CALL
TO WORSHIP
Have
you heard!?
Heard
what?
The
Great Exciting News from the women who went to the tomb!!
Tell
us!
The
Tomb is Empty! Christ is Risen!
Good
News Indeed! HALLELUJAH!!!
This
is the day that God has made.
We
will rejoice and give thanks.
OPENING
PRAYER
God
of New Life, we gather to hear again the amazing news.
A
story of hope over despair, light over dark, life over death.
God
who shakes the ground on which we stand, we gather to ask ourselves
what it means.
With
fear we ponder the news that the world has been changed, yet we hear
Your voice saying “Do not be afraid”.
God
of Easter, in this time together,
fill
us with hope,
remind
us of the promise of life,
fill
us with the songs of Good News.
And
then when we leave this place,
may
we be ready to shake the ground with words of hope,
may
we be able to see angels around us bringing Good News,
may
we be bold enough to sing and shout our praises to the world.
Christ
is Risen!
Christ
is Risen indeed! Hallelujah!
Amen.
COMMISSIONING:
The
earth has been shaken, the stone has been rolled away, the Good News
has been shared.
The
one who had been executed has been raised. Life and hope win out!
In
the midst of our fear we have heard words of hope:“Do
not be afraid; I know that you are looking for Jesus who was
crucified. He is not here; for he has been raised”
Having
heard the Good News we go out into the world,
to
share the promise of Resurrection, to bring news that death has been
defeated.
In
the name of the God who created and re-creates us,
In
the name of the Risen One who sets us free,
In
the name of the Spirit that blows in and through us,
we
live in God, who gives us life, and that in abundance.
This
is the day that God has made.
We
will rejoice and be thankful.
Christ
is Risen.
Christ
is Risen indeed. Hallelujah!
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