PRELUDE
WELCOME & ANNOUNCEMENTS
CALL TO WORSHIP
Leader – Hallelujah Christ has risen!
People – Christ has risen indeed! Hallelujah!
Leader – The light of Christ rises in glory, overcoming the darkness of sin and death.
People – Christ is our Light!
OPENING PRAYER (Unison) – God of life, through Jesus Christ you have bestowed upon the world the light of life. Sanctify this new fire and grant that our hearts and minds may also be kindled with holy desire to shine forth with the brightness of Christ’s risen love that we may shine evermore in his everlasting light. It is in his Holy and precious name, Jesus, that we pray. Amen.
HYMN #314 UMH – “In the Garden”
GOSPEL READING – Mark 16: 1-18
MESSAGE –“Overcoming the Obstacles” –Rev. L. Bryan McClain
OFFERTORY & DOXOLOGY
PASTORAL PRAYER
HYMN #310 UMH – “He Lives”
BENEDICTION
POSTLUDE