Pastor John Veenstra
WE GATHER TO WORSHIP OUR GOD
Prelude
Welcome and Call to Worship
Opening Song of Praise: Come, People of the Risen King
God’s Greeting and Greeting One Another
OUR NEW LIFE IN CHRIST
Confession of Sins and Assurance of Forgiveness 1 Cor. 15:20-22
Commitment to Live in Gratitude – GEMS Video (Challenge for all to Live Justly focus on Micah 6:8)
Song of Response: The Spirit of the Lord (Is On Me)
PRAYERS AND OFFERINGS
Announcements and sharing
Offerings : Cadets Video
Sunday School Children are dismissed with our blessing
Prayers of the People
WE HEAR GOD’S WORD
Prayer for Illumination
Scripture and Text: Ezekiel 37:1-10, Matthew 28;1-10, 16-20
Message: Shadows Over Easter
Song of Response: In Christ Alone
WE GO OUT TO SERVE
As we are to walk humbly with our God in lives of gratitude, let us hear again his Word:
God commands us to serve him alone as God, to serve him according to his Word,
to speak of him only with deep respect and love, to attend faithfully the assembly of God’s people on the day of rest,
and every day to let the Lord work in us through his Spirit;
to respect and cooperate with all God-given authority, to live purely and joyfully with the gift of sex, to nurture human life as God’s precious gift, to use the resources of this earth as stewards of God’s creation, to use the gift of speech for promoting the truth in love,
and to exercise purity of heart in all of life. May the Spirit of God guide us to be obedient to this Word. Amen!
Closing Song: Living for Jesus
God’s Blessing to His People
Postlude