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April 28, 2024

Fifth Sunday of Easter

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GATHERING IN GOD'S NAME

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SILENT PREPERATION:  All the ends of the earth shall remember and turn to the Lord; and all the families of the nations shall worship before him. (Psalm 22:27)

PRELUDE                                 "I Need Thee Every Hour"   by Robert Lowry

CHIMES

WELCOME

*CALL TO WORSHIP

Come, let us sing for joy to the LORD; let us shout aloud to the Rock of our salvation.

Let us come before him with thanksgiving and extol him with music and song.

*HYMN                                                 “Rejoice, the Lord is King!”                                                      #374

CALL TO CONFESSION

Come and listen, all you who fear God, and I will tell you what he did for me. For I cried out to him for help, praising him as I spoke. If I had not confessed the sin in my heart, the Lord would not have listened. But God did listen! He paid attention to my prayer. Praise God, who did not ignore my prayer or withdraw his unfailing love from me.

In the strength of this assurance, let us confess our sins to God.

PRAYER OF CONFESSION

O Lord, great God, all holy, Father most gracious, filled with mercy and steadfast love, we are embarrassed to come before you, for we have preferred the ways of this world to your ways, for we have rebelled against your wisdom and we have gotten into trouble, for we have rejected your fatherly guidance and have gotten lost altogether. To you belongs righteousness, O Lord, and to us confusion of face. O Lord, great God, all holy, filled with awe, Father, most gracious, filled with mercy and steadfast love, incline your ear to our troubles. Hear us when we pour out our sorrows before you. Forgive us, not on the ground of our own righteousness, but on the ground of your great mercy. On the ground of your great mercy in the gift of your Son, Jesus Christ. It is in his name that we pray, for he is our Savior and the mediator of the covenant of grace. Amen.

SILENT REFLECTION

ASSURANCE OF PARDON

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                                                                                           PROCLAIMING GOD'S WORD

PRAYER FOR ILLUMINATION

Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life! Help us now to hear and obey what you say to us today. Through Christ, our Lord. Amen.

SCRIPTURE                                                                                                                                Acts 16:22-30

SERMON                                             “Peter Experiences Freedom”                                        Acts 5:12-32

ANTHEM                                     "The Old Rugged Cross"  by George Bennard

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                                                                                        RESPONDING TO GOD'S WORD

*AFFIRMATION OF FAITH                                                                                                                                                                           —based on Matthew 16:16; Mark 16:9; John 20:28; 1 Corinthians 15:1-6; Revelation 22:13

This is the good news that we have received, in which we stand, and by which we are saved, if we hold it fast: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day, and that he appeared first to the women, then to Peter, and to the Twelve, and then to many faithful witnesses. We believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of the living God. Jesus Christ is the first and the last, the beginning and the end; he is our Lord and our God.

HYMN                                                     “Spirit of the Living God”                                                        #155

PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE and LORD’S PRAYER (Debts & Debtors)

INVITATION TO THE OFFERING

OFFERTORY         "For the Beauty of the Earth"            Green Hill Handbells

*DOXOLOGY

*PRAYER OF DEDICATION

O God, most merciful and gracious, of whose bounty we have all received, accept this offering of your people. Remember in your love those who have brought it and those for whom it is given, and so follow it with your blessing that it may promote peace and goodwill among all peoples, and advance the kingdom of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Amen.

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                                                                                      GOING IN GOD'S NAME

*HYMN                                                 “Lord, Speak to Me” (v. 1-3)                                                     #625

*BENEDICTION

*BENEDICTION RESPONSE                    “Lord, Speak to Me” (v. 5)                                                       #625

POSTLUDE