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SANCTUARY, 11:00 a.m.
A Service of Song, Word, & Table
October 6, 2024
* Please rise in body or spirit.
WELCOME
PRELUDE
CALL TO WORSHIP
Lazarus, though dead, was called to life by Jesus.
May we be called to the light of righteousness.
As others witnessed this resurrection, they believed in Jesus.
May we, who have heard, believe in the power of Jesus to conquer our fears and doubts.
Praise God, who has given us Jesus.
Praise be to Jesus, who has given us life. AMEN.
* HYMN
* A READING FROM THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST
This is the Word of God for the People of God.
Thanks be to God!
MUSICAL RESPONSE
MESSAGE
MUSICAL RESPONSE
Call to Reconciliation
God, sometimes we feel like Lazarus—dirty, unclean, poor, with nothing to offer the world. And yet, sometimes we are guilty of acting like the rich man.
Many things – wealth, possessions, beliefs, opinions, fears – can limit our hopes, limit our discipleship, and keep us from living and loving as you would have us.
We are sorry for the times when we get it wrong. Cleanse us from all that hurts us, and help us to be agents of change in the world.
Silence is kept
Assurance of Pardon
You can put your hope in God, dear friends, for God offers us that love which never fades, that life which never ends.
We wait for God, and God does not fail us. God's hope, God's love, and God's grace are forever. Thanks be to God. Amen.
PASSING OF THE PEACE
REGATHERING HYMN
INVITATION TO OFFERING
OFFERTORY PRAYER
OFFERTORY
DOXOLOGY Praise God, From Whom All Blessings Flow 94 UMH
Great Prayer of Thanksgiving
May the God of tears be with you.
And also with you.
Offer your hearts to the One who calls us out of death into life.
Unbound, we bring our hearts to our God of new mornings.
People of God, sing songs to the One in whom we hope.
We rejoice in God, who dwells in our souls.
In that first moment, God of wonder,
you cried out, 'Unbind creation and let her go!'
and flowers grew in the cracks of chaos,
blustery winds played talk through the forests,
lambs leapfrogged one another in the meadows.
Your hand came upon the dry dust of earth,
and your Spirit breathed life into us.
You longed for us to be with you,
but we allowed sin and death
to lead us around by the nose.
You called to women and men,
'Prophesy!' urging them to call us back.
but we did not believe their words.
So you sent a certain man named Jesus,
to cause new life to come upon us.
With those who have stood beside graves,
and those who wait for signs of hope,
we sing our praises to you:
Holy, holy, holy are you, God of our shadowed valleys.
All creation hopes in you and waits.
Hosanna in the highest!
Blessed is the One who calls us to new life.
Hosanna in the highest!
You are holy, Caresser of our souls,
and Jesus is our Child, our Friend.
Seeing that those he loved were sick,
he brought us healing.
Finding us wandering in despair,
he showed us that our hope
need never turn to dust.
Believing that you loved him,
he went to the cross, for us.
And when he was in death's cold arms,
you stood at the door of the tomb,
crying out, 'unbind him, and let him go!'
and our Resurrection and our Life
came forth for us.
Believing that he is the One who calls us to new life,
trusting that, by his tears, he takes away our pain,
we proclaim that mystery we call faith:
Christ died, taking away the sins of the world;
Christ was raised, taking away the power of sin and death;
Christ will return, taking us by the hand to lead us home.
In the bread and the cup,
you give life to us,
as the Spirit comes to dwell
in every room of our souls.
You bless the bread, breaking it,
so it might heal and strengthen us
so we can say
to the barren, 'here is your life;'
to the despairing, 'here is your hope!'
As the grace-filled cup nourishes us
we would go into the world
to visit those who are sick,
to wait with the expectant,
to share tears with the broken.
And when you call of us to your side,
we will join Lazarus, Mary, Martha,
and all our sisters and brothers
in forever singing your praises,
God in Community, Holy in One. Amen.
In the name of Christ; now, let us pray:
LORD’S PRAYER
AMEN RESPONSE
MUSIC AT COMMUNION
INVITATION TO CHRISTIAN DISCIPLESHIP
* SENDING HYMN
BENEDICTION
POSTLUDE
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