Posts by Zack Benz

GATHERING MUSIC WELCOME/CALL TO WORSHIP SONGS“You Are Holy” (Prince of Peace) PRAYER WELCOME/CAMP MINUTE CAMP BLESSING & SENDING READINGJohn 20:11-13 But Mary stood weeping outside the tomb. As she wept, she bent over to look into the tomb, and she saw two angels in white sitting where the body of Jesus had been lying, one at the head and the other at the feet.  They said to her, “Woman, why are you weeping?” She said to them, “They have taken away…

Prelude“Prelude in C Major” J. S. Bach (Widor-Schweitzer)Barb Carroll                                     WELCOME GATHERING HYMN“Give to Our God Immortal Praise”ELW # 848 PRAYER OF THE DAYLoving God, you have made each of us a new creation in Christ, and you remove our sins from us as far as the east is from the west.   Inspire us by the witness of Mary Magdalene and make us eager to share the good news of Christ. Encourage all who respond to your call to ministry. Open our…

GATHERING MUSIC WELCOME/CALL TO WORSHIP SONGS“Fully Yours/Holy Time” PRAYER WELCOME/CAMP MINUTE CAMP BLESSING & SENDING READING1 Timothy 1:12-17 I am grateful to Christ Jesus our Lord, who has strengthened me, because he considered me faithful and appointed me to his service, even though I was formerly a blasphemer, a persecutor, and a man of violence. But I received mercy because I had acted ignorantly in unbelief, and the grace of our Lord overflowed for me with the faith and love…

PRELUDE “Courante” (A. Corelli)      Rachel Calvert, Tim Graf  CALL TO WORSHIP“I Will Give You as a Light to the Nations” (Carl Schalk)Rebecca Hammond, Elliana Meier, Tim Graf, Josh Eidem WELCOME GATHERING  HYMN“Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing” PRAYER OF THE DAYGod our creator, you call the most unlikely people to share the good news.  Give us ears to hear how your Spirit is calling us from our comfort zones into a world that needs to see your love, through Jesus Christ,…

GATHERING MUSIC WELCOME/CALL TO WORSHIP SONG“Sanctuary/King of Love” INTERACTIVE MOMENTPastor Kristin CHILDREN’S MESSAGE CAMP BLESSING & SENDING READINGRevelation 22:1-5 Then the angel showed me the river of the water of life, bright as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb through the middle of the street of the city. On either side of the river is the tree of life with its twelve kinds of fruit, producing its fruit each month, and the leaves of the tree…

PRELUDE WELCOME OPENING LITURGY“Procession of Light”“Joyous Light of Glory”(Music in printed bulletin) SCRIPTURE READINGGenesis 12: 1-2 The Lord had said to Abram, “Go from your country, your people and your father’s household to the land I will show you. “I will make you into a great nation,    and I will bless you;I will make your name great, and you will be a blessing.  I will bless those who bless you,    and whoever curses you I will curse;and all peoples on earth    will be blessed…