Easter @ St. Paul's UMC: Worship

Following the guidance of the Mountain Sky Conference, and in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, we are not holding worship services in our sanctuary this week. Instead, we are offering posts here, via Zoom, and on our YouTube channel as one way to stay connected as a community of faith.

The hymns for this week are linked to YouTube videos. The message may found on our YouTube channel. Click on the links below to view those files.

Call to Worship

Alleluia! Alleluia! Christ is risen!

Jesus Christ is risen indeed!

Now is Christ risen from the dead

and become the first fruits of the them that slept. 

For since by sin came death, so by faithfulness came the resurrection of the dead.

Thanks be to God, Who gives us the victory through Jesus Christ. Alleluia! Alleluia!

Hymn: "Christ the Lord is Risen Today"

Gospel lesson: Mark 16:1-8

Prayers
The Lord's Prayer (sung by Mario Lanza)

Musical offering: "Lift High the Cross" - Lorie Courier

Easter Prayer (unison): When everything was dark and it seemed that the sun
would never shine again, your love broke through. Your love was too strong, too wide, too deep for death to hold. The sparks cast by your love dance and spread and burst forth with resurrection light. Gracious God, we praise you for the light of new life made possible through Jesus. We praise you for the light of new life that shone on the first witnesses of resurrection. We praise you for the light of new life that continues to shine in our hearts today. We pray that the Easter light of life, hope and joy, will live in us each day; and that we will be bearers of that light into the lives of others. Amen. 

- Rev. Michaela Youngson, the Methodist Church of Britain.

Hymn: "This Easter Celebration" (a hymn during the pandemic)

Scripture: Mark 16:9-15

Message: "Wait, there's more!" (pt. 1 & pt. 2)

Hymn: "Hale, Hale, Halleluja"

Thanks to Amy Abshire, liturgist & Lorie Courier, pianist