NOTE: Pg #s refer to BAS
Have you believed, Thomas, because you have seen me? Blessed are those who have not seen and yet believe. John 20.29
Processional Hymn: #224 Awake, Arise, Lift up your Voice
Awake, arise, lift up your voice,
let Easter music swell;
rejoice in Christ, again rejoice,
and on his praises dwell.
Oh, with what gladness and surprise
the saints their Saviour greet;
nor will they trust their ears and eyes
but by his hands and feet:
those hands of liberal love indeed
in infinite degree,
those feet still free to move and bleed
for millions and for me.
His enemies had sealed the stone
as Pilate gave them leave,
lest dead and friendless and alone
he should their skill deceive.
O Dead arise! O Friendless stand
by seraphim adored!
O Solitude again command
your host from heaven restored! your
host from heaven restored!
Welcome & Acknowledgment of Land
Community Outreach: Joan Gilles (For the Love of Creation/Earth Day)
Call to Worship
Sing praises to God, you faithful, give thanks to God’s holy name!
Weeping may linger for a night, but joy comes in the morning.
God turns our weeping to dancing and clothes us in gladness.
May we praise God & not be silent! Thanks to you O God, forever! Amen (Seasons of the Spirit)
(We prepare our hearts for worship in silence)
The Gathering of the Community (Service begins on p. 185)
Glory to God p.186
Kyrie Eleison p. 186
Collect: Almighty and eternal God, the strength of those who believe and the hope of those who doubt, may we, who have not seen, have faith and receive the fullness of Christ's blessing, who is alive and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen
The Proclamation of the Word (Led by Shirley Jodrey)
First Reading: ACTS 4:32-35
PSALM 133 R: How good it for all is to live together in unity.
Second Reading: 1 JOHN 1:1-2:2
Gradual Hymn: #244 We Walk by Faith and not by Sight (vs 1&2)
We walk by faith, and not by sight,
no gracious words we hear
from him who spoke as none e’er spoke,
but we believe him near.
We may not touch his hands and side,
nor follow where he trod;
but in his promise we rejoice
and cry, “My Lord and God!”
The Gospel: JOHN 20:19-31
Gradual Hymn: #244 We Walk by Faith and not by Sight (vs 3&4)
Help then, O Lord, our unbelief;
and may our faith abound
to call on you when you are near,
and seek where you are found:
that, when our life of faith is done,
in realms of clearer light
we may behold you as you are
with full and endless sight.
Homily: “Security Bypass: A Gospel Reflection”
Affirmation of Faith: Tirechan’s Creed, 7th Century
Let us confess the faith of our baptism, as we say,
Our God is the God of all humans, the God of heaven and earth, the God of seas and rivers, the God of sun and moon, the God of all heavenly bodies, the God of the lofty mountains, the God of the lowly valleys. God is above all the heavens; and beneath the heavens. Heaven and earth and sea, and everything in them, such God has as an abode. God inspires all things gives life to all things, stands above all things, and stands beneath all things. God enlightens the light of the sun, strengthens the light of the night and the stars, makes wells in the arid land and dry islands in the sea, and places the stars in the service of the greater lights. And there is the Son who is co-eternal with God, and similar in all respects neither is the Son younger nor older; and the Holy Spirit breathes in them. And the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit are inseparable. Amen
Prayers of the People (Led by Rev Marion)
Confession and Absolution p. 191
The Peace p. 192
Offertory Hymn: #649 Breath on me Breath of God
Breathe on me, breath of God;
fill me with life anew,
that I may love what thou dost love
and do what thou wouldst do.
Breathe on me, breath of God,
until my heart is pure,
until my will is one with thine
to do and to endure.
Breathe on me, breath of God,
till I am wholly thine,
until this earthly part of me
glows with thy fire divine.
Breathe on me, breath of God,
so shall I never die,
but live with thee the perfect life
of thine eternity.
Prayer over the Gifts: God of grace, you have freed us from our sins and made us a kingdom in your Son Jesus Christ our Lord. Accept all we offer you this day, and strengthen us in the new life you have given us, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen
The Celebration of the Eucharist
The Great Thanksgiving
The Lord’s Prayer (sung) p. 211
The Breaking of the Bread (prayer # 8) p. 212
Agnes Dei (sung) O Lamb of God, that takest away the sins of the world, have mercy on us… Grant us Thy peace.
The Communion (all are welcome to receive communion, or to come up to the altar for a blessing)
Communion Hymn: # 73 One Bread, One Body
Refrain
One bread, one body, one Lord of all,
One cup of blessing which we bless -
and we, though many, throughout the earth,
we are one body in this one Lord.
Gentile or Jew, servant or free,
woman or man, no more.
Refrain
Many the gifts, many the works,
one in the Lord of all.
Refrain
Grain for the fields, scattered and grown,
gathered to one for all.
Refrain
Prayer after Communion: Father, we have seen with our eyes and touched with our hands the bread of life. Strengthen our faith that we may grow in love for you and for each other; through Jesus Christ the risen Lord. Amen
Doxology (Old 100th): Praise God from whom all blessings flow! Praise him all creatures here below! Praise him above ye heavenly hosts! Praise Father, Son and Holy Ghost! Amen
The Blessing
Closing Hymn: #619 Fairest Lord Jesus
Fairest Lord Jesus,
ruler of all nature,
O thou of Godhead’s human son,
Thee will I cherish,
Thee will I honor,
thou, my soul's glory, joy, and crown.
Fair are the meadows,
fairer still the woodlands,
robed in the blooming garb of spring:
Jesus is fairer,
Jesus is purer
who makes the troubled heart to sing.
Fair is the sunshine,
fairer still the moonlight,
and fair the twinkling starry host:
Jesus shines brighter,
Jesus shines purer
than all the angels heaven can boast.
All fairest beauty,
heavenly and earthly,
wondrously, Jesus, is found in thee;
none can be nearer,
fairer, or dearer
then thou, my Saviour, art to me.
The Dismissal p. 215
