Welcome home. This is a place where you can kick off your shoes. Put on comfy pants. Relax on the couch. This is a place where you can be yourself. You can take off the masks and hats that we each wear in the world and be ourselves. This is a place where you can just be. Let us be together. Let us be with our God.

We give of ourselves, our time continuing Paul’s mission. Each week in our worship, we collect tithes and offerings for this same purpose.

Then they prayed and said, “Lord, you know everyone’s heart. Show us which one of these two you have chosen to take the place in this ministry and apostleship from which Judas turned aside to go to his own place.”

Do you know what happened next?

Call to worship to be used around the 10 commandments or the sermon on the mount

Welcome:

Let us enter into worship of our God together. We come to worship to praise our God and offer our gratitude for the presence of God’s grace in each of our lives. In your bulletin, you’ll find an adapted prayer in the voice of Moses, let’s re-create this praise in our worship today. 

Call to Worship Psalm 90:  

One: The revelation of God is whole and pulls our lives together. 
Many: The signposts of God are clear and point out the right road. 

We love you, Lord,

We seek your formation,

Take our lives and our worship this morning as a token of our love for you.

Shape us and form us and make us, O God.

Risen Christ,

Let us see your works, the results of your presence on earth,

Let us see the signs and wonders that can only be a result of God’s work.

Let us believe that you are risen indeed,

Let us go in the belief that because we belong to Christ,

We are also free from death.

Let us go, seeing and believing that Jesus will always find us.

We can never be lost from Christ.

Amen and Alleluia

Do you remember?

So now what?

Do you remember the rest of the Good News too? The rest of what Jesus taught us?

What difference does it make? What difference should it make to you?

Ever Present God,

You are found by those who seek you.

On that first Easter morning,

Mary came to mourn,

she rose early seeking to visit her beloved friend,

she knew exactly where to find Jesus.

But her beloved wasn’t where she expected.

Holy God,

We sometimes miss the signs and wonders that point us to you

We look for you in the wrong places

We look for you in a fortress instead of on the beach

We look for you on a throne instead of on a cross

Who are we looking for?

We seek the Jesus who defies expectations.

Written for an Easter Sunrise service. Incorporates O Come, O Come Emmanuel themes to tie Advent to Easter. Could be modified to use in Christmas Tide as well.

On this radiant Easter morn,

As dawn breaks and shadows flee,

We gather in joyful expectation,

To celebrate Christ’s victory.

Alleluia!

Alleluia!

Christ is risen, He is risen indeed!