

Oh holy God, we give you thanks and praise for the gift of creation and for the gift of the new creation, made known to us in the resurrection of your Son, Jesus. We are humbled by this gift of life, by the hope and wonder this gift brings. And so in joy we join our voices to those of the saints who sing these words forever:

Holy, holy, holy Lord, God of power and might,

Heaven and earth are full of your glory.

Hosanna in the highest.

Blessed is the One who comes in the name of the Lord.

Hosanna in the highest.

Blessed is Jesus, the Christ, our Lord and Savior, who lived as we lived; who suffered and died; whom you raised from the dead that we might fear death and sin no more. Blessed is your Spirit, who comes among us now and upon these gifts of bread and cup, that the bread we break will become for us the Bread of Life, and the cup we bless will become the Cup of Salvation. By your Spirit make us one with each other and with all who share in this feast you have prepared.

And hear us now as we say the prayer Jesus taught us:

THE 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 trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass us; and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory, forever. Amen.

PRAYER AFTER COMMUNION

We thank you once again for this meal, this day, this gift of resurrection. Send us out into your world to be the presence of love and hope to all who despair and fear, that all may life, and life abundant. Alleluia, alleluia, amen.

(Hold Fast to What Is Good by Rev. Beth Merrill Neel)

ATTENTION TO THE WORD OF GOD

Scripture Readings: John 20:19-31

19 When it was evening on that day, the first day of the week, and the doors were locked where the disciples were, for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them and said, “Peace be with you.” 20 After he said this, he showed them his hands and his side. Then the disciples rejoiced when they saw the Lord. 21 Jesus said to them again, “Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, so I send you.” 22 When he had said this, he breathed on them and said to them, “Receive the Holy Spirit. 23 If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven them; if you retain the sins of any, they are retained.” 24 But Thomas (who was called the Twin[d]), one of the twelve, was not with them when Jesus came. 25 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.” 26 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.” 27 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.” 28 Thomas answered him, “My Lord and my God!” 29 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.” 30 Now Jesus did many other signs in the presence of his disciples that are not written in this book. 31 But these are written so that you may continue[e] to believe that Jesus is the Messiah,[f] the Son of God, and that through believing you may have life in his name.

Liturgist: The word of God for the people of God.

People: Thanks be to God.  

Message

 “ May the Christ Is Risen to You!”   

  Pastor Seok-Hwan

We Respond

Offertory

       “For the Bread Which You Have Broken”  

UMH #614

Doxology

 UMH #94

*Offertory Prayer

Generous and surprising God, when we thought that death had claimed your only Son, you amazed us with the resurrection. Surprise us again with your ability to turn these humble offerings into gifts that will transform the world through our witness to your love. We lay our very lives at your feet, O God, knowing that you will use us to proclaim and embody the gospel. Amen.

Closing Hymn

    “I Come with Joy”     

UMH#617

Based on 1 Corinthians 10:16-17   

The Blessing and Sending Forth 

Go now with the love of God, the grace of Jesus Christ,

and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit.

Christ is risen! Alleluia!

Go to share your faith and your lives.

Christ is risen! Alleluia!

Go to proclaim the good news of Easter.

Christ is risen! Alleluia!

Postlude

 "The Swan"

      by Camille Saint-Saens

Bruce Goody & Jonathan Moretz