Easter Alleluia April 24, 2011

Prelude/offertory
Call to worship ( taken from Psalm 118 )
         Leader:          We give thanks to you, O Beloved, for you are kind;
         All:              your stead fast love endures forever!
         Leader:          Let every child proclaim,
         All:              Your steadfast love endures forever!
         Leader:          Let all women proclaim,
         Women:   Your steadfast love endures forever!
         Leader:          Let all men proclaim
         Men:     Your steadfast love endures forever!
         Leader:          Yes, You opened to me the gates of truth and justice
                           that I might enter through them.
         All:              Praise be to you, O Merciful One!
         Leader:          This is the day which You have made;
         All:              let us rejoice and be glad in it!
         Men:              Blessed are all who enter through your gates!
         Women:   Blessed are all who dwell in the house of Love!
         Leader:          Come, all you who will, partake of the Great Banquet!
         All:              We give thanks to you, O Blessed One,
                           for you are kind; your steadfast love endures for ever!

Holy Week r eading s: John 19:38 20:1a ; John 20:1-18 ; Psalm 22: 3-5

Return of ``ALLELUIA''       HWB 101 Alleluia
Flowering the cross
        
Scripture: Revelation 21:3-5a
Homily
Special Music Kendra Yoder and Dustin George-Miller

Communion
                  Leader: The Spirit and the bride say, ``Come.''
                  All: And let everyone who hears say, ``Come.''
                  Leader: And let everyone who is thirsty come.
                  All: Let anyone who wishes take the water of life as a gift.
                                                                        Revelation 22:17
Hymn

Sharing our offering, joys and concerns
Benediction
                  HWB 118 Praise God from whom