CALL
TO WORSHIP
May
the Peace of Christ be with you!
And
also with you!
As
we still stay physically separated to keep each other safe,
God
invites us to join together in this virtual space
Connected
by the Holy Spirit, and by technology, we continue to celebrate the
reality of Resurrection
Let
us worship together as followers of the Risen Christ.
OPENING
PRAYER
God,
we gather here together in spirit, though separated in space,
in
this time together speak to our hearts, bring us hope, energize our
souls.
Remind
us of the power of Easter to bring life that conquers death.
And push as to live as people of hope, help us live as those who have
been transformed.
We
pray in the name of the Risen Christ as we share together words he
once taught his closest friends.
PRAYER
FOR AND ASSURANCE OF GRACE
Death-defeating
God, in the Resurrection you challenge us.
You
reveal a new world, you call us to move beyond what we once called
normal
To
be honest, sometimes it is hard to be transformed.
Like
Peter we want to go back to what we once knew, to the familiar and
the comfortable.
Still
you meet us where we are, with our grief and our guilt and our fear,
so
that we can live into the new reality, so that we can take the risk
of being changed.
God
when we are hesitant to be transformed, when we want to remain where
it is comfortable,
give
us strength, forgive our reluctance, push us to be Easter people, we
pray
...time
of silent prayer...
In
the Risen Christ we meet God’s power to transform death into life,
defeat into victory, despair into hope. Through Christ God brings us
forgiveness and grace, new life and new hope. We ARE Easter people.
Hallelujah!
Amen.
COMMISSIONING:
God
calls us to live as Easter people!
We
go out to share the promise of new life.
God
calls us to be transformed by our encounter with the Risen Christ!
We
go out to live in a new world, changed by history and changed by
faith.
Go
now to share God’s love,
Go
to share God’s promise of life,
Go
to share God’s transforming word of hope.
And
go knowing that God: Creating Parent, Risen Christ, and Empowering
Spirit
Is
with us through all life’s changes. Hallelujah!
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