Lillies in the Sanctuary (Photo courtesy of D. Cuppels)
Reflection: "Glorious Mystery"
Rev. Wendy Noble
Below
is a shortened version of the live Sunday service,
which had more
music and prayers and a social time before and after.
PRELUDE:
Up From the Grave He Arose by
R. Lowry and This Joyful Eastertide by J. Oudaen Norman Abbott,
organ. Public
Domain.
WE
GATHER AS GOD'S PEOPLE:
--Acknowledgement of the
Territory:
Each part of creation reveals unique aspects of God the Creator, who is
both in creation and beyond it. All parts of creation, animate and
inanimate, are related. All creation is good. We sing to the Creator,
who made humans to live and move and have their being in God. In and
with God, we can direct our lives toward right relationship with each
other and with God. We can discover our place as one strand in the web
of life. We acknowledge that our sacred space is found on the Indigenous
territories of the Anishinaabe (the Ojibwe or Chippewa Nation), the
Haudenosaunee (the Iroquois and the Oneida Nation), the Lenape (the
Delaware People), the Attawandaron (the Neutral Nation or Algonquin
People) and the Wendat peoples (Huron People). With thankfulness and
respect for their stewardship of Creation, we seek to live into right
relations with all.
--Lighting of the Christ Candle
--Hymn VU186, Call to Worship, Opening Prayer and the Lord's Prayer, Hymn
VU161
--Time With All God's Children
WE HEAR GOD'S WORD:
--Scripture
Psalm 119: 1-8
John 20: 1-18
--Ministry of Music:
It's a Great
Day of Joy (Alleluia Fugue) by C. H. Vic. Sung by the church choir.
1995.
Not recorded.
--Reflection: "Glorious
Mystery" by Rev. Noble
WE RESPOND IN LOVE:
--Hymn VU155 (played on the organ). Jesus Christ Is
Risen Today. Public Domain.
--Prayers of the
People
--Offertory Solo:
Consider the Lilies of the Field by R. Hoffman. 1986.Performed by Choral Scholar, Karen Hu,
soprano, and N. Abbott on piano.
Not recorded.
WE WALK IN GOD'S WAY:
--Hymn VU173 Thine is Thy Glory
--Blessing & Commissioning
POSTLUDE: Easter Alleluia (Lasst
uns erfreuen). Cologne. Performed by N.
Abbott, organ. Public Domain.
PLEASE CLICK ON THE FOLLOWING AUDIO FILES ONE AT A
TIME
TO HEAR
THE ABOVE SECTIONS OF THE SERVICE