ORDER OF WORSHIP
Sunday Worship Service 10:45 A.M.
6th SUNDAY OF EASTER
PRELUDE (LIGHTING OF THE CANDLES)
Lisa Miller
WELCOME & ANNOUNCEMENTS
Rev. Dr. KEVIN ORR
CALL TO WORSHIP
Belva Wagner
LEADER: Easter people, Jesus chose you and calls you friend!
PEOPLE: We abide in Christ because Christ abides in us.
LEADER: Jesus made a home among us to show us how to love.
PEOPLE: We abide in Love because Love abides in us.
LEADER: Jesus invites us in and beckons us to come to the Table to know the joy that comes when we
love one another the way God loves us.
PEOPLE: We abide in Joy because Joy abides with us.
LEADER: Easter people, Jesus welcomes you home!
PEOPLE: We come to make our home with God and one another, bound together by Love and enlivened by Joy. Amen.
OPENING PRAYER: Belva Wagner
Lord of Life, submitting to death, you conquered the grave. By being lifted on a cross you draw all
peoples to you. By being raised from the dead you restored to humanity all that we had lost through
sin. Throughout these fifty days of Easter, we proclaim the marvelous mystery of death and
resurrection. For all praise is yours, now and throughout eternity. Amen.
Belva Wagner
*OPENING SONG “What A Friend We Have in Jesus” UMH # 526
PRAYER TIME: Rev. Dr. KEVIN ORR
(Silent Prayer, Pastoral Prayer)
GATHERING OF THE TITHES AND OFFERING
*DOXOLOGY “Praise God, from Whom All Blessings Flow” UMH # 94
OFFERTORY PRAYER (liturgist/Unison): Belva Wagner
God of joy, we offer our gifts this day, as we reflect on the wisdom of your Word. Jesus urges us to hold onto him, to stay connected to his example, presence, and the fulfillment he brings. He reveals that our joy finds completeness when it is woven into his divine joy. Help us abide in him through love, obeying his commandment to love one another. In acts of service, healing, and selfless generosity, may our joy be sustained, a shared and everlasting gift from the source of all joy. In Jesus’ name, we pray.
Amen.
1st Reading of the Word of God: Acts 10:44-48 (NIV)
Belva Wagner
Leader: The Word of God, for the people of God.
People: Thanks be to God.
ANTHEM “Jesus Will Make Us His Own” Chancel Choir
2nd Reading of the Word of God: John 15:9-17 (NIV)
Belva Wagner
Leader: The Word of God, for the people of God.
People: Thanks be to God.
MESSAGE: Rev. Dr. KEVIN ORR
*COMMUNION SONG “What Wonderous Love Is This?” UMH # 292
*GREAT THANKSGIVING AND COMMUNION (The Lord’s Prayer) Unison
Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy Name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive
those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For thine
is the kingdom, the power, and the glory, forever Amen.
*CLOSING SONG “I’m So Glad Jesus Lifted Me” TFWS # 2151
DISMISSAL & BLESSING: Rev. Dr. KEVIN ORR
SENDING FORTH “Make Us One” TFWS # 2224