Second Sunday of Easter
CONTEMPORARY WORSHIP SERVICE
PRELUDE / INSTRUMENTAL OPENING
The Worship Team
Get Coffee and Be Seated
OPENING MUSIC
The Worship Team
“Act Justly, Love Mercy, Walk Humbly”
~ Pat Barrett
WELCOME & ANNOUNCEMENTS
Pastor Jeffrey D. Hall
UPDATE FROM TRUSTEES
Glenn Stansbury, Chairperson
OPENING PRAYER
Pastor Jeffrey
WORSHIP IN SONG
The Worship Team
“Knowing You”
~ Graham Kendrick
CHILDREN DEPART FOR SUNDAY SCHOOL
Parents are invited to accompany their children to Sunday School, sign them in, and return to the sanctuary for worship. After the worship service, parents are asked to return to the classroom and sign their children out.
SCRIPTURE READING
Pastor Jeffrey
1 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 to be revealed in the last time.
In this you rejoice, even if now for a little while you have had to suffer various trials, so that the genuineness of your faith—being more precious than gold that, though perishable, is tested by fire—may be found to result in praise and glory and honor when Jesus Christ is revealed. Although you have not seen him, you love him; and even though you do not see him now, you believe in him and rejoice with an indescribable and glorious joy, for you are receiving the outcome of your faith, the salvation of your souls.
WORSHIP IN SONG
The Worship Team
“All Things Are Possible”
~ Darlene Zschech
JOYS AND CONCERNS & THE LORD’S PRAYER
Pastor Jeffrey
CELEBRATION OF GIFTS
Pastor Jeffrey
The Church and its ministry will flourish tomorrow because of the hopeful, expectant generosity that lives in us today. Let us gather our gifts together and offer them to God in gratitude, heartfelt commitment, and praise.
WORSHIP IN SONGThe Worship Team
“Open the Eyes of My Heart”
~ Paul Bloche
SCRIPTURE READING
Pastor Jeffrey
John 20:19-31
When it was evening on that day, the first day of the week, and the doors of the house where the disciples had met were locked for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them and said, “Peace be with you.” After he said this, he showed them his hands and his side. Then the disciples rejoiced when they saw the Lord. Jesus said to them again, “Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, so I send you.” When he had said this, he breathed on them and said to them, “Receive the Holy Spirit. If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven them; if you retain the sins of any, they are retained.” But Thomas (who was called the Twin), one of the twelve, was not with them when Jesus came. So the other disciples told him, “We have seen the Lord.” But he said to them, “Unless I see the mark of the nails in his hands, and put my finger in the mark of the nails and my hand in his side, I will not believe.”
A week later his disciples were again in the house, and Thomas was with them. Although the doors were shut, Jesus came and stood among them and said, “Peace be with you.” Then he said to Thomas, “Put your finger here and see my hands. Reach out your hand and put it in my side. Do not doubt but believe.” Thomas answered him, “My Lord and my God!” Jesus said to him, “Have you believed because you have seen me? Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have come to believe.” Now Jesus did many other signs in the presence of his disciples, which are not written in this book. But these are written so that you may come to believe that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God, and that through believing you may have life in his name.
SERMON
Pastor Jeffrey
“Life In His Name”
WORSHIP IN SONG
The Worship Team
“In the Secret”
~ Andy Park
*BENEDICTION
Pastor Jeffrey
POSTLUDE / INSTRUMENTAL CLOSING
The Worship Team
“Knowing You”
~ Graham Kendrick