Posts from March 2024

PRELUDE“Now All the Vault of Heaven Resounds“  (arr. Tim Graf) Tim Graf                                              Christ is risen!He is risen indeed!Christ is risen!He is risen indeed!Christ is risen!He is risen indeed, alleluia! Welcome  HYMN  “Jesus Christ is Risen Today” ELW # 365 Pastor:  Christ is Risen!ALL:  He is risen indeed, alleluia! PRAYER OF THE DAY  O God, you gave your only Son to suffer death on the cross for our redemption, and by his glorious resurrection you delivered us from the power of death.…

CALL TO WORSHIP“This is the Day”Starlight Singers SONG  “Jesus Christ is Risen Today/Today is the Day” PRAYER OF THE DAYDear God, Your light shines within us every day. Help us be a lantern showing that light to others as we share the Good News wherever we go that Jesus is Alive. Amen. SHARING THE PEACE “Shake Another Hand” MESSAGE OFFERING/OFFERING DANCE PARTY“Resurrection Day” LORD’S PRAYER ANNOUNCEMENTS BENEDICTION SENDINGLet us go out and tell the world of the good news that Jesus Christ…

PRELUDE“Messiah Overture- Allegro“  (G. F. Handel)        String Quartet Christ is risen!He is risen indeed!Christ is risen!He is risen indeed!Christ is risen!He is risen indeed, alleluia! WELCOME  HYMN “Jesus Christ is Risen Today” ELW # 365 Pastor:  Christ is Risen!ALL:  He is risen indeed, alleluia! PRAYER OF THE DAY  O God, you gave your only Son to suffer death on the cross for our redemption, and by his glorious resurrection you delivered us from the power of death. Make us die every day…

PRELUDE “Now All the Vault of Heaven Resounds”  (arr. Tim Graf)   Tim Graf Christ is risen!He is risen indeed!Christ is risen!He is risen indeed!Christ is risen!He is risen indeed, alleluia! WELCOME  HYMN“Jesus Christ is Risen Today” ELW # 365 Pastor: Christ is Risen!ALL: He is risen indeed, alleluia! PRAYER OF THE DAY  O God, you gave your only Son to suffer death on the cross for our redemption, and by his glorious resurrection you delivered us from the power of death. Make…

PRELUDE “Lord Jesus, Think on Me” (arr. Anne Krentz Organ)Rachel Calvert, Tim Graf WELCOME CONFESSION AND FORGIVENESS                                                                       On this day, looking to the cross, we gather to acknowledge the ways that we have broken the world—ways of isolation, selfishness, and hoarding, ways of fear and hunger for…

PRELUDE  “O Sacred Head Now Wounded”                        Orchestra CALL TO WORSHIP/PROCESSION OF THE CROSS “Behold the Lamb of God” (G. F. Handel)  WELCOME (Please stand) CONFESSION AND FORGIVENESS                                                                      On this day, looking to the cross, we gather to acknowledge the ways that we have broken the world—ways of isolation, selfishness, and hoarding,ways of fear and hunger for influence,ways of self-doubt, ways of sin. We gather to acknowledge the ways that the world has broken us—ways of division and might-makes-right,ways of inequity and…

PRELUDETim Graf WELCOME CONFESSION AND FORGIVENESSOn this night, let us confess our sin against God and others. Most merciful God, we confess that we are not perfect in our relationship with you and with others.  We fall short.  We have not loved you with our whole heart.  We have not loved our neighbors as ourselves as Jesus taught us. For the sake of your son, Jesus Christ, have mercy on us. Forgive us, renew us and lead us, so that…

PRELUDE “Lord Jesus, Think on Me” (arr. Anne Krentz Organ)         Rachel Calvert, Tim Graf WELCOME PRAYER Merciful God, your Son was lifted on the cross to draw all people to himself. Grant that we who have been born out of his wounded side may at all times find mercy in him, Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen. DIALOGUE SONG “Were You There” (Verses 1 & 2)…

CALL TO WORSHIP SONG  “King of Glory” WELCOME/INTRO TO HOLY WEEK CHILDREN’S MESSAGE DISMISSAL OF SUNDAY SCHOOL KIDS SONG  “Lift Up Your Heads” PRAYERS READINGLuke 19:28-40 After he had said this, he went on ahead, going up to Jerusalem. When he had come near Bethphage and Bethany, at the place called the Mount of Olives, he sent two of the disciples, saying, “Go into the village ahead of you, and as you enter it you will find tied there a colt that…

PRELUDE “Hosanna, Loud Hosanna” (arr. Tim Graf)Tim Graf HYMN“All Glory, Laud, and Honor” LITANY FOR PALM SUNDAY Open to me the gates of righteousness,That I may enter through them and give thanks to the Lord.Hosanna!  Hosanna!Save us, we ask, O Lord.  Save us!Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.Hosanna!  Hosanna!Open to me the gates of righteousness,That I may enter through them and give thanks to the Lord.Hosanna!  Hosanna!Save us, we ask, O Lord.  Save us!Blessed is…

PRELUDERachel Calvert,Tim Graf WELCOME/ANNOUNCEMENTS EVENING HYMN“Joyous Light of Heavenly Glory” ELW # 561 LITANY   In a season when answers don’t come easily,when questions and doubts, concerns and fears abound,we gather with each other to hear a word of promise.  God, our creator and sustainer,delights in our curiosity,calls forth our questions,and embraces our doubts, no matter what. In a world with enough for all, we remember that many lack enough to eat, live paycheck to paycheck, or long for meaningful work.Why, O…

CALL TO WORSHIP SONG  “Living in the Overflow” WELCOME SONG  “No Doubt About It” PRAYERS SACRAMENT OF HOLY COMMUNION WORDS OF INSTITUTION  THE LORD’S PRAYER COMMUNION SONG“Altered” (Tim Graf) POST-COMMUNION PRAYER DISMISSAL OF SUNDAY SCHOOL KIDS READINGActs 12:6-17 The very night before Herod was going to bring him out, Peter, bound with two chains, was sleeping between two soldiers, while guards in front of the door were keeping watch over the prison. Suddenly an angel of the Lord appeared and a…