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PRELUDE“Courante” (Corelli)Rachel Calvert, Tim Graf GATHERING HYMN“Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing”ELW #807 WELCOMEPastor Kristin Skare AFFIRMATION OF BAPTISMPastor: We gather in the name of God, who creates, saves, and calls us with love thatlasts forever.ALL: Amen.Pastor: Even before you were born and baptized, God delighted in you and called youBeloved. You were claimed and named in baptism by the death and resurrectionof Jesus Christ. The baptismal promises were spoken to you, with Your family,sponsors, and the congregation gathered around…

WELCOME/CALL TO WORSHIP SONG  “Let Everything (Praise the Lord)” WELCOME/CALL TO WORSHIP SONG“Let Everything (Praise the Lord)” SACRAMENT OF HOLY COMMUNION WORDS OF INSTITUTION THE LORD’S PRAYER COMMUNION SONG“Remembrance (The Communion Song)”   Elliana Meier, Alan Bach, Tim Graf, Rachel Calvert POST-COMMUNION PRAYER ReadingLuke 24:13-35 Now on that same day two of them were going to a village called Emmaus, about seven miles from Jerusalem, and talking with each other about all these things that had happened. While they were talking…

PRELUDE“I’m Gonna Sing” (arr. Martha Lynn Thompson)Ring of Fire, Linnae Stole (Director) CALL TO WORSHIP“Celtic Dance on ‘Pleading Savior’” (arr. Sondra K. Tucker)Peace Ringers/Ring of FireLinnae Stole (Director) WELCOME Gathering Hymn“Day of Arising” ELW # 374 Prayer of the DayO God, your Son makes himself known to all his disciples in the breaking of bread. Open the eyes of our faith, that we may see him in his redeeming work, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit,…

WELCOME/CALL TO WORSHIP SONG  “High Praise”“He Lives” PRAYERS OF GOD’S PEOPLE THE LORD’S PRAYER READINGS1 Peter 1:3-9 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! By his great mercy he has given us a new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead and into an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading, kept in heaven for you, who are being protected by the power of God through faith for a salvation ready…

PRELUDE“Crown Him with Many Crowns” (arr. Tim Graf)Tim Graf WELCOME CONFESSION AND FORGIVENESSAlleluia! Christ is risen.Christ is risen, indeed. Alleluia!In the name of ☩ the Onewho was, who is, and who is to come.Amen. Let us confess our sin in the assurance of God’s abiding love. Silence is kept for reflection. Most merciful God,we confess that we are captive to sin and cannot free ourselves. We have sinned against you in thought, word, and deed, by what we have done…

CALL TO WORSHIP“Allelu, Praise ye the Lord”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 SENDINGGet Unstuck! Love is on the Loose! Go in peace and Share that love…

PRELUDE“Jesus Christ is Risen Today“ (arr. Tim Graf)Tim Graf Pastor: Christ is risen!All: He is risen indeed!Pastor: Christ is risen!All: He is risen indeed!Pastor: Christ is risen!All: 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 DAYO 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…

PRELUDE“Messiah Overture- Allegro“ (G. F. Handel)String Quartet Pastor: Christ is risen!All: He is risen indeed!Pastor: Christ is risen!All: He is risen indeed!Pastor: Christ is risen!All: 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 DAYO 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“Now All the Vault of Heaven Resounds” (arr. Tim Graf)Tim Graf Pastor: Christ is risen!ALL: He is risen indeed!Pastor: Christ is risen!ALL: He is risen indeed!Pastor: Christ is risen!ALL: 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 DAYO God, you gave your only Son to suffer death on the cross for our redemption, and by his glorious resurrection you delivered us from…

PRELUDE“O Sacred Head Now Wounded”Orchestra WELCOME CONFESSION AND FORGIVENESSOn 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 injustice,ways of empire, ways of sin. The way of the cross calls us to confess our sin,…

WELCOME SONG“At the Cross”Spirit Singers, Jill Boyd (Director) DIALOGUE CONGREGATIONAL SONG“Were you there?” (Verse 1) DIALOGUE CONGREGATIONAL SONG“Were you there?” (Verse 2) DIALOGUE CONGREGATIONAL SONG“Were you there?” (Verse 3) READINGMark 15:33-39 When it was noon, darkness came over the whole land until three in the afternoon. At three o’clock Jesus cried out with a loud voice, “Eloi, Eloi, lema sabachthani?” which means, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?” When some of the bystanders heard it, they said,…

PRELUDE“Were You There” (arr. Jacqueline Hairston)Rachel Calvert, Tim Graf WELCOME CONFESSION AND FORGIVENESSOn 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 injustice,ways of empire, ways of sin. The way of the cross calls us to…