Easter Sunday @ St. Paul's UMC: Worship

Easter at last!

A wonderful Easter gathering

Fellowship time delights

Sammy, the neighborhood cat stopped for a visit

Easter egg hunt!

Today’s Meditation Verse: “But in fact Christ has been raised from the dead. He’s the first crop of the harvest of those who have died.” —1 Corinthians 15:20

Welcome / Pastor Dawoon Jung

Prelude:  “Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee" / Lorie Courier 

*Call to Worship (St. Hippolytus of Rome, 170-236 CE) / Claudia Mills

Leader: Christ is Risen: People: The world below lies desolate.                    Leader: Christ is Risen: People: The spirits of evil are fallen.                         Leader: Christ is Risen: People: The angels of God are rejoicing.                        Leader: Christ is Risen: People: The tombs of the dead are empty.               Leader: Christ is Risen indeed from the dead, the first of the sleepers,                         People: Glory and power are His forever and ever.

*Hymn: “Christ the Lord Is Risen Today” (UMH #302) / Louise Cook

Prayer for Easter Morning (Rev. Michaela Youngson, the Methodist Church of Britain) / Claudia Mills

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 us each day; and that we will be bearers of that light into the lives of others. Amen.

Special Music: St. Paul’s Chancel Choir / “He Is Not Here" by Russell Nagy

Gospel Lesson: John 12:24-25 / Pastor Dawoon Jung

Sermon: Pastor Dawoon Jung / “Seeds that fell on Easter morning”

Special Music: Hyeji Park (piano) and Sela Park (violin) / “Amazing Grace and Arirang (Korean Folk Song)”

*Offering/Doxology (UMH #94)

Pastoral Prayer / Pastor Charles

The Lord’s Prayer (UMH #895) / Pastor Dawoon Jung

하늘에 계신 우리 아버지여,

이름이 거룩히 여김을 받으시오며,

나라이 임하옵시며,

뜻이 하늘에서 이룬 것 같이

땅에서도 이루어지이다.

오늘날 우리에게 일용할 양식을 주옵시고,

우리가 우리에게 죄 지은 자를 사하여 준

것같이 우리의 죄를 사하여 주옵시고,

우리를 시험에 들게 하지 마옵시고,

다만 악에서 구하옵소서.

대개 나라와 권세와 영광이

아버지께 영원히 있사옵나이다. 아멘.

Second Lesson: Acts 10:34-43 / Claudia Mills

Hymn: “Christ Is Alive” (UMH #318) / Suzanne Polacek

Second Lesson: Luke 24:1-12 / Pastor Charles

Sermon: Pastor Charles / “Truth or consequences”

*Hymn: “Up From the Grave He Arose ” (UMH #322) / Hyeji Park

*Words for the Journey / Pastor Charles

Postlude: "Because He Lives" / Hyeji Park