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PRELUDE            The Strife Is O’er, The Battle Done  (Johnson)

                Hannah Barrett, organist

Welcome and Announcements   please pass attendance pads

              Susan Murithi, Senior Pastor                    

Silent Reflection and Opening Prayer

Risen Lord Jesus as the dawn broke over the empty tomb, hope rose again

in the world.  Quiet our busy hearts now and center us in your presence.  Roll

away the stones of fear, doubt, and distraction that keep us from seeing

your glory.  Fill this place with resurrection joy, and awaken in us the wonder

of new life.  As we worship today, make us mindful that you are here among

us—living, loving, and making all things new.  Amen.                                     

Greeting Time  (You may stand up and greet those around you with a

fist bump.)

TRUMPET INTROIT         Crown Him with Many Crowns

                          Rob Kennemer and Abby Kennemer

*Call to Worship               Mary Meckenstock

Leader:  Easter people, Christ is risen!  God is doing a new thing!

People:  Hallelujah!  Christ is Risen!

Leader:   Life has conquered death!   Love has overcome fear!

People:   Hallelujah!  Christ is risen!

Leader:    Christ has transformed a dead end into a new start!

People:   Easter people, raise your voices!  Christ is risen!

All:           Christ is risen indeed!  Hallelujah!

Children’s Time                                                                    Jenna Brubaker

*Opening Hymn Christ the Lord Is Risen Today  (Vs1-4)    UMH 302

Vision and Mission Recitation

Prayer Hymn                 He Lives   UMH 310        

Prayers of the People               Troy Miller, Associate Pastor 

Lord’s Prayer                            UMH 895

Choral Athem                      Risen Today!                    Charlotte Rathke

Rob Kennemer and Abby Kennemer, trumpets

Scripture             John 20:1-18                              Mary Meckenstock

Early on the first day of the week, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene went to the tomb and saw that the stone had been removed from the entrance. So she came running to Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one Jesus loved, and said, “They have taken the Lord out of the tomb, and we don’t know where they have put him!” So Peter and the other disciple started for the tomb. Both were running, but the other disciple outran Peter and reached the tomb first. He bent over and looked in at the strips of linen lying there but did not go in. Then Simon Peter came along behind him and went straight into the tomb. He saw the strips of linen lying there, as well as the cloth that had been wrapped around Jesus’ head. The cloth was still lying in its place, separate from the linen. Finally the other disciple, who had reached the tomb first, also went inside. He saw and believed. (They still did not understand from Scripture that Jesus had to rise from the dead.) Then the disciples went back to where they were staying. Now Mary stood outside the tomb crying. As she wept, she bent over to look into the tomb 12 and saw two angels in white, seated where Jesus’ body had been, one at the head and the other at the foot. They asked her, “Woman, why are you crying?” “They have taken my Lord away,” she said, “and I don’t know where they have put him.” 14 At this, she turned around and saw Jesus standing there, but she did not realize that it was Jesus. He asked her, “Woman, why are you crying? Who is it you are looking for?” Thinking he was the gardener, she said, “Sir, if you have carried him away, tell me where you have put him, and I will get him.” Jesus said to her, “Mary.” She turned toward him and cried out in Aramaic, “Rabboni!” (which means “Teacher”). Jesus said, “Do not hold on to me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father. Go instead to my brothers and tell them, ‘I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.’” Mary Magdalene went to the disciples with the news: “I have seen the Lord!” And she told them that he had said these things to her.

Sermon         Resurrection:  Beyond the Predictable Routine                                                 Susan Murithi, Senior Pastor

Faithful Stewardship                                                   Mary Meckenstock

“A generous person will prosper; whoever refreshes  others will be     refreshed.”        

Congregational Prayer:  “Gracious God,  Help us to live with open hearts     

and may our generosity reflect your goodness.  Amen. 

Offertory   Amazing Grace (My Chains Are Gone)  (arr Hayes/Gaspard)                                                  Hannah Barrett

Doxology     Praise God From Whom All Blessings Flow           UMH 95                   Offertory Prayer              Troy Miller            

*Communion (As projected on the screens)

*Closing Hymn      Easter People, Raise  Your Voices               UMH 304            

*Benediction                                  Susan Murithi

*Postlude         He Is King of Kings  (arr Wagner)      Hannah Barrett