John 20:19-23
Links to the scriptures and hymns used during this service are provided below. Click on the hymn title to be taken to a page with sheet music.
Order of Service
Call to Worship: Psalm 46:8-11
Hymns:
Holy, Holy, Holy! Lord God Almighty
Prayer of Confession and Assurance of Forgiveness: adapted from Valley of Vision
Eternal Father, you are good beyond all thought, but we are wretched and blind. Our lips are ready to confess, but our hearts are slow to feel, and our ways reluctant to amend. We bring ourselves to you and ask you to wound us, bend us, mold us. Grant us to know that the way of transgressors is hard, that evil paths are wretched paths, and to depart from you is to lose all good. Work in us a more profound and abiding repentance. Grant that through the tears of repentance we may see more clearly the brightness and glories of the saving cross. As we quiet ourselves to confess sin, hear our prayers, for we come in the name of our Mediator, Jesus Christ, to seek forgiveness. Amen.
Hymn: Grace Greater than Our Sin
Scripture Readings:
Isaiah 54:4-10
2 Corinthians 5:11-6:2
Affirmation of Faith: Colossians 1:15-20
Hymn: Welcome, Happy Morning!
Sermon: John 20:19-23
Closing Hymn: Doxology