April 2023

  INTRODUCTION   The theme this week is receiving salvation’s new orientation. The related passages are …  Psalm 116:1-4, 12-19 • Acts 2:14a, 36-41 • 1 Peter 1:17-23 • Luke 24:13-35 The call to worship Psalm reflects on the psalmist’s experience of deliverance and his offering of himself to live a life of devotion in thankful response. The reading from Acts records the final

  CALL TO WORSHIP Opening choruses Opening prayer WELCOME and THANKS for joining us OPENING REMARKS Today is the third Sunday of Easter The theme this week is receiving salvation’s new orientation. The readings for today are … Psalm 116:1-4, 12-19 … which reflects on the psalmist’s experience of deliverance and his offering of himself to live a life

WELCOME THANKS The theme this week is tongues of praise. The selected passages are:  Psalm 16:1-11 • Acts 2:14,22-32 • 1 Peter 1:3-9 • John 20:19-31      SPEAKING OF LIFE Title:   Stop Doubting and Believe Presenter:  Michelle Fleming, GCI Elder Featured Passage:  John 20:24-29 From the transcript … Have you ever heard someone being referred to as a “Doubting Thomas”? 

    WELCOME THANKS The theme this week is tongues of praise. The selected passages are:  Psalm 16:1-11 • Acts 2:14,22-32 • 1 Peter 1:3-9 • John 20:19-31  FIRST READING Psalm 16:1-11    1 Keep me safe, my God, for in you I take refuge.   2 I say to the Lord, “You are my Lord; apart from you I have no good thing.”   3 I

  The theme for this week is celebration of restoration. The selected passages are …  Psalm 118:1-2, 14-24 • Jeremiah 31:1-6 • Acts 10:34-43 • Matthew 28:1-10    The call to worship Psalm invites us into thanksgiving to celebrate the Lord’s victory over the enemy and the restoration of the rejected. The Old Testament reading from Jeremiah anticipates God’s work of restoration for

CALL TO WORSHIP Opening choruses Opening prayer   WELCOME and THANKS Today is Easter Sunday … On this day of Easter, we celebrate the resurrection of Jesus our Lord. The theme for this week is celebration of restoration. Psalm 118:1-2, 14-24 • Jeremiah 31:1-6 • Acts 10:34-43 • Matthew 28:1-10 The call to worship Psalm invites us into thanksgiving to celebrate the Lord’s victory over

 Holy Saturday Reflective Service WELCOME Theme:  Our new life in Christ is grounded in Jesus’ humility, service, and self-sacrificial love which he expressed by voluntarily laying down his life for every one of us.   On this day of remembrance, Holy Saturday, we participate in Jesus’ rest, in his penetration into death itself, freeing us from

Good Friday Isaiah 52:13–53:12 | Psalm 22 | Hebrews 10:16–25 or Hebrews 4:14–16, 5:7–9 | John 18:1–19:42 Theme: Our new life in Christ is grounded in Jesus’ humility, service, and self-sacrificial love which he expressed by voluntarily laying down his life for every one of us. On this day of remembrance, Good Friday, we are reminded that we participate in Christ’s self-sacrificial laying down

  Theme:  Our new life in Christ is grounded in Jesus’ humility, service, and self-sacrificial love which he expressed by voluntarily laying down his life for every one of us.     Holy Thursday   Welcome   GOSPEL READING John 13:1-17, 31–35   Jesus Washes the Disciples’ Feet Now before the festival of the Passover, Jesus knew