April 9, 2023 EASTER SUNDAY 11am

Prelude  

Welcome & Announcements 

Introit: “God So Loved the World”

Call to Worship
    Leader:  Praise the Lord! Praise the Lord from the heavens, praise the Lord from the heights!
  People:  Let them praise the Lord, whose name alone is exalted, whose glory is above earth and heaven.
   
Leader:  For Christ has risen!
People:  Christ has risen indeed!
   ALL:  Alleluia!

Opening Prayer (Unison)
      O God, our light, our beauty, our rest: In the resurrection of your Son you have brought us into your new creation. Form us into your people, and order our lives in you; through Christ our risen Lord. Amen.

Hymn UMH #302 – “Christ the Lord Is Risen Today” (vs. 1-4)

Children’s Message

Receiving of New Member-Millard Lemon

Best Wishes to Beloved Member-Maurice Lindsey

First Reading – Acts 10:34-43 (NRSV)

Hymn UMH #304 -“Easter People Raise Your Voices” 

Second Reading – John 20:1-18 (NRSV)

Message  “Who Moved the Stone?” – Rev. L. Bryan McClain

Special Music – “Empty Now”

Affirmation of Faith – UMH #881

Gloria Patri – UMH #71

Offertory / Doxology UMH #95 

Pastoral Prayer / Lord’s Prayer

Hymn UMH #327 – “Crown Him with Many Crowns”

Benediction 

Postlude