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Easter 2018
Here are selected resources to assist you with your Easter Sunday planning. Though I have separated the resources for Sunrise and Later Morning Service, you could use any of the resources at either service. EASTER SUNRISE SERVICE Call to Worship One: We are standing on holy ground. We have entered a day of miracle and mystery. We are unsure of what it all means. Many: Don’t be alarmed! One: How can it be? How can the dead live again? How can a cross become and empty tomb? Many: Jesus has risen! One: Today is a day to experience. Today is a...
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A prayer for Ash Wednesday that could be adapted to use throughout an Ash Wednesday service. Fragile…exposed…mortal…temporary…finite… …ashes and dust…we…you and me. So we put on clothes and then armor… …we put on degrees and wealth… …we put on insurance policies… …we put on achievements and addictions… …and we put on anything that will make us feel… …if only for a minute… …that we are anything but ashes and dust. So God calls to us… …through prophets like Joel… …through a savior like Jesus… …and through this season of Lent… …for...
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Here’s an interactive way to let the kids in your congregation play with the adults. The lesson plan resulted from a couple boys in Sunday School who were on a paper airplane-making streak. You could use this as a benediction or it could easily be adapted for use in another part of a service. Supplies: Children’s Bibles Paper Pencils or pens Knowledge of how to fold paper airplanes Procedure: First, coordinate with the pastor/worship leader to lead the benediction (or another part of the service) on a Sunday morning. During...
read more“Wondrous” Lenten Reading
Through the seasons of the church year, we are quick to change colors, paraments, candles, seating arrangements and hymns, but maybe not so quick to change how we read Scripture. In most churches I know, there is “the” Scripture moment in worship when the liturgist/worship assistant/reader walks to the lectern, introduces the reading(s), reads, and then sits down. The readings change seasonally, of course, but HOW we read them remains consistent. Consistency in the HOW of reading is not a bad thing, but diversity in the HOW of...
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