7th Sunday of Easter
Memorial Day
Ascension Sunday
We Gather as the Body of Christ
WELCOME, ANNOUNCEMENTS, AND
FUNNY STORY Pastor Bob
CENTERING WORDS (Acts 1, Luke 24)
Wait to be clothed with power from on high. The one who ascended will come to us again, bringing new life and new hope.
CALL TO WORSHIP (Psalm 47)
Sharon Stewart – Liturgist
HYMN: My Hope is Built
UMC Hymnal #368
NEW TESTAMENT READING
(Acts 1: 1-11)
Sharon Stewart – Liturgist
CHILDREN'S TIME with Pastor Bob
PREPARATION FOR PRAYER
Amazing Grace
Barbara House
PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE Pastor Bob
PASTORAL PRAYER
LORD’S PRAYER
HYMN: Open My Eyes, That I May See
UMC Hymnal #454
GOSPEL LESSON Luke 24: 44-53
MEDITATION Pastor Bob
Let’s Tell the Story!
INVITATION TO OFFERING
Pastor Bob
Our lives have been blessed by many fruit of the Holy Spirit.
Let us share our harvests with you and your world.
Give as you are called and as you are able.
OFFERTORY
I Love You Lord
Barbara House & Pastor Bob
BLESSING OF THE OFFERING (Unison)
Your power and might, O God, bring forth our worship and praise.
Your love and mercy, Compassionate One, call forth our gratefulness and thanksgiving. In appreciation for your blessing in our lives, we offer you these gifts from our hearts, this fruit of our industry. Receive them, we pray, in the name of the one who ascended to heaven, that our lives here on earth might be filled with your Spirit. Amen.
HYMN:
I Love to Tell the Story
UMC Hymnal #156
BENEDICTION (Responsive Reading)
Pastor Bob
Lift up your eyes to the heavens.
Christ ascended to show us the way.
Trust the Spirit’s power.
Christ ascended to clothe us with power.
Go as witnesses of the Risen Lord.
Christ ascended to give us eternal life.
Depart in Peace…Shalom!
SENDING FORTH HYMN
Let There Be Peace on Earth
UMV Hymnal #431