WELCOME AND GREETINGS
PRELUDE “Alleluia! Alleluia!” Donna Rhine
*CALL TO WORSHIP
Leader: Easter people, we gather today as people who spent the week inundated
with news reports, social media posts, and reels that inundated us with
information, worry, and stress.
People: Like the disciples on the road to Emmaus, we carry the weight of being
overwhelmed and anxious, wondering who we can believe.
Leader: We gather as people who long for peace, for God to break through and bring
us clarity and hope once again.
People: Like the disciples on the road to Emmaus, we don’t always recognize
when the Risen One comes alongside us, showing us the way where
there seems to be no way.
Leader: We gather as people hoping to catch a glimmer of Resurrection, ready for our
hearts to burn with the truth of the resurrected Christ.
People: Like the disciples on the road to Emmaus, we open our hearts to the
possibility that God’s Resurrection life is closer than we think.
Leader: Easter people, God knows the burdens we carry, and God is faithful to meet
us where we are with good news.
People: May the good news of the Resurrection astound us today as we come
to worship God! Amen. (Dr. Lisa Hancock)
INVOCATION
*HYMN “He Lives” #310
PASTORAL PRAYER
THE LORD’S PRAYER
*Presenting Our Gifts to the Lord
*Doxology
Prayer of Dedication
*HYMN “My Hope is Built” #368
BLESSING THE READING AND HEARING OF THE WORD
EPISTLE READING 1 Peter 1:17-23 Barb Laraia
GOSPEL READING Luke 24:13-35 Barb Laraia
Leader: This is the word of the Lord.
People: Thanks be to God.
SERMON “Do You See Him?” Pastor Dave
PRAYER OF CONFESSION
Heavenly Stranger, our Companion on the Way, we yearn for your love
and grace. We seek your wisdom and guidance. We relish the joy which
burns within our hearts when you are with us. Yet, sometimes we would
cling to you, hoard the blessings of relationship with you, and not share
your love with others.
Forgive us, Dear One.
Remind us that your love is to be carried throughout the world.
Press us to share the hope and joy of your love, so that someone who
hungers for spiritual food may be filled by our witness to your grace.
Shine the light of your Spirit through us, so that we may show your Way
to those who long for peace and help to revive those in whom hope has
died. Amen (Rev. Renee C. Jackson)
A TIME OF SILENT CONFESSION
WORDS OF GRACE AND FORGIVENESS
*HYMN “Because He Lives” #364
*BENEDICTION
POSTLUDE “We Shall Behold Him” Donna Rhine