Everything in Between Grief and Hope

We are RECEIVED as the Beloved of God

WELCOME
Welcome! We are grateful that God has brought us together. If you are a first-time visitor, please email Pastor Jinwoo at pastor@saint-matthews.org.
We would love to stay in contact with you. Thank you.

CALL TO GOD’S FORGIVING LOVE

OPENING SONG
Palm Sunday Procession by Michael Helman

CALL TO WORSHIP
Pastor: Today we know hope.
People: Today we know life.
Pastor: Today we know that death does not have the last word.
People: Today we know that nothing can separate us from the love of God.
Pastor: It is Easter. May hope find you!
People: May the Holy Spirit enable us to know, deep in our bones, that today is a new day!
All: Christ is risen today! Alleluia! Amen.

CHILDREN’S TIME WITH A MESSAGE FOR ALL AGES

SCRIPTURE READING
Luke 24:1-12

GOOD NEWS
Everything in Between Grief and Hope

EASTER CANTATA
What Wondrous Hope by Joseph M. Martin and Heather Sorenson

NARRATION 1

† SONG – Together
Thine Be the Glory – UM Hymnal (blue book) #308

NARRATION 2

SONG
What Wondrous Love Is This?

NARRATION 3

† SONG – Together
Fill My Cup, Lord (sing three times) – UM Hymnal (blue book) #641

OPEN HOLY COMMUNION (The Communion bread is gluten, egg, and dairy free)

SHARING THE PEACE OF CHRIST

RESPONSE TO GOD’S GRACE
Pastor: We believe in resurrection —
People: mysterious, beyond our understanding, and yet, like tulips after the snow: real.
Pastor: We believe in Easter morning —
People: in the promise of a God who would roll back every stone to return to us.
Pastor: We believe in Jesus —
People: who calls us by name and asks, “Who are you looking for?”
Pastor: So we look —
People: for justice, for mercy, for God in our midst.
All: And as we look, we sing, “Alleluia!” Amen.

NARRATION 4

† SONG – Together
He Lives – UM Hymnal (blue book) #310

NARRATION 5

SONG
Easter Song

BENEDICTION

CLOSING SONG – Together
Hallelujah Chorus